"Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met on Monday with U.S. Senator-elect Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
At the start of their meeting, the Prime Minister said, "I'm welcoming you to Israel on your very first visit. You're a friend of Israel; the United States is a close ally of Israel. We have not only common values but face common dangers........."
May 26, 2014 Cruz arrived in Israel Monday for a two-day visit. He'll travel later this week to Poland, Ukraine and Estonia.
....."So far, he reportedly has met with Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett and the opposition Labor Party's Knesset leader Isaac Herzog.
He also reiterated a recent call for the resignation of Secretary of State John Kerry over Kerry's suggested that Israel was at risk of becoming an "apartheid" state for its treatment of Palestinians.
On Tuesday Crzu plans to tour a medical center in the city of Tzfat.
In Ukraine later this week, Cruz intends to visit Maidan Square, and meet with leaders of the country's protest movement and Jewish and Catholic communities.
The trip is Cruz's third to Israel since his election in 2012"...
Also said in his speech today he met with Bibi when he was in US also. One of the Q&A questioners complimented Cruz on his knowledge of mid east.