Israeli President Isaac Herzog drew cheers from a joint meeting of Congress Wednesday by stressing the United States and Israel must remain united on the common goal of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon -- regardless of current tensions...
His assertions came less than 24 hours after tens of thousands of protesters blocked highways and amassed in Tel Aviv against the judicial overhaul plan, the first aspect of which seeks to limit the Israeli Supreme Court’s oversight powers and could become law as soon as next week.
The unrest has been made worse by spiking Israeli-Palestinian violence tied to the West Bank settlements push. In late June,carried out a rare airstrike on a car in the West Bank that officials said was carrying Palestinian gunmen accused of killing four Israelis. The strike came after Israeli settlers, outraged over the shootings, had stormed a Palestinian town, setting fire to dozens of cars and homes.
Mr. Herzog’s visit has drawn attention to Mr. Biden’s failure to issue the traditional White House invitation to Mr. Netanyahu. The White House this week said the two men had talked by phone and Mr. Netanyahu was invited to the U.S. at an unspecified time and place for a meeting.tension, lending partisan overtones to Wednesday’s address.Herzog
‘s speech, saying via Twitter that there was “no way in hell” she would attend. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the only Palestinian American in Congress, offered a similar message, noting that, “this year alone, the far-right Israeli government has approved the construction of over 13,000 illegal settlement units on Palestinian land.”
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