Members of the delegation traveling with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu were disappointed following their meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris, a high-level source told Jewish Insider.
The senior Israeli diplomat was concerned about Harris’s support for Israel. Other sources said the delegation did not have an encouraging first impression of the vice president.
The two leaders exchanged pleasantries during a photo-op and met for about 40 minutes in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House.
After the meeting, Harris delivered remarks where she took a critical stance on Israel’s role in the Gaza war, stating that the Jewish state had a right to defend itself but “how it does so matters.”
“I also expressed with the prime minister my serious concern about the scale of human suffering in Gaza, including the death of far too many innocent…
