In March, during a state work period in which senators typically engage with the people they represent, he instead went on an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel, thanks to the generosity of a New York City nonprofit focused on mental health in the international Jewish community.

Alongside his wife Gisele, Fetterman flew first class to Israel and stayed in five-star hotels in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as part of a “Fact-Finding Mission,” according to recent travel disclosure documents. On the trip, the itinerary shows, he met with President Benjamin Netanyahu “to discuss the current state of affairs in Israel and Israel’s response to the mental health crisis following the October 7th terrorist attacks.”

During that meeting, Netanyahu gave Fetterman a silver beeper to commemorate Israel’s attack in Lebanon — which the United Nations has called a “terrifying violation of international law.”

Fetterman’s three-day Israel trip, which cost over $36,000, was funded by Relief Resources, a New York City-based nonprofit that describes itself as “dedicated to supporting the international Jewish community in overcoming the broad range of conditions related to mental illness.”

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    In March, during a state work period in which senators typically engage with the people they represent, he instead went on an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel

    So he went to engage with the people he represents.

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      “Israeli oligarchs bribe American politician with luxury holiday, to continue supporting their genocide, war crimes, and colonialism.”

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    I know this is all blamed on his stroke, but I don’t know. I can’t help but wonder if Mossad has so much dirt on him that they have him completely under their control. Like the article says, “It seems like he’s more the ambassador to Israel than the senator from Pennsylvania.”

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    That charity needs to address the mental illness of sociopathy, rather than advance it.

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      Is that not what they’re doing? I recommend tours with Breaking the Silence. They’re a great org showing folks what what happens to Palestinian communities after decades of apartheid and war crimes.

      They have weekly busses departing Tel Aviv, but you have to book months in advance

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    Has anybody checked to make sure this dude wasn’t given a neurolink when he was in the hospital for his stroke?

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    Damn, that’s a great idea. I wish we made all US Zionists go to Palestine to see the horrors of apartheid.

    That would be a great treatment for their mental illness