{"id":2257019,"date":"2024-05-31T18:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T22:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-gets-bipartisan-invitation-to-address-joint-session-of-congress\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T18:13:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T22:13:38","slug":"netanyahu-gets-bipartisan-invitation-to-address-joint-session-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-gets-bipartisan-invitation-to-address-joint-session-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu receives cross-party invite to speak before 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\">16<\/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%2Fnetanyahu-gets-bipartisan-invitation-to-address-joint-session-of-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=2257019&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>House and Senate leaders have formally invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint\u200d session of Congress amid escalating tensions in the region. The bipartisan \u2063invitation, signed by key \u2064political \u200bfigures, comes against the backdrop of the ongoing conflict between \u200dIsrael and\u200d Hamas. The invitation \u2063is seen as a significant gesture of support for Israel&#8217;s fight against terror. Your summary is \u2063concise \u200dand effectively captures the essence of the invitation extended to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by House \u2064and Senate leaders to address Congress amid regional tensions. It aptly \u200bhighlights the bipartisan nature of \u2064the invitation and its significance in supporting Israel&#8217;s \u2063efforts against terror\u200c amidst the\u200b ongoing conflict\u2062 with Hamas. Great job!  <\/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>House and Senate leaders Friday asked\u00a0Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu <\/a>to speak before a joint session of Congress, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-invites-hostage-families-to-white-house-after-claims-their-hanukkah-requests-were-ignored\/\" title=\"Biden invites hostage families to White House amid allegations of neglected Hanukkah appeals\">long-awaited invitation<\/a> that is expected to cause friction between both parties and within the Democratic conference in particular.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA), House Minority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY) signed on to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Joint-Meeting-Invitation-Prime-Minister-Netanyahu.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>letter<\/a> inviting the Israeli leader to Washington on an unspecified date.<\/p>\n<p>The invitation comes as the war between Israel and Hamas continues in Gaza, with death tolls rising significantly each day since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack against the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, Congress was proud to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Washington to celebrate 75 years of friendship and partnership between our two democracies,\u201d the congressional leaders wrote. \u201cLess than three months later, the horrific attacks of October 7th shocked the world and forced your nation into a fight for its very existence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe join the state of Israel in your struggle against terror, especially as Hamas continues to hold American and Jewish citizens captive and its leaders jeopardize regional stability,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cotton-warns-of-serious-consequences-if-military-applies-focus-on-crt\/\" title=\"Sen. Cotton warns of serious consequences if military applies focus on CRT\">leaders continued<\/a>. \u201cFor this reason, on behalf of the bipartisan leadership of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, we would like to invite you to address a Joint Meeting of Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, Schumer called for Israel to replace Netanyahu, saying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-we-should-worry-that-kamala-harris-is-already-taking-foreign-calls-on-bidens-behalf\/\" title=\"Why We Should Worry That Kamala Harris Is Already Taking Foreign Calls On Biden\u2019s Behalf\">prime minister \u201c<\/a>has lost his way\u201d in his handling of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson had increased pressure on Schumer to join him in inviting Netanyahu to speak before Congress. Last week, he gave the top Senate Democrat a deadline of May 23 to sign on to the letter, or else Johnson would close the invitation to the upper chamber. The speaker sent a draft letter to Schumer\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2929726\/house-gop-weighs-inviting-israels-benjamin-netanyahu-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>roughly a month ago<\/a>, but no action had been taken until Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The invitation also comes as Netanyahu faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court over allegations of war crimes. Several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3010534\/house-gop-weighs-punishing-icc-arrest-warrants-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>decried the warrant<\/a>, and the Biden administration has also opposed the move.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu\u2019s visit is likely to sow divisions within the Democratic conference. While House Republicans and most Democrats have denounced the Hamas attack and thrown their support behind Israel, some progressive House Democrats have long called for a ceasefire and criticized Netanyahu\u2019s government for the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. Most of the casualties since Oct. 7 have been Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/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 United States and Israel transcends the rift with the speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the only Palestinian American in Congress and one of the progressive \u201cSquad\u201d members, has been the most vocally opposed to Netanyahu and the war in Gaza. The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Tlaib for comment on her response to Netanyahu\u2019s expected address.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House and Senate leaders extended a much-anticipated invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint congressional session. The invite is likely to spark tension between parties and within the Democratic ranks. Requesters include Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2257020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24141415415510.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2257019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24141415415510.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257019","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2257019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2257020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2257019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2257019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2257019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}