Fifty States One Israel Conference

Sep 14, 2025

A conference of 250 American state legislators hosted in Israel by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs

250 US legislators plant state trees in Negev, while seeing sites of Oct. 7 (JNS) archive link “The decisions of the government of Israel have a direct impact on the safety and security of Jews around the globe,” said Becca Rausch, a Democratic state senator in Massachusetts, calling the trip quite personal due to the tent encampments at universities in her home state. “There is a fundamental lack of understanding of history and intellectual dishonesty of applying the American construction of race and racism to Israel and the Middle East.”
Thousands spent for Massachusetts politicians to travel this summer, records show (Boston Herald) Rep. Alan Silvia, a Fall River Democrat, disclosed that he plans to travel to Israel this month for five days to attend the “50 States, One Israel: Bipartisan Delegation of U.S. State Legislators to Israel 2025.” archive link
PM Netanyahu’s remarks at the “Fifty States – One Israel” event at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (gov.il)
Facebook post by Israel in Boston (archive link)
LinkedIn post by Consulate General of Israel to New England (archive link)
Amid military escalation in Gaza, Mass. lawmakers traveled to Israel on trip funded by Israeli government (Boston Globe)
Rep. Saunders reflects on trip to Israel

Maine delegation at a tree planting in Ofakim sponsored by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Massachusetts delegation at a tree planting in Ofakim sponsored by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs