Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will travel to Israel next month as the country faces unprecedented protests over proposed reforms to its judiciary, an early foreign policy test of the potential presidential contender.
DeSantis is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at an event on April 27 hosted by the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem and The Jerusalem Post, the governor’s office confirmed Tuesday. Israeli officials confirmed to McClatchy that they are aware of the Republican governor’s travel plans.
DeSantis — who is in the midst of a nationwide book tour widely seen as a precursor to a GOP presidential campaign — will deliver his remarks before a crowd of 400 people, according to the press release announcing the event, including 120 U.S.-Jewish philanthropists. The governor is traveling to Israel as part of a larger Florida-Asian trade delegation.
