{"id":2305903,"date":"2024-07-22T21:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T01:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-declines-to-attend-netanyahu-address-to-congress-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T21:38:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T01:38:47","slug":"kamala-harris-refuses-to-attend-netanyahus-speech-to-congress-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-refuses-to-attend-netanyahus-speech-to-congress-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris refuses to attend Netanyahu&#8217;s speech to Congress &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-refuses-to-attend-netanyahus-speech-to-congress-washington-examiner%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=2305903&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>Kamala Harris has declined \u2064to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin \u2063Netanyahu&#8217;s address to Congress, likely as a way to\u2062 distance herself from the \u2064Biden \u200badministration&#8217;s stance on the \u200bwar\u2063 in Gaza. This\u2062 move could help \u2062her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-founded-by-billionaire-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">biden<\/a>-donor-pushes-wh-for-2-9-billion-investment\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Group Founded by Billionaire Biden Donor Pushes WH for .9 Billion Investment&#8221;>avoid criticism<\/a> from the progressive wing \u200dof the Democratic Party, which has been vocal about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-caught-them-lin-wood-outed-mysterious-georgia-operative-gabe-sterling-now-video-shows-him-admitting-he-helped-set-up-drop-boxes-and-promoted-far-left-activists-as-absentee-ballot-counters\/\" title=\"WE CAUGHT THEM: Lin Wood Outed Mysterious Georgia Operative Gabe Sterling - Now Video Shows Him Admitting He Helped Set Up Drop Boxes and Promoted Far Left Activists as Absentee Ballot Counters\">conflict<\/a>.\u2063 Instead, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin will preside \u200dover Netanyahu&#8217;s speech in Harris&#8217;s place. Harris will still meet with Netanyahu privately \u200bduring his visit, \u2064and while she supports Biden&#8217;s stance on Israel, she has also offered some criticisms\u200b of Israel&#8217;s tactics. This decision reflects \u200cthe political dynamics within the Democratic Party regarding \u2063the Israel-Gaza 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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kamala Harris declines to attend Netanyahu address to Congress<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1709773\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> will not attend Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s<\/a> address to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The move is likely an attempt to distance herself from the Biden administration&rsquo;s stance on the war in Gaza, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/2580843\/could-this-israel-hamas-war-split-the-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rattled the Democratic Party<\/a>. By distancing herself from the heavily pro-Israel stance of President Joe Biden, she could help neuter attacks from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of progressive Democrats are boycotting Netanyahu&rsquo;s speech as well.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-MD) will preside over Netanyahu&rsquo;s speech in Harris&rsquo;s stead. He is retiring at the end of the year. Cardin is also the special representative on antisemitism, racism, and intolerance for the 57-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Harris will instead meet with Netanyahu at another more private point during the Israeli leader&rsquo;s stay, according to multiple reports. Biden is expected to meet with him as well.<\/p>\n<p>While supporting Biden&rsquo;s stance toward Israel, Harris has, like Biden, offered some limited criticism of Israel&rsquo;s tactics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As Israel defends itself, it matters how,&rdquo; she<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/12\/02\/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-the-conflict-between-israel-and-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> said<\/a> in December. &ldquo;Too many innocent Palestinians have been killed. Frankly, the scale of civilian suffering and the images and videos coming from Gaza are devastating.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, Harris has firmly tied herself to the Biden administration, and people familiar with the matter hold that she and Biden are in &ldquo;lockstep&rdquo; on Israel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She and President Biden are in lockstep when it comes to Israel. There is no daylight between them to be found,&rdquo; Halie Soifer, who was Harris&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-to-pardon-gen-michael-flynn-per-report\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump to Pardon Gen. Michael Flynn, Per Report\">national security adviser<\/a> when she was a senator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/07\/22\/harris-may-not-be-the-savior-on-gaza-some-dems-want-00170420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Much like Biden has faced divisions in the United States over his handling of the war in Gaza, Netanyahu has faced fractures among his populace as well.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1709773\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1709773\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamala Harris has chosen not to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s address to Congress, possibly to distance herself from the Biden administration&#8217;s stance on the Gaza conflict. This move could help deflect criticism from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Instead, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin will preside over the speech. Harris will meet with Netanyahu privately during his visit, and she has expressed some criticism of Israel&#8217;s tactics while remaining aligned with Biden on the issue. Netanyahu, like Biden, is also facing divisions within his own country over his handling of the conflict<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2305904,"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\/07\/harris-netanyahu-speech.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4402,32438,6524,4554,32076],"class_list":["post-2305903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-congress","tag-kamala-harris","tag-netanyahu","tag-speech","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harris-netanyahu-speech.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305903","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}