Israel Matzav

Bipartisan House delegation visiting Israel

A bipartisan House delegation is visiting Israel this week.

The delegation, including Reps. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.), Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.), John Barrow (D-Ga.), Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), Ben Chandler (D-Ky.), and Larry Kissell (D-N.C.) had meetings planned with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Tzipi Livni.

They also planned to tour areas in Israel subject to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

"The recent upheavals across the Middle East will pose new challenges to the mutual security interests of the United States and Israel, and I look forward to having frank discussions about Israel’s safety and security and the ever-present threat posed by Iran’s nuclear weapons program,” Deutch, who is leading the trip, said in an April 22 statement.

That's Engel at the top.

With Obama probably putting enormous pressure on Netanyahu to make huge concessions next month in his joint session speech, we need all the help we can get.

Labels: Barack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Eliot Engel, Ted Deutch

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:57 AM