House Speaker Paul Ryan to Israel's Knesset: "We Stand Shoulder to Shoulder With You"

Jonathan Benedek : Apr 5, 2016
Breaking Israel News

"Our friendship with Israel is more important to us than it was in the past." -Speaker Ryan

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Paul Ryan stressed that the US relationship with Israel is more important than ever at an April 4th meeting, at the Knesset with Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein. (Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO/via Breaking Israel News)

"We will work shoulder to shoulder with you against threats," Speaker Ryan said. "That's why I came here and this is the point I wanted to stress."
 
"Our friendship with Israel is more important to us than it was in the past," Ryan added at the meeting with his Israeli counterpart.
 
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