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Netanyahu Meets Congressional Delegation, Discusses Iran Threat And AI

Israeli Prime Minister updates lawmakers on China visit, emphasizing strong US-Israel alliance.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday in Jerusalem with a bipartisan congressional delegation under the auspices of AIPAC.

The meeting focused on the Iranian nuclear threat and artificial intelligence technology.

Netanyahu thanked the U.S. lawmakers “for their steadfast support for the State of Israel and their unqualified support for Israel’s security,” according to a statement.

Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves 10, Downing Street after meeting Britain’s Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, on March 24, 2023 in London, England. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday in Jerusalem with a bipartisan congressional delegation under the auspices of AIPAC.The meeting focused on the Iranian nuclear threat and artificial intelligence technology. (Carl Court/Getty Images) 

Netanyahu also updated the delegation on his planned visit to China next month, which will be his fourth official trip to the country. The news comes as the White House has yet to extend Netanyahu an invitation nearly seven months into his sixth term as premier. The premier said that he had informed the Biden administration last month of his decision to go. Senior Israeli political officials told the Jewish News Syndicate that the China visit is intended to signal to Washington that Jerusalem has other foreign policy options.

 It will be the Israeli prime minister’s first trip to Bejing in six years. He stressed to the congressional representatives that “security and intelligence cooperation between the U.S. and Israel is at an all-time peak, and that the U.S. will always be Israel’s most vital ally and irreplaceable ally.”

Also participating in the meeting were Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and National Security Adviser Tzachi Hangebi.

On Monday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met with the visiting members of congress led by Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.).

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosts a bipartisan congressional delegation in Jerusalem, June 27, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Gallant thanked the lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee for their commitment to the special bond between the two countries and promoting “critical defense and military cooperation.”

Lamborn said, “I will continue to support a strong working relationship with Israel and never waver from my commitment.”

This illustration photograph taken in Helsinki on June 12, 2023, shows an AI (Artificial Intelligence) logo blended with four fake Twitter accounts bearing profile pictures apparently generated by Artificial Intelligence software. (Photo by OLIVIER MORIN/AFP via Getty Images) 

Produced in association with Jewish News Syndicate

Edited by Jessi Rexroad Shull and Kyana Jeanin Rubinfeld

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