{"id":24498,"date":"2025-05-26T18:57:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T15:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=24498"},"modified":"2025-05-26T21:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T18:37:07","slug":"us-homeland-security-secretary-visits-israel-plants-tree-in-memory-of-yaron-lischinsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/us-homeland-security-secretary-visits-israel-plants-tree-in-memory-of-yaron-lischinsky\/","title":{"rendered":"US Homeland Security Secretary Visits Israel, Plants Tree in Memory of Yaron Lischinsky"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today (Monday) in his Jerusalem office with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.<\/p>\n

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the Secretary expressed unequivocal support for the State of Israel, and voiced strong appreciation for the Prime Minister’s policy on constructing the border fence with Egypt and his conduct in managing the war.<\/p>\n

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The Secretary with PM Netanyahu | Photo: Kobi Gideon, GPO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the Western Wall
\n<\/strong>Secretary Noem took the opportunity of being in Jerusalem on Jerusalem Day to visit the Western Wall. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Places, greeted her there. They read a chapter of Psalms and a said a prayer in commemoration of terror victims Yaron Lischinsky and Sara Milgram, who were murdered in Washington.<\/p>\n

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US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem greeted by Rabbi Rabinowitz | Photo: Western Wall Heritage Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“True Solidarity Between Our Nations”
\n<\/strong>In an emotional and intimate ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem planted a tree in memory of Yaron Lischinsky, who was murdered along with Sarah Milgram in the Washington terror attack. The event was hosted by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security @Sec_Noem<\/a> attended a memorial ceremony in Jerusalem honoring Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrm, Israeli Embassy staffers killed in a terror attack in Washington, D.C.
\nThe moving ceremony was held at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hosted\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/KhWbVxyAJD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 U.S. Embassy Jerusalem (@usembassyjlm) May 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n