Mike Johnson at the Western Wall: 'May America always stand with Israel'

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson visited Jerusalem’s Western Wall, a sacred Jewish site, wearing a kippah during Tisha B’Av fast. Leading a congressional delegation, Johnson prayed at the Wall, emphasizing U.S. solidarity with Israel. Other initiates alongside Speaker Johnson include Governor of Arkansas Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the daughter of Mike Huckabee, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel.

Tisha B'Av is a significant Jewish fast day that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, by God's will. The Book of Jeremiah suggests God permitted the destructions as punishment for Jewish sins such as idolatry, injustice, and disunity.