Netanyahu gives Fetterman ‘silver-plated beeper’ by Filip Timotija – 03/20/25 9:27 AM ET Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) a “silver-plated beeper” during the lawmaker’s visit to Israel, inspired by the country’s covert operation when thousands of devices on Hezbollah fighters detonated last year. “This is a silver-plated beeper. The real beeper is like one-tenth the weight,” Netanyahu said Wednesday after handing the symbolic device to the senator. “It’s nothing, but it changes history.” Fetterman, who has been a vocal supporter of Israel in its war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas, then told Netanyahu that, “When that story broke, I was like, ‘Oh I love it. I love it,’ and now it’s like, thank you for this.”
Those attacks killed at least 4 civilians according to Human Rights Watch, injured thousands according to DW, and were carried out indiscriminately enough that Amnesty International said they should be investigated as war crimes. Maybe some decorum around the situation is called for from some Democrats. Even if you believe for some bizarre reason that Israel was justified in attacking indiscriminately, surely celebrating collateral damage lacks decorum.
I know John Fetterman thinks he’s a hotsy-totsy, but I don’t know why.