Vice President Mike Pence has assured the Republican Jewish establishment that US bonds with Israel will grow stronger under the new administration.
“We’re going to keep our end of the bargain,” Pence told the Republican Jewish Coalition during the group’s annual leadership meeting on Friday. “If the world knows nothing else, the world will know this: America stands with Israel.”
Many within the Republican Jewish establishment had grown frustrated with former president Barack Obama, who did not have a close relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Pence told Republican donors and Jewish leaders at Sheldon Adelson’s landmark Venetian hotel that America’s ties with Israel were already stronger under President Donald Trump.
The vice president went on to deliver a long message of thanks to Adelson, the country’s biggest Republican donor.
“Your leadership, I believe, will impact this nation and the Jewish state of Israel for…