{"id":1977594,"date":"2023-07-19T16:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-president-isaac-herzogs-address-to-congress-reaffirms-a-sacred-bond-with-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T16:27:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:27:20","slug":"israeli-president-isaac-herzogs-address-to-congress-reaffirms-a-sacred-bond-with-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-president-isaac-herzogs-address-to-congress-reaffirms-a-sacred-bond-with-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli President Isaac Herzog&#8217;s Congress speech strengthens the &#8216;sacred bond&#8217; with the U.S."},"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\">26<\/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-isaac-herzogs-address-to-congress-reaffirms-a-sacred-bond-with-the-u-s%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=1977594&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--><div \u200dclass=\"entry-content\">\u2064 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t <figure\u200b class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Israeli \u200bPresident Isaac Herzog addresses a \u2063joint meeting of the\u200d U.S. \u2064Congress at the\u2064 U.S.\u200d Capitol \u200bon July\u2062 19, \u20622023 in Washington,\u2064 DC. Herzog\u2019s speech \u200don the \u200dfloor of the House\u2063 of Representatives \u200bstirred \u200ccontroversy as\u2063 some liberal Democrats planned to boycott \u200dof \u2064the \u2063Israeli \u2063president\u2019s (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>  \u2063  <\/p>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/shawntel-smith-hill\">Shawntel \u200cSmith-Hill\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>1:21 PM \u200d\u2013\u2062 Wednesday, \u2063July \u200b19, \u200c2023<\/h2>\n<p>  \u200c \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>On \u200dWednesday morning, Israeli President \u200bIsaac Herzog attempted to reassure Congress of \u200cthe two countries\u2019 longstanding\u200b bond.<\/p>\n<div\u200d id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width:\u2062 320px; min-height: 50px;  \u200dtext-align: center;\"> \u200c \t<script> \u2062 \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function()\u200c { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script> \u200c\u2062 <\/div>\n<div \u200cclass=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>  \u200b    <\/p>\n<p>Herzog told \u200dU.S. \u2064lawmakers \u2064that \u200che \u200bwelcomed\u2062 criticism from American allies, \u200cbut\u200d expressed concern over comments\u2063 connecting \u2063Israel\u2019s government with anti-Semitic sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d  <\/p>\n<p>Herzog\u2019s address to a \u200cCongressional joint\u200b session\u200b is\u2062 not a first time occurrence from Israel\u2019s president. His father, Chaim Herzog, \u200bsimilarly addressed Congress \u200dback in 1987.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b  <\/p>\n<p>Despite notable\u2064 absences from a \u200dhandful \u2064of progressive Democrats who \u2063announced that \u200dthey \u2062would boycott the\u200c address, Herzog emphasized\u2064 the \u201ctrue friendship\u201d \u200dbetween\u200d the U.S. \u2063and \u2063Israel as one \u200b\u201cbased\u2063 on values,\u201d describing it as a\u2062 \u201csacred bond.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote \u2063class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u200b <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m \u2062not oblivious \u200cto criticism\u2063 among friends, including \u200dsome expressed \u2062by respected members of\u200d this House. I respect criticism, especially\u2064 from friends,\u200b although one \u200cdoes \u2064not \u200calways have to accept it,\u201d\u2062 Herzog\u2062 told\u2062 legislators.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200b   <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBut \u200bcriticism\u2064 of \u2062Israel must\u200d not cross the\u2062 line into negation \u2064of the state of Israel\u2019s right to exist. Questioning the Jewish people\u2019s \u200dright to \u200dself-determination \u2064is \u200dnot \u200dlegitimate\u200b diplomacy, it\u200c is\u200b antisemitism,\u201d\u2063 he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    \u2062<\/p>\n<p>Herzog, whose position is largely symbolic and apolitical, mentioned his \u200ddesire for \u200clasting peace\u2062 between Israelis and \u2063Palestinians, although \u2062he did \u200cnot\u2064 specify \u2062much\u200c detail regarding \u200dthe proposals.<\/p>\n<p>His address comes\u2064 shortly after \u200dthe\u200c house\u2062 had passed a resolution \u200din an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/house-passes-resolution-backing-israel-after-rep-jayapal-calls-it-a-racist-state\/\" target=\"_blank\">overwhelming\u200c 412-to-9<\/a> vote\u200c on \u200cTuesday. \u2063Emphasizing \u200dlawmakers\u2019 support for Israel and reaffirming\u2063 that\u2063 it is not a racist state.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062   <\/p>\n<p>Democratic Representative Pramila Jayapal \u2062recently\u2062 faced\u200d backlash\u2063 over\u2064 her\u200c comments \u2062on Saturday, after \u200bshe claimed, \u201cIsrael is \u2062a racist state.\u201d She \u2063has\u200d since apologized,\u2062 insisting that her comments were specifically\u200b aimed at \u2062Israel\u2019s Prime \u2064Minister\u200d Benjamin\u2063 Netanyahu and not \u2063Israel as a\u2063 nation.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u200b do \u200dnot believe\u200b the\u2063 idea of Israel \u2063as a \u2063nation is racist,\u201d \u200cJayapal said \u2062in\u2064 a press\u2063 release \u2062on Sunday. \u201cI do, however, \u2063believe that Netanyahu\u2019s\u2063 extreme right-wing \u2062government has engaged in discriminatory \u200cand outright racist policies and\u200d that there are extreme\u2063 racists driving that\u200b policy within \u2064the leadership \u200cof the current \u2064government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u200d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2063    <\/p>\n<p>Herzog\u2019s \u200caddress\u200b intended to strengthen strained ties\u2063 between \u2063the \u2063U.S.\u200d and Israel amid recent protests\u200d against \u200dIsraeli forces \u2064who\u2063 carried out settlement \u200bexpansions to \u2062cement the nation\u2019s control \u2064over the \u2062occupied West Bank area, \u2062as well\u2063 as \u2062a \u2063proposed \u200bjudicial overhaul carried\u2063 out\u2064 by Netanyahu\u2019s \u2063government.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b    <\/p>\n<p>A large number \u2064of \u2062protestors have \u2064recently flooded the \u2062streets\u2063 of Israel, demanding \u2064that\u2063 the government halt\u2062 the\u2063 proposed \u2064overhaul.\u2063 The \u2062Israeli president\u2063 has consistently tried\u200c to alleviate these concerns. \u2063He\u200d bolstered\u200d his confidence that \u200cIsrael\u2019s democracy remains\u200c as strong as ever and that the country will\u2062 work\u2062 through\u2062 whatever\u200d \u201cissues\u201d it is facing. <\/p>\n<p> \u2063  \u200c\u2063 <blockquote\u200b class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAs\u200d a nation, we must\u200b find a way\u200c to \u2063talk\u2063 to each other, \u200dno matter \u2064how \u2062long\u2063 it takes. \u2063As\u2064 head of state, I will continue \u2064doing everything to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-president-isaac-herzogs-address-to-congress-reaffirms-a-sacred-bond-with-the-u-s\/\" title=\"Israeli President Isaac Herzog's Congress speech strengthens the 'sacred bond' with the U.S.\">reach broad \u200dpublic \u2062consensus<\/a> and to preserve, protect,\u2064 and defend the state of\u2064 Israel\u2019s \u2063democracy,\u201d Herzog said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  \u2064\u2062  <\/p>\n<figure \u2064class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\u2063 wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div 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