{"id":1921757,"date":"2023-04-30T22:55:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T02:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-arrives-in-israel-on-1st-international-visit-as-speaker\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T22:57:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T02:57:02","slug":"mccarthy-arrives-in-israel-on-1st-international-visit-as-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-arrives-in-israel-on-1st-international-visit-as-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy Arrives in Israel on 1st International Visit as Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmccarthy-arrives-in-israel-on-1st-international-visit-as-speaker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1921757&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Visits Israel<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<p>On April 30, U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) arrived in Israel with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-arrives-in-israel-on-1st-international-visit-as-speaker\/\" title=\"McCarthy Arrives in Israel on 1st International Visit as Speaker\">16-member bipartisan congressional delegation<\/a>. The visit was in celebration of Israel&#8217;s 75th year of statehood and to reaffirm the special bond between the two nations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5231703\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/30\/id5231703-20230430122209_NOAM2499-23332.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) with members of Congress and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel, on April 30, 2023. (Noam Moskowitz\/Knesset Spokesmanship Office)<\/figure>\n<h3>A Special Invitation<\/h3>\n<p>McCarthy&#8217;s visit was at the invitation of Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, who welcomed the delegation and expressed his desire to strengthen the connection between the two legislatures. Ohana also thanked McCarthy for choosing the Knesset to be the first parliament in the world to visit.<\/p>\n<h3>A Strong Partnership<\/h3>\n<p>McCarthy stated, \u201cIt is an honor for us to join you in Jerusalem to celebrate the independence of Israel and to reaffirm the special bond between our nations.\u201d He also added, \u201cIn the next 75 years, our important partnership promises to be even stronger than the first 75 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A Historic Visit<\/h3>\n<p>McCarthy&#8217;s visit to the Knesset was historic, as he became the second Speaker of the House in history to address the Israeli parliament. The first was House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) who spoke before the Knesset 25 years ago, in May 1998.<\/p>\n<h3>A Supporter of Israel<\/h3>\n<p>McCarthy has been a strong supporter of Israel and has publicly voiced his support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He referred to Netanyahu as an Israeli patriot, statesman, and most importantly, a great friend of the USA.<\/p>\n<h3>Judicial Reform<\/h3>\n<p>During his visit, McCarthy also commented on the ongoing efforts by Netanyahu&#8217;s government to reform the judicial system in Israel, which has faced criticism both inside and outside the country. In March, Netanyahu rejected pressure from President Joe Biden to halt the judicial reform that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-governor-wont-stop-lying-to-voters-about-job-gains\/\" title=\"Michigan Governor Won\u2019t Stop Lying to Voters About Job Gains\">sparked large protests<\/a> across the country, both in support of the reform and against it.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>McCarthy&#8217;s visit to Israel was a significant event that reaffirmed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-child-victims-of-philadelphias-war-with-catholic-social-services\/\" title=\"The Child Victims of Philadelphia\u2019s War With Catholic Social Services\">strong bond<\/a> between the United States and Israel. It was also an opportunity for McCarthy to express his support for Israel and its government, as well as to address important issues such as judicial reform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAIFA, Israel\u2014U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) arrived in Israel on April 30 with a 16-member bipartisan congressional delegation. He arrived in Israel at about noon local time following an invitation from Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana. The Knesset is the Israeli parliament. Ohana welcomed McCarthy and the delegation, saying that he looks forward to strengthening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1471,"featured_media":1921758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[7302,10610,5917,4671,3663,5654,7241],"class_list":["post-1921757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-1st","tag-arrives","tag-international","tag-israel","tag-mccarthy","tag-speaker","tag-visit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1471"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1921757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1921758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1921757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1921757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1921757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}