{"id":2236005,"date":"2024-05-02T20:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T00:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-plans-to-join-johnson-in-inviting-netanyahu-to-address-congress\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T20:53:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T00:53:13","slug":"schumer-plans-to-join-johnson-in-inviting-netanyahu-to-address-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-plans-to-join-johnson-in-inviting-netanyahu-to-address-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer to Join Johnson in Inviting Netanyahu 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%2Fschumer-plans-to-join-johnson-in-inviting-netanyahu-to-address-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=2236005&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--><p>Senate Majority\u2064 Leader Chuck Schumer is \u2064signaling an invitation\u200c to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a joint\u200b Congress address. The invitation, drafted by Speaker Mike Johnson, awaits \u200dSchumer&#8217;s endorsement, with timing details in progress. \u2064This move, amidst \u2062tensions due to \u200cNetanyahu&#8217;s actions, indicates a thaw in relations between the parties. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans \u200bto invite Israeli\u200d Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress jointly.\u200b Schumer is poised to endorse an invitation \u2062crafted by Speaker Mike Johnson, with timing \u200ddetails\u200c currently under consideration. This gesture, amid strained relations due to Netanyahu&#8217;s recent actions, hints at a \u200bpotential reconciliation between the involved parties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) gave his clearest indication yet that he will invite Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> 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> before Congress. <\/p>\n<p>He intends to sign on to an invitation Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4640068-schumer-johnson-netanyahu-invite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>drafted<\/a> around a month ago, Schumer\u2019s office confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe timing is being worked out,\u201d the spokesperson said. <\/p>\n<p>The statement, which follows Johnson\u2019s acknowledgment of the draft invitation to the <em>Hill<\/em>, is only an incremental step toward the gesture and not altogether surprising. Schumer previously indicated his openness. But the development comes amid a period of intense bitterness between Washington Democrats and Netanyahu, who has defied the White House with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-protests-give-mike-johnson-chance-to-turn-page-on-ukraine-divisions\/\" title=\"Columbia Protests Offer Mike Johnson Opportunity for Unity after Ukraine Discord\">casualty-heavy war<\/a> in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>In March, Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the United States, said Netanyahu had become an obstacle to peace and called for new elections in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael has no stronger ally than the United States, and our relationship transcends any one president or any one <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>. I will always welcome the opportunity for the prime minister of Israel to speak to Congress in a bipartisan way,\u201d Schumer said at the time. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate majority leader, speaks to media during the weekly Senate Democratic leadership press conference at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Graeme Sloan\/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Democrats have been overwhelmingly supportive of Israel, but Netanyahu in particular has been a polarizing figure who previously drew their ire for judicial reforms they said represented democratic backsliding. <\/p>\n<p>The last time Netanyahu addressed Congress was in 2015 at the invitation of then-Speaker John Boehner to excoriate the Iran nuclear deal the Obama administration had forged. Boehner kept then-President Barack Obama in the dark about the invite, prompting several Democrats to boycott the address. Schumer, however, wasn\u2019t among the protesters, saying the relationship between the U.S. and Israel transcends the rift with the speaker.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu recently updated Senate Republicans on the war in Gaza, sparked by the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, in a virtual meeting that came one week after Schumer\u2019s call to replace him. Democrats rejected a similar request from Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>Around the same time, Schumer met with Benny Gantz, a political rival of Netanyahu serving in his war cabinet. Gantz made the trip to Washington without the prime minister\u2019s permission.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is set to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a joint address in Congress. Schumer will endorse an invitation drafted by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a month ago, as confirmed by Schumer\u2019s office to the Washington Examiner. 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