The leader of the Democratic minority in the US House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffreys, is leading a congressional delegation to visit Ghana and Israel, in his first visit to Congress as a Democratic leader, heading to Ghana and then Israel, where he and his delegation will participate in the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba and the celebration of the anniversary of the founding of Israel.

Jeffreys, who is close to the most powerful Israel lobby organization in the United States, the American Israel Public Relations Committee-AIPAC, represents New York's 8th congressional district, which includes a majority of African Americans and the Caribbean.

Congressman Jefferies, who this year replaced Nancy Pelosi as the leader of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives after the Democrats lost the majority in the House of Representatives, is widely considered a close friend of Israel, and one of the biggest supporters of the occupation authorities, as the Guardian newspaper pointed out last November. Following his selection as the leader of the Democrats, he said: "The prospect of Jeffreys leading the House Democrats was greeted happily by hardline pro-Israel groups who are increasingly concerned about growing opposition in Congress to Israel's treatment of the Palestinians."

According to the Open Secrets website, pro-Israel groups have donated nearly half a million dollars to the Jefferies 2022 campaign, second only to donations from the American Stock Exchange.

It is noteworthy that Jeffreys said in a rally in July 2014, during Israel's fierce war on the besieged Gaza Strip: "Israel should not be forced to apologize for its strength," echoing what Israel says that he knows from experience that "the only thing that is respected by the neighbors in a difficult neighborhood is strength." And in December 2016, Jefferies condemned the Obama administration for not vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements.

Jeffreys is accompanied by Rep. Gregory Meeks, who sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee. Member of the Financial Services Committee, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Member of the Appropriations Committee, Member of the Select Subcommittee on Arming the Federal Government, Representative Yvette D. Clark, member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, member of the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Stacy Plaskett, MD, Select Subcommittee on Arming the Federal Government, member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Nanette Barragán, Chair of the Hispanic Caucus, member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Representative Josh Gottheimer, member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, member of the Financial Services Committee; Representative Stephen Horsford, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, is a member of the Financial Services Committee. member of the Armed Forces Committee; and Rep. Lizzie Fletcher - member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Joe Niguez, chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. Member of the Judiciary Committee, Member of the Rules Committee, Member of the Natural Resources Committee, Deputy Dean Phillips, Co-Chair, Committee on Democratic Policy and Communications, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member of the Small Business Committee, and Representative Sarah Jacobs, Representative of Caucus Leadership. Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, member of the Armed Forces Committee.