He explains that the delegation is in Israel to understand more about the war and to understand the "core of what's driving antisemitism around the United States, which is this misinformation campaign against Israel. They want to come and see it for themselves so they can come back and bring the truth of what's actually happening in Israel to their governors and states."
As part of the mission, the delegation visited the kibbutzim that were ravaged by the October 7th massacre, looking back on the experience, Groisman says that although it was not his first time, "Every time it is so difficult. It is so difficult to see the devastation of what Hamas did on that terrible day."
He compares what he saw now to what he saw when he visited shortly after the massacre: "In November, it looked like an army base, it was total chaos. Today, you see a kibbutz which they beautified again. Parts of it are back to their original beauty, which is even more difficult to see because then you make a turn and see the rows of homes that were devastated and the people who were murdered and taken. You get to see the 'Ying and the Yang' of life in the south of Israel and what happened on that day." WATCH
