Netanyahu, who will speak July 24, was formally invited last week by a bipartisan group of lawmakers despite deep divides on U.S. policy toward the war in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress on July 24, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday in awas extended to Netanyahu last week by a bipartisan group of lawmakers looking to “build on our enduring relationship and to highlight America’s solidarity with Israel.”
“The existential challenges we face, including the growing partnership between Iran, Russia, and China, threaten the security, peace, and prosperity of our countries and of free people around the world,” wrote Johnson, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries , Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell .by Netanyahu’s tendency to align with the Republican Party, a dynamic accelerated by the war in Gaza.
Schumer said in an emailed statement that he agreed to the visit despite having “clear and profound disagreements” with the Israeli leader “because America’s relationship with Israel is ironclad and transcends one person or prime minister.”The dead included nine children, the Associated Press reported. Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman, told reporters that 20 to 30and Islamic Jihad fighters were operating from a compound inside the school.
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