Former New Jersey Governor and GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie is going to Israel amid its war with Hamas.
“I'm going to go meet those families, we're gonna go meet with the Israeli Defense Force soldiers, we’re going to meet with government officials in Israel,” Christie said during an event in Merrimack, New Hampshire.
“I want to see this for myself, because, if I'm going to continue to be a strong advocate for doing everything we need to do to defend Israel, I got to see it for myself," he added.
Christie also said he wants the Israeli people to see "that one person running for president in the United States cares enough to get on an airplane and get over there and do what needs to be done.”
Tomorrow night, I'm leaving to go to Israel because I want to see for myself. I'll be meeting with Israeli officials and with survivors of the Hamas terrorist attack.
— Chris Christie (@GovChristie) November 10, 2023
If you want to be president, you can't be afraid to go and see what's happening on the ground around the world. pic.twitter.com/l9PVaspIHv
During Wednesday's GOP debate, Christie reaffirmed his support for Israel.
“America is here, no matter what it is you need at any time to preserve the state of Israel,” Christie said he would tell Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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"The first thing I would say to Prime Minister Netanyahu is pretty simple: America is here no matter what it is you need at any time to preserve the state of Israel," Chris Christie says. pic.twitter.com/KlW5odJEJo
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 9, 2023
The trip comes after Christie traveled to Ukraine in August to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky in a surprise visit.
“America has never moved forward by ignoring the rest of the world,” he said at the time. “We can’t start now.”
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