DM Monitoring
ATLANTA: Constituents of three Republican US senators have criticized them for visiting Israel during an important national holiday last weekend.
Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Ted Cruz of Texas and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee landed in Israel on Saturday to show their support for the country following its latest war on Gaza, which lasted 11 days.
At least 255 Palestinians were killed, including 66 children and 39 women, with 1,910 people wounded, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza.
Thousands of Palestinian homes and properties were completely destroyed. Twelve people in Israel were killed.
Graham and Cruz posted photos and videos of themselves meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders. The senators pledged to support Israel with more money and weapons. In 2016, the US committed itself to provide Israel with $38 billion over a 10-year period that started in 2018, giving it more money than any other country in the world.
Cruz tweeted: “It’s important that we’re here now to state unequivocally that the United States stands with Israel.” But his constituents on Twitter noted his decision to vacation with his family in Mexico in mid-February while scores of homes and properties in his home state were damaged by a storm.
