Fetterman traveled to Israel and met with Netanyahu despite blowback on the left
![Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who continues to break with progressives within his party by backing Israel in the war with Hamas, visited the country this week and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5188x3891+324+0/resize/5188x3891!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fca%2F45%2Fc913a045454d9e93440b6fd06190%2Fjon-fetterman-edit-2.jpg)
Why Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., visited Israel this week, and how the visit underscores tensions among Democrats over the war in Gaza.
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