{"id":1977929,"date":"2023-07-19T20:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T00:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-president-gets-standing-ovation-from-us-congress-after-pointed-message-to-aocs-squad\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T20:23:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T00:23:09","slug":"israeli-president-gets-standing-ovation-from-us-congress-after-pointed-message-to-aocs-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-president-gets-standing-ovation-from-us-congress-after-pointed-message-to-aocs-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli President receives standing ovation from US Congress following strong message to AOC&#8217;s &#8216;Squad&#8217;."},"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\">28<\/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-gets-standing-ovation-from-us-congress-after-pointed-message-to-aocs-squad%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=1977929&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 \u200bPresident\u200c Gets \u200dStanding Ovation from US Congress After \u2062Pointed \u200dMessage to\u200c AOC&#8217;s &#8216;Squad&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>President \u200cIsaac Herzog \u2063of Israel delivered a\u2064 powerful\u2062 and\u2063 engaging address to \u200bCongress \u2062on Wednesday, emphasizing \u2064the importance \u2064of friendship\u2062 between Israel\u2064 and the United States. His speech\u200d came just \u200cdays \u200dafter several \u200bprogressive Democrats\u2062 made\u2062 it \u2062clear\u2064 that they view\u2063 Israel \u2062as their\u200b enemy.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/israels-herzog-sharply-addresses-criticism-house-members-squad-members-remarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox \u200dNews<\/a>, Democratic Rep. \u200dPramila Jayapal\u200b of Washington recently \u2063referred\u200c to\u2064 Israel as\u200c a\u2063 \u201cracist state,\u201d \u200cwhile \u200dfellow Democratic Rep. Ilhan \u2063<a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-house-democrats-screaming-meltdown-floor-ilhan-omar-resolution\/\"\u200c target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omar<\/a> of \u200cMinnesota, \u200ba leader of the \u2064House \u201csquad\u201d of\u200d progressives, \u2063led\u200b a boycott of \u2062Herzog&#8217;s\u2064 address.<\/p>\n<p>Herzog addressed the issue without\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-president-gets-standing-ovation-from-us-congress-after-pointed-message-to-aocs-squad\/\" title=\"Israeli President receives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-bodycam-footage-of-police-responding-to-altercation-between-georgia-democrat-senate-candidate-raphael-warnock-and-his-wife-released-video\/\" title=\"Shocking Bodycam Footage of Police Responding to Altercation Between Georgia Democrat Senate Candidate Raphael Warnock and His Wife Released (VIDEO)\">standing ovation<\/a> from US Congress following strong message to AOC&#8217;s &#8216;Squad&#8217;.&#8221;>directly\u200c naming names<\/a>,\u200b stating,\u200b \u201cMr.\u200b Speaker, \u2064I am\u2064 not\u200b oblivious \u200bto criticism\u2064 among friends, \u2064including \u200dsome \u200dexpressed by \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rush-to-judgement-three-crucial-questions-remain-unanswered-about-capitol-siege\/\" title=\"Rush to judgement? Three crucial questions remain unanswered about Capitol siege\">respected members<\/a> of this House. \u200dI respect criticism,\u200b especially from friends, \u200balthough \u2062one does not always have to\u2064 accept\u200b it.\u201d He received \u2063loud\u200c applause \u2063when\u200c he \u2063added, \u201cBut\u2063 criticism of \u200bIsrael \u2063must not cross the \u2064line\u2062 into \u2062negation of\u200c the State of Israel\u2019s\u200d right\u2064 to \u2063exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote \u200dclass=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" \u2064lang=\"en\">Israel President Herzog \u2062addresses \u201cantisemitism\u201d \u200dwithin Congress:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m \u2063not \u200doblivious \u2063to \u2063criticism among \u200dfriends, including some \u2062expressed by respected members of this\u200d House \u200b\u2026 \u2064but \u2062criticism \u200cof Israel must\u2062 not \u2062cross the \u200bline \u2063into \u200bnegation \u2064of the state\u200c of Israel\u2019s right\u2062 to exist.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hixJ9GHSbW\">pic.twitter.com\/hixJ9GHSbW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The \u2062Recount (@therecount) <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1681695397901680640?\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Herzog also\u2064 addressed the issue\u200b of \u200dantisemitism, stating, \u201cQuestioning \u2063the \u2064Jewish people\u2019s\u200c right\u200b to\u2063 self-determination \u2063is \u2064not legitimate diplomacy,\u2064 it \u2064is antisemitism.\u2062 Vilifying\u2064 and \u2064attacking \u2063Jews,\u2064 whether\u2062 in \u2063Israel,\u2062 in the United\u2062 States,\u2062 or anywhere in the world, is\u200c antisemitism. Antisemitism\u200c is\u2062 a disgrace in every form,\u2063 and\u200d I\u200b commend\u2064 President Joe Biden for laying out \u2064the United \u2062States\u2019\u200b first-ever National Strategy to \u200dCombat\u2062 Antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/07\/19\/1188441351\/israel-jayapal-herzog-house-progressives\"\u200d target=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a>, \u2064several\u200b progressive lawmakers boycotted \u2063Herzog&#8217;s speech,\u200c including \u200cDemocratic Reps. Alexandria \u2062Ocasio-Cortez \u200band Jamaal Bowman of \u2064New\u2063 York, Cori \u2062Bush\u200c of Missouri, \u2064Rashida\u200b Tlaib \u2063of Michigan, and \u200dOmar.<\/p>\n<blockquote \u200cclass=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" \u2064lang=\"en\">WE \u200bSHOULD NOT BE INVITING THE\u200c PRESIDENT\u200c OF\u200c ISRAEL\u2014A\u200b GOVERNMENT WHO UNDER\u2062 ITS CURRENT \u2064PRIME\u200d MINISTER\u200c BARRED THE FIRST TWO MUSLIM WOMEN ELECTED\u2064 TO\u2062 CONGRESS FROM VISITING\u2062 THE COUNTRY\u2014TO GIVE A JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062Ilhan\u2064 Omar (@IlhanMN) \u200d<a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1679288184969076736?\">July 13, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p\u200c dir=\"ltr\"\u200c lang=\"en\">Reminder: \u200bThe \u200dJews have\u2063 triumphed\u2062 over\u200d Egyptians, \u200dBabylonians, Persians,\u200b Hellenists, Romans, Islamic &#038; Christian crusaders, Pogroms, Nazis, Ottomans, the\u2064 British Empire &#038; \u2063Palestinian\u2063 terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>I \u200bthink we\u2019ll be Ok with The Squad \u2064not attending Pres. \u2062Herzog\u2019s\u2062 address \u200cto Congress! \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9oAF9nfd8k\">pic.twitter.com\/9oAF9nfd8k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Arsen\u200b Ostrovsky\u200b (@Ostrov_A) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ostrov_A\/status\/1681662749955203073?\">July\u200d 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However,\u2063 Herzog&#8217;s \u200cmain\u2064 focus was on the \u200clongstanding ties between the United \u2063States and \u200dIsrael, as well \u200bas \u200bthe common\u2063 challenges \u200bthey face. \u200bHe praised the Abraham Accords, a \u200cpolicy \u200beffort of \u200cthe\u2064 Trump \u2063administration \u2064that \u2062restored ties between\u2064 Israel\u2062 and some of its\u2064 Arab neighbors. \u2063Herzog\u2063 also emphasized Israel&#8217;s desire for peace with the Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNotwithstanding the \u2062deep political differences, and\u2062 the\u200b numerous \u200cchallenges that surround Israeli-Palestinian\u2064 relations \u200d\u2014 and I \u2062do not ignore\u2062 them \u2064\u2014\u2064 but\u2063 it should be clear\u200c that one\u2062 cannot talk about peace while \u200ccondoning or\u200d legitimizing terror,\u201d he said. \u201cThe younger generation \u2064of \u2064Israelis and\u200c Palestinians deserve\u2063 better. \u2062They\u2063 are all\u2063 worthy of a future\u2062 to look\u2063 towards, a future of peace\u2062 and\u2064 prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\"\u200b href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/israeli-president-gets-standing-ovation-us-congress-pointed-message-aocs-squad\/\">Israeli President\u200b Gets\u200b Standing Ovation\u2063 from US Congress\u200b After Pointed \u2062Message to AOC&#8217;s &#8216;Squad&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2062Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Isaac Herzog of Israel addressed Congress, emphasizing the importance of friendship, amidst recent remarks from progressive Democrats who view Israel as an adversary. Rep. Pramila Jayapal referred to Israel as a &#8220;racist state,&#8221; while Rep. Ilhan Omar, a House leader, also expressed criticism. 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