{"id":1960135,"date":"2023-06-29T10:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T14:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/herzog-address-to-congress-scheduled-for-next-month-as-netanyahu-waits-for-invite\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T10:51:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T14:51:54","slug":"herzog-address-to-congress-scheduled-for-next-month-as-netanyahu-waits-for-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/herzog-address-to-congress-scheduled-for-next-month-as-netanyahu-waits-for-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"Herzog&#8217;s Congress address set for next month, Netanyahu awaits invitation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fherzog-address-to-congress-scheduled-for-next-month-as-netanyahu-waits-for-invite%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1960135&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Deliver Joint Address to Congress<\/h2>\n<p>Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to deliver a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-will-deliver-first-speech-to-congress-in-nearly-empty-house-chamber\/\" title=\"Biden Will Deliver First Speech To Congress In Nearly-Empty House Chamber\">joint address<\/a> to Congress on July 19, according to an announcement from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s office. This visit to the United States marks the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Israel&#8217;s founding and will include a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Herzog&#8217;s upcoming address comes after McCarthy addressed the Knesset, Israel&#8217;s parliament, in April to honor Israel&#8217;s achievements. The invitation for Herzog to speak before a joint session was extended in October during his previous U.S. trip, and it has now been scheduled for this week.<\/p>\n<h3>Herzog&#8217;s Second Trip Amidst Netanyahu&#8217;s Wait<\/h3>\n<p>This will be Herzog&#8217;s second visit to the U.S. in a year, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wait for an invitation from the White House and Congress since reclaiming his leadership role in late December. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a>, Netanyahu holds significant power over domestic and foreign policy, while Herzog&#8217;s role as president is largely symbolic.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden has cited Netanyahu&#8217;s efforts to overhaul the Israeli judicial system as a reason for not extending a White House visit in the future. However, a National Security Council spokesperson stated that Biden plans to invite the prime minister before the end of the year, without providing further details.<\/p>\n<p>During a video address at the Israeli Embassy&#8217;s Independence Day party, Herzog expressed his excitement for the upcoming trip, stating, &#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to visiting the United States of America in the near future, to addressing a joint meeting of Congress, visiting my good friends at the White House, and meeting so many other good friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Herzog will be following in the footsteps of his father, former Israeli President Chaim Herzog, who addressed a joint session of Congress in 1987. Netanyahu has also spoken before Congress on three occasions as prime minister, including a notable speech in 2015 criticizing the Iran nuclear deal.<\/p>\n<h3>Focus on Strengthening U.S.-Israel Relationship<\/h3>\n<p>Similar to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s recent address, Herzog&#8217;s joint address is expected to focus on solidifying the relationship between Israel and the United States. However, like Modi, Herzog&#8217;s speech is likely to face boycotts from some congressional Democrats who oppose giving a prominent Israeli figure such a significant platform.<\/p>\n<p>While the majority of House and Senate Democrats are pro-Israel, progressive lawmakers such as &#8220;Squad&#8221; members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib have emerged as vocal critics of the Jewish state. These lawmakers boycotted Modi&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/herzog-address-to-congress-scheduled-for-next-month-as-netanyahu-waits-for-invite\/\" title=\"Herzog's Congress address set for next month, Netanyahu awaits invitation.\">joint address due<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-say-meena-harris-social-media-posts-could-interfere-with-u-s-diplomacy-with-india\/\" title=\"Officials say Meena Harris social media posts could interfere with U.S. diplomacy with India\">human rights concerns<\/a> and have faced accusations of being hostile toward Israel in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib and Ocasio-Cortez made headlines last May when they introduced a controversial resolution in the House of Representatives that referred to Palestinians as the &#8220;indigenous inhabitants&#8221; of Israel, without acknowledging Jewish history in the region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address Congress on July 19, marking the 75th anniversary of Israel&#8217;s establishment. During his US visit, he will also meet President Joe Biden at the White House. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s office made the announcement, highlighting the significance of Herzog&#8217;s address and his visit to the Knesset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1960136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1960136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}