{"id":1977301,"date":"2023-07-19T12:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-president-touts-us-support-in-joint-address-to-congress\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T12:38:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T16:38:10","slug":"israeli-president-touts-us-support-in-joint-address-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-president-touts-us-support-in-joint-address-to-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli president highlights US support in speech to Congress."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fisraeli-president-touts-us-support-in-joint-address-to-congress%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=1977301&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 \u200bHerzog Praises US-Israel \u2063Relationship in Historic \u2064Speech to \u2064Congress<\/h2>\n<p>In a \u200bmomentous\u2064 address \u200cto \u2063Congress, Israeli President Isaac Herzog\u2064 expressed \u200bhis \u200cgratitude for the \u200bUnited States&#8217; \u2063unwavering \u200csupport of the Israeli\u2064 government \u2063over\u2063 the past\u2063 seven decades. He hailed \u200dthe relationship\u200d as \u2063the fulfillment \u200dof \u2064an &#8220;ancient promise&#8221; \u200dachieved through \u2063the \u2064principles \u2064of \u200cdemocracy.<\/p>\n<p>Herzog&#8217;s\u200c speech\u200b holds particular\u200d significance as President\u2064 Joe Biden \u200dnavigates \u200dthe complex dynamics \u2063of \u2063the\u2063 US-Israel alliance,\u2062 a crucial \u200cpartnership in the\u2064 Middle East that has endured\u2063 for over \u206375\u2064 years. The timing of the address \u2063also\u2064 coincides with Israel&#8217;s\u200c 75th anniversary of\u200c statehood and\u200b marks the first\u2064 time\u2062 in over three \u2064decades that an Israeli president\u2064 has \u200bspoken\u200c before Congress\u200b in a \u200bjoint session.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u200b <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Standing here today, representing \u200bthe Jewish democratic\u200c state of \u2062Israel,\u200b in\u200c its 75th \u200cyear \u2064at\u2062 the very podium from\u2064 which\u200b my\u2063 late \u200cfather President Chaim \u200cHerzog spoke,\u2062 is the\u2063 honor of\u200d a lifetime and\u200d I\u2062 thank\u2064 you\u200d all \u2064for \u2062it,&#8221; Herzog\u200d said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reflecting \u2064on \u200dthe\u200d historic\u200c US-Israel relationship, \u200cHerzog highlighted President \u2064Harry\u2063 Truman&#8217;s swift recognition of\u200b Israel just\u2064 11 \u200bminutes after its founding. He \u2062expressed deep appreciation to Congress for\u2062 its continued\u200b support, \u200cemphasizing\u200b the importance of\u200b maintaining\u200c the alliance.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2063 are\u200c grateful to the United States \u2064for the\u2064 necessary means \u200byou have \u2063provided\u200c us to \u2062keep\u200b our qualitative\u200d military edge and to enable us \u200dto defend ourselves by ourselves,&#8221;\u200d Herzog said. \u200c&#8221;This \u2062reflects your \u2063ongoing commitment to \u200dIsrael&#8217;s security. We&#8217;re\u200c also tremendously proud that \u200bours is a two-way\u200b alliance \u200bin \u2064which \u200dIsrael has \u200cbeen making\u2063 critical\u2064 contributions to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-china-policy-under-scrutiny-as-kerry-set-to-meet-ccp-officials\/\" title=\"Kerry's meeting with CCP officials raises questions about Biden's China policy.\">national security\u200c interests<\/a> of the \u2063United States \u200bof \u200bAmerica\u2062 in numerous ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Herzog also called on lawmakers to\u2064 unite\u2064 against \u200dIran,\u2062 accusing the regime of\u2062 spreading &#8220;hatred, terror,\u200d and\u200c suffering throughout \u2063the \u200dMiddle East.&#8221; His\u2063 strong \u2064stance \u2062received a \u2064standing \u2064ovation in \u2062the \u2063House chamber.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u200b <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Iran\u200b is] \u2063adding\u200b fuel to \u200bthe\u200d disastrous fire \u2063and \u200bsuffering \u200din Ukraine,&#8221; Herzog \u2063said. \u200d&#8221;The\u200b world cannot\u2064 remain indifferent\u200b to\u200b the Iranian \u200bregime&#8217;s\u200b call to \u200cwipe \u2062Israel \u2062off the \u2064map.\u200c Tolerating this call\u200d and\u2063 Iran&#8217;s\u2063 measures to \u2062realize\u200b it \u2064is \u2062an \u200bexcusable \u2062moral collapse. Backed\u2063 by the \u2064free world, \u2064Israel\u2063 and\u200b the United \u2063States must\u2062 act forcefully \u200btogether to prevent\u200b Iran&#8217;s \u200bfundamental threat to international \u2063security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mccaul-believes-ndaa-will-become-a-bipartisan-bill\/\" title=\"Rep. McCaul expects the NDAA to gain bipartisan support.\">bipartisan \u200csupport<\/a> for\u200d Israel\u200d was evident in\u2064 the\u200d House chamber, with \u2064lawmakers from both\u2062 sides \u2064of the\u200b aisle in \u200cattendance. Representative\u2063 Jerry \u200cNadler\u2063 (D-NY) \u2062even held an\u2062 Israeli \u200dflag\u2062 as\u200b Herzog \u2062delivered his speech.<\/p>\n<p>The address followed \u200dthe \u2063House&#8217;s \u200cpassage \u200cof \u2064a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-president-touts-us-support-in-joint-address-to-congress\/\" title=\"Israeli president highlights US support in speech to Congress.\">resolution \u200breaffirming congressional support<\/a> for Israel, a response to \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naomi-osaka-calls-comments-made-by-tokyo-2020-president-yoshiro-mori-ignorant\/\" title=\"Naomi Osaka calls comments made by Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori \u2018ignorant\u2019\">recent comments made<\/a>\u2063 by\u2063 progressive\u200b Democrats critical of \u200cthe Israeli government&#8217;s treatment of Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>Herzog\u200d acknowledged \u2062the \u2063Israeli-Palestinian \u2062conflict in\u2064 his speech, emphasizing that while his government is \u2063committed\u2063 to pursuing \u2064peace, it \u2062will not \u200dtolerate\u200b attacks \u200bon\u2064 its \u2063population.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Israel has taken\u200c bold\u200d steps \u2064towards \u2064peace and \u200dmaking far-reaching \u2064proposals to our Palestinian\u200b neighbors,&#8221; he\u200b said. &#8220;However, \u2064true\u200b peace cannot \u200cbe\u200b anchored in violence. \u200bIt should be \u2062clear that one cannot \u200ctalk\u2062 about peace\u2062 while condoning and \u200blegitimizing\u2063 terror implicitly \u2063or\u200c explicitly. True \u2063peace \u200dcannot be \u2063anchored\u2063 in violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Addressing\u200c the disapproval of the\u2063 Israeli \u2062government among some\u2063 Democrats,\u200d Herzog stressed the importance of distinguishing criticism from the\u2062 denial of \u200bIsrael&#8217;s\u200d right to exist.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u200d <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But,&#8221;\u200b he said, &#8220;criticism of Israel \u200bmust not cross the line\u2062 into negation\u2063 of \u2064the state of \u200dIsrael&#8217;s \u200bright to\u2064 exist. \u2063Questioning\u2063 the Jewish \u200cpeople&#8217;s right \u200cto self-determination is not\u2062 legitimate\u2064 diplomacy. It \u200cis \u200bantisemitism,&#8221; \u200dhe said, \u200bwhich \u2064was \u2063met with resounding applause\u200d from members of Congress.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vice President\u200d Kamala\u2063 Harris attended\u200b Herzog&#8217;s\u2064 speech and\u2062 is scheduled to meet with him\u200c following \u2062the address.\u200c The day before, President Joe \u200cBiden\u200c reaffirmed the US \u2063commitment\u2063 to\u200c Israel \u2062in a meeting with\u2063 the Israeli \u200dpresident.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Kevin \u200dMcCarthy\u2063 (R-CA) invited\u2062 Herzog\u2064 to address\u200d Congress,\u200d highlighting \u2064the alliance between the two countries as \u2063a force\u200c for global \u2064progress.\u200d McCarthy \u200chimself had \u2063the\u2064 honor of addressing the Israeli\u2062 Knesset, making him only \u200cthe second \u200dspeaker in \u2064history to\u2063 meet with \u2062the Israeli government.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Herzog&#8217;s historic \u2062speech serves as a testament \u200bto\u2063 the \u2063enduring bond between \u200dthe\u2062 United \u2062States and Israel, emphasizing\u2064 the\u200c shared values \u2063and \u200dmutual benefits that\u2064 underpin\u2062 this\u200c vital alliance.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">here<\/a> to read more from \u2062The Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli President Isaac Herzog commended the US for backing the Israeli government for 70 years, hailing the bond as a &#8220;fulfilled ancient pledge&#8221; based on democracy. 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