Israeli and American sources confirmed that a delegation from the US Congress will visit Israel soon, and that it asked not to include representatives of the "Jewish Greatness" and "Religious Zionism" parties from the far right, which participate in the new government coalition.
And the American news site Axios quoted Israeli and American sources as saying that Democratic Senator Jackie Rosen told the Israeli government that she did not want the bipartisan congressional delegation, which she will lead to Israel this week, to meet with any member of the Israeli far-right parties.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz also reported the news, and said that Rosen, who the newspaper described as supportive of Israel, had asked not to meet with any of the members of the two parties.
The party leads "Jewish greatness" and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, while the religious Zionist party is headed by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, and the two extremist parties hold 15 seats in the Knesset.
The delegation will be headed by Democrat Rosen and Republican James Lankford, and will include members who are part of the "Abraham Accords" bloc, a group formed to support and expand the normalization agreements that were launched during the administration of former President Donald Trump between Israel and several Arab countries.
The aforementioned delegation will tour Morocco, the Emirates and Bahrain, and Israel is the last stop, where the delegation will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana and other officials.