{"id":2258846,"date":"2024-06-03T17:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T21:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-to-address-congress-on-june-13\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T17:41:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T21:41:42","slug":"netanyahu-to-address-congress-on-june-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-to-address-congress-on-june-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu set to speak before Congress on June 13"},"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%2Fnetanyahu-to-address-congress-on-june-13%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=2258846&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>Israeli Prime Minister\u2063 Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint \u200csession \u2064of Congress on June 13, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-and-jewish-leaders-publish-letter-to-biden-in-israeli-newspaper-take-stronger-action\/\" title=\"Christian and Jewish leaders urge Biden in Israeli newspaper: 'Step up action'\">amidst escalating\u200c tensions<\/a> over Israel&#8217;s conflict in Gaza. The speech, requested by \u200cprominent congressional leaders, comes as President\u200c Joe Biden is abroad for the G7\u200d summit. Netanyahu&#8217;s past \u200baddresses have been controversial, \u200cnotably critiquing the Iran nuclear deal. Calls for a ceasefire persist amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.  <\/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>Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> will deliver an address to a joint session of Congress on June 13, a long-awaited speech that is likely to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-can-produce-fissile-material-for-nuclear-bomb-within-two-weeks-department-of-defense\/\" title=\"Iran can create nuclear bomb material in just two weeks, warns Department of Defense.\">heighten tensions<\/a> on Capitol Hill over <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel\u2019s<\/a> war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu will deliver his address on Thursday next week when President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> is expected to be out of the country to attend the G7 summit in Italy. He was invited on Friday last week by Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA), House Minority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-say-meena-harris-social-media-posts-could-interfere-with-u-s-diplomacy-with-india\/\" title=\"Officials say Meena Harris social media posts could interfere with U.S. diplomacy with India\">prime minister\u2019<\/a>s last address before Congress was in 2015 at the invitation of then-Speaker John Boehner to criticize the Iran nuclear deal. Boehner kept then-President Barack Obama in the dark about the invite, prompting several Democrats to boycott the address.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister\u2019s address comes as the war between Israel and Hamas continues in Gaza. Since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack against the Jewish state, death tolls have risen significantly each day, with a handful of Democrats calling for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3024468\/biden-announces-israel-ceasefire-hostage-swap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announced the newest ceasefire proposal<\/a> on Friday, which would involve three phases. The first phase is a six-week ceasefire and the exchange of certain hostages for hundreds of imprisoned Palestinians. The second would exchange the remaining hostages and have the withdrawal of all Israeli soldiers in Gaza. The third and final stage would involve the reconstruction of Gaza and the return of any remains of hostages.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu\u2019s office said in response to Biden\u2019s announcement that the war will not end until the complete destruction of Hamas, which could complicate ceasefire talks with the Palestinian militant group. However, the prime minister\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/in-statement-after-biden-speech-pm-says-israeli-proposal-would-bring-about-hamass-end-release-of-all-hostages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> the \u201cexact outline proposed by Israel, including the conditional transition from stage to stage, allows Israel to maintain these principles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister\u2019s speech also comes as Netanyahu faces an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-weighs-punishing-icc-for-seeking-arrest-warrants-for-israeli-officials\/\" title=\"House Republicans consider taking action against the ICC for issuing arrest warrants for Israeli officials\">arrest warrant application<\/a> 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=\"noreferrer noopener\">decried the warrant<\/a>, and the Biden administration has also opposed the move.<\/p>\n<p>The House is set to vote on a <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/republicanwhip.us21.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b8e747c4309809855c6e6e3fe&#038;id=5f5cc769d9&#038;e=214aa52b6b__;!!Bg5easoyC-OII2vlEqY8mTBrtW-N4OJKAQ!LgU8msPFopV-SqqNowUg36OorFZkh6PlTRIdFnXuGl9Zb_rtImJBZnqgQb1CJzED9A2qTlJZwdyRkkYYGk7qkCBXDy-VClD0%24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>resolution<\/a> on Tuesday that will impose sanctions on the ICC if it engages in efforts to \u201cinvestigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who will be in attendance for Netanyahu\u2019s address remains to be seen. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3025407\/sanders-vows-boycott-netanyahu-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vowed repeatedly<\/a> not to attend the prime minister\u2019s speech, calling Netanyahu a war criminal.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the only Palestinian American in Congress and one of the liberal \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>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to address a joint session of Congress on June 13. The speech, highly anticipated amidst tensions over Israel&#8217;s conflict in Gaza, coincides with President Joe Biden&#8217;s absence from the country. Netanyahu&#8217;s address will take place next Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2258847,"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\/AP24141738762460-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2258846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24141738762460-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258846","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=2258846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2258847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2258846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2258846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2258846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}