Last week, after a bruising Republican primary battle that Donald J. Trump won decisively, former Ambassador Nikki Haley announced that she is determined to stop Joe Biden from being re-elected and would, therefore, vote for Trump in November, despite their differences.

This week, Haley hopped on a plane and flew straight here to Israel.

Why?

She certainly wants to show her solidarity with the Israeli people.

That’s why today she toured three Israeli communities – Kibbutz Nir Oz, the site of the Nova Musical Festival massacre near Kibbutz Re’im, and the city of Sderot – all located right on the Gaza border.

I had the opportunity to join her at each stop, watch her in motion, and ask her several questions.

It was moving to see such a prominent American political leader meet with, listen to, and even hug salt-of-the-earth Israelis who personally witnessed and experienced the barbaric Hamas atrocities first-hand on October 7th.

It was intriguing to listen to the questions Haley asked.

And the empathy she expressed personally with those Israelis, as well as at the press conference here in Sderot, the largest city on the Gaza border, even amidst the earth-shaking boom, boom, boom of near-constant IDF artillery fire at Hamas positions.

“What happened on October 7th was pure evil,” she told a gaggle of reporters.

“To my Israeli brothers and sisters, I say: We hear you, we see you, we hurt with you and we mourn every single life lost. For those families who have hostages taken, we won’t stop fighting until everyone returns home. Don’t listen to the media bites you hear,” Haley said.

“America is with you. October 7th hurt us all. This should not just be personal for Israelis. It should also be for Americans because Israel is fighting America’s enemies. This is not going to go away by some policy agreement. It will only go away when we acknowledge the truth. So pick a side. My side is the one where we speak for those who can no longer speak and fight for those who can no longer fight.”

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