Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana met with the Speaker of the American House of Representatives Mike Johnson in Washington. Johnson: "Israel and the United States are in a war of civilizations against the enemies of freedom itself" Ohana: "Our countries share the same threats from the dark forces of the world - the Ayatollah regime.

Iran must not come out of this war the way it entered it." "When you threaten Israel, you threaten freedom itself," he added. The meeting took place as part of a diplomatic visit that Ohana held at the invitation of Johnson.