Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) visited Jerusalem on Sunday after he beforehand postponed a visit to Israel earlier this 12 months.
Johnson was seen in footage visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem and becoming a member of a gaggle of Home Republicans to satisfy with Israeli officers.
“It’s such a transferring time for us to be right here, to be right here on the Wailing Wall. We have supplied our prayers, we have put our notes into the wall, as is conventional and we’re so moved by the hospitality of the individuals and the good love of Israel,” Johnson mentioned in a video posted to Instagram by the Western Wall Heritage Basis.
“Our prayer is that America will all the time stand with Israel and that we are going to — we pray for the preservation and the peace of Jerusalem. That is what Scripture tells us to do. It is a matter of religion for us and a dedication that we have now,” he added.
Israeli Overseas Minister Gideon Sa’ar shared a photograph on social platform X of Johnson and different Home Republicans together with Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) assembly in Jerusalem.
“We mentioned the alarming world wave of antisemitism, together with efforts by nations like Eire to delegitimize Israel. I additionally described the horrific assaults towards the Druze in Syria, the identical type of barbarism perpetrated by Hamas,” Sa’ar wrote.
Johnson postponed a trip to Israel again in June, when he was supposed to deal with the Knesset, because of the navy battle between Israel and Iran. Jewish Insider reported Sunday that Johnson doesn’t have plans to deal with the Knesset on his journey this week.