Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A spokesperson for Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office has provided a readout of her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Spokesperson Sam Dubke said the governor met with Netanyahu on Wednesday. The meeting, part of the governor’s trade mission, reiterated the state’s “unbreakable bond with Israel” and its commitment to defeat common enemies, he said.

Support included the state’s recent decision to invest up to $50 million in retirement funds in Israeli bonds, added to the $55 million already held by the Arkansas Treasury. The Arkansas government is also required to refer to Judea and Samaria when discussing the region west of the Jordan River.

The governor proposed an expansion of the state’s support of the Israel Iron Dome defense system, Dubke said.

The readout continued that Sanders met with several Israeli companies, including Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, an Israeli defense company with a large and growing footprint in Arkansas, adding she also met with other Israeli agritech and defense companies.

The Governor has also toured cultural sites, Dubke said, and met with senior Israeli government officials, traveled with U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to Samaria, and joined her father, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, on visits throughout the country.