AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Fetterman calls himself the 'conscience' of his party on Israel after private meeting with Netanyahu
Sen. John Fetterman sat down one-on-one with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Blair House in Washington and used the meeting to praise Israel, criticize his own party, and declare himself the Democratic conscience on the issue, a role most of his colleagues want nothing to do with. The Pennsylvania Democrat called the Wednesday meeting […] The post Fetterman calls himself the 'conscience' of his party on Israel after private meeting with Netanyahu appeared first on American Almanac .
Sen. John Fetterman sat down one-on-one with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Blair House in Washington and used the meeting to praise Israel, criticize his own party, and declare himself the Democratic conscience on the issue, a role most of his colleagues want nothing to do with. The Pennsylvania Democrat called the Wednesday meeting "a supreme honor" and told Netanyahu he stood behind Israel without reservation, even as the party's progressive wing has moved sharply against the Israeli government since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. A transcript of the exchange, released by the Israeli Prime Minister's office, captured a conversation that read less like a diplomatic courtesy call and more like a bipartisan alliance forged…Open