​(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
 
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Monday, 22 October 2018), at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, met with US Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and thanked the outgoing Congresswoman for her activity on behalf of the State of Israel and for the deepening of the ties between Israel and the US. He noted, "I have said and I'll say it again, we have never had a better defender of Israel and a better defender of the truth. So I want to thank you."
 
Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen replied: "Mr. Prime Minister, it has been the joy of my professional life to be the advocate for a strong US-Israel relationship."