Netanyahu spoke to both Democrat and Republican lawmakers on Wednesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol, on July 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C.The address to Congress comes over nine months into the ongoing conflict in Gaza, which began when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.
Dismissing U.S. protesters as mostly puppets of Iran is not accurate, but there is evidence to support some of his claims. But Israel has plenty of American critics without Iran's meddling -- a fact omitted by Netanyahu and acknowledged by the intelligence chief. "I want to be clear that I know Americans who participate in protests are, in good faith, expressing their views on the conflict in Gaza -- this intelligence does not indicate otherwise," Haines wrote.
Police use pepper spray as pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather on the day of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 24, 2024.Aid groups in Gaza say there aren't consistent rules about what supplies are allowed while ground crossings have been frequently closed for security reasons throughout the war.
"Despite all the lies you've heard, the war in Gaza has one of the lowest ratios of combatants to noncombatants, casualties in the history of urban warfare," Netanyahu said, adding, "And you want to know where it's lowest in Gaza? Its lowest is in Rafah."This statement lacks important context and is impossible to verify because of the lack of objective data on the war and past conflicts.
However, not everyone agrees. Critics of Israel's military operations point to many operations that have disproportionally killed civilians, including the recent rescue operation of four Israeli hostages that the Gaza Health Ministry says killed 274 Palestinians and wounded hundreds of others.
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