Rick Scott meets with Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel
Amid a diplomatic divide between the Joe Biden administration and the Israeli government as the war with Hamas rages, a Florida Senator is practicing some diplomacy of his own.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Jerusalem with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott. This was Scott’s first visit to the country since the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7. He last went in the Summer of 2023.
The PM “thanked him for visiting Jerusalem and for his unwavering support for the State of Israel, especially at this time,” per a post from the Israeli PM’s social media account on X.
Netanyahu framed Scott’s visit in light of the United States not vetoing a United Nations (UN) Security Council vote calling for a cease-...
