Delegation of New Jersey lawmakers heading to Israel-Gaza border
TRENTON, N.J. -- A delegation of bipartisan lawmakers from New Jersey will be heading to the Israel-Gaza border.
Several principals and school superintendents will also make the trip.
New Jersey Assemblyman Paul Kanitra will be among them and says the group will be talking with people on both sides of the conflict.
"I think hearing the stories of those who have been impacted on all sides of this is very important to us. We want to relay that back to our constituents to make sure that everybody has the right facts and data to formulate their own opinions on everything," he said.
Kanitra says the group will visit a kibbutz severely damaged by the war.
"In New Jersey alone, we have the fourth-largest Jewish population in the country, we have the second-largest Arab population in the country. Those numbers are similar in New York. So going over there, reflecting our constituents, making sure that we're representing them effectively is all very important," he said.
Kanitra says the group leaves Saturday night and will be there for two days.
They will also take letters with well wishes from students in New Jersey to hand out to children at a school in Jerusalem.