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Source: https://jewishinsider.com/2023/08/democrats-lawmakers-israel-delegation-judicial-reform/
Democratic Lawmakers Describe Takeaways from Trip to Israel
(Jewish Insider) Marc Rod - 26 House Democrats traveled to Israel this month on a trip sponsored by the AIPAC-linked American Israel Education Foundation and agreed that the trip had given them a better appreciation for the security threats that Israel faces. "The issues on the northern border, Lebanon, Syria, they are more serious than I realized....It is urgent, it's a daily issue," said Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH). "Iran has really encircled this country with these proxy terror groups." Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) said the group personally saw Hizbullah operatives maneuvering along the border. "It's one thing to talk about these talking points from the comfort of an office in Washington, D.C. It is another thing to be standing there...looking over the border with a Hizbullah spy in the trees looking down at you and your group." A trip to a kibbutz near the Gaza border, in short range of rocket attacks from the Palestinian enclave, also resonated with several participants. Rep. Don Davis (D-NC) said, "To think that residents would have just a matter of seconds to get families, their children, into a bomb shelter...it's amazing to me."