Utah’s Rep. Celeste Maloy was one of 15 Republican members of Congress to visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem last week during a trip with a conservative, pro-Israel lobby group.
In a video posted to social media by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Maloy said the delegation talked about the role Congress could play in addressing “some of the things that happened on [Oct. 7, 2023.]”
“It’s an honor to be here to show support and solidarity to our Israeli allies and to learn firsthand about some of the things they’re going through,” she added.
Netanyahu told the Republican delegation that “victory is within reach,” that Israel needed more foreign aid and that a two-state solution was not an option.
“Our battle is your battle. Our victory is your victory,” he said. “And if we don’t have a victory, this will have enormous implications for American security, for our common future. So we must win.”
He also said there is “an attempt to force, ram down our throats a Palestinian state.”
“We just had a vote in the Knesset: 99 to 9,” he said, referring to the lawmaking body’s February vote that opposed the formation of a Palestinian state.
A @HouseGOP delegation is in Israel this week with the American Israel Education Foundation.@RepMaloyUtah shared this message from Jerusalem, after visiting communities in southern Israel that were decimated on October 7.
