Former governor and GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie on Sunday visited Israel, touring a kibbutz destroyed in the October 7th attack by Hamas militants that triggered the war in the Middle East that has now killed thousands of Israeli and Palestinian civilians.

During his visit, Christie said the US must stand shoulder to shoulder with its ally, Israel, and backed Israel's rejection of a cease fire in the Gaza Strip.

Even as international pressure mounts to stop or scale back Israel's strikes on Gaza.

With the death toll rising to more than 11,000 Palestinians, according to the health ministry there run by Hamas, saying a third are women and children.

New Jersey is home to the nation's largest Palestinian population.

But in an interview with CBS New York, Christie had critical words for pro-Palestine supporters here.

Well, look, I think some of them just have to be confused.

They have to be given horrible information.

And I think that's happening, particularly on college campuses all over this country, by people with a much different agenda than the truth.