Mike Pence Meets With Prominent Israeli Extremists

The Huffington Post reports:

Former Vice President Mike Pence (R) met with two prominent Jewish extremists during a visit to the Palestinian city of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday.

In photos circulated on Twitter, Pence appeared alongside Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right member of the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, and Baruch Marzel, a far-right Jewish activist, whom the Israeli Supreme Court disqualified from running for Knesset in 2019 on the grounds that he had incited violence against Palestinians.

Matt Duss, a foreign policy adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), compared Pence’s meeting with the two men to a “foreign leader coming to the U.S. and hanging out with the Proud Boys,” a U.S. far-right gang.

Read the full article. As I reported yesterday, Pence was flown to Israel by GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson, the world’s 5th-richest woman.

Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right Israeli parliamentarian, and Baruch Marzel, a far-right activist, greeted Pence in Hebron. https://t.co/zkPnstphmO

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) March 9, 2022

שמחתי לפגוש את סגן נשיא ארה”ב לשעבר מייק פנס, בחברון עיר האבות. הודתי לו על שהגיע לבקר אותנו, ועל העמידה והתמיכה שלו לצד מדינת ישראל. pic.twitter.com/lJJeLaWLaC

— איתמר בן גביר (@itamarbengvir) March 9, 2022

This is like a foreign leader coming to the US and hanging out with the Proud Boys. https://t.co/q6IiR5swT4

— Matt Duss (@mattduss) March 9, 2022

In Israel, Mike Pence says future GOP administration will rip up any new Iran deal | The Times of Israel https://t.co/TvgYQvB432

— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) March 8, 2022