page_title: Ron DeSantis
section_title: Israel
hierarchical_section_title: Ron DeSantis / Political positions / Foreign relations / Israel
caption_attribution_description: English: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
context_page_description: Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American attorney, naval officer and politician serving as the 46th and current governor of Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented Florida's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2018. After graduating from Yale University and Harvard Law School, DeSantis served as an officer and attorney in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy.
  DeSantis was a candidate in Florida's 2016 U.S. Senate election, but withdrew when incumbent Senator Marco Rubio announced that he would seek reelection. DeSantis then opted to run for reelection to his U.S. House seat. An ally of President Donald Trump, DeSantis made frequent criticisms of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, urging Trump to shut down or significantly limit the investigation and "suggesting agents should have briefed the Trump campaign about their efforts to investigate certain aides."
  On August 28, 2018, DeSantis won the Republican primary for the gubernatorial election.
context_section_description: In 2013, DeSantis introduced the Palestinian Accountability Act, which would halt U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority until it formally recognizes Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state and cuts off all ties with the militant group Hamas.
  In 2016, DeSantis co-introduced the Non-Discrimination of Israel in Labeling Act, which will defend the right of Israeli producers to label products manufactured in the West Bank as "Israel," "Made in Israel," or "Product of Israel." DeSantis supported the move of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
  As governor, in light of Airbnb's decision to no longer allow rentals of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, on January 15, 2019, DeSantis directed the Department of Management Services to no longer reimburse state employees and state contractors for travel expenses incurred with Airbnb; later that month he accepted the recommendation of the State Board of Administration to place Airbnb on Florida's "Scrutinized Companies List".
caption: DeSantis with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in May 2019
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