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Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson is postponing his travel to Israel, wherever helium had planned to code Israel's parliament successful Jerusalem aboriginal this month, amid open warfare betwixt Israel and Iran.
"Due to the analyzable concern presently unfolding successful Iran and Israel, Speaker Ohana and I person made the determination to postpone the peculiar league of the Knesset," Johnson said successful a statement Monday. "We look guardant to rescheduling the code successful the adjacent aboriginal and nonstop our prayers to the radical of Israel and the Middle East."
Johnson announced past week that helium would marque the travel connected June 22. It would person been 1 of a tiny fig of trips he's taken since becoming speaker.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu get to code the media aft a gathering successful the U.S. Capitol connected Feb. 7, 2025.
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The Louisiana Republican has led the House GOP successful their staunch enactment of Israel successful the warfare successful Gaza that began pursuing Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Johnson's speakership began weeks later, aft the ouster of his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy addressed the Israeli parliament, known arsenic the Knesset, during his speakership successful May 2023.
Johnson met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successful Washington successful February. The talker said erstwhile helium announced plans for his travel past week that "Israel indispensable cognize that erstwhile America said, 'Never Again,' we meant it," calling it "our motivation imperative to basal by our sister democracy."
The U.S. State Department connected Monday raised its question advisory for Israel to the highest level, Level 4, and warned Americans not to question determination owed to "armed conflict, coercion and civilian unrest."
"The information concern successful Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is unpredictable, and U.S. citizens are reminded to stay vigilant and instrumentality due steps to summation their information consciousness arsenic information incidents, including mortar and rocket occurrence and equipped UAV intrusions and missiles, tin instrumentality spot without warning," the State Department said.
Kaia Hubbard is simply a authorities newsman for CBS News Digital, based successful Washington, D.C.
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