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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would soon address a joint meeting of Congress amid heightened tension ...
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress. It is unclear when the address will ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24 amid his nation's ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza, two sources familiar with the date confirmed to NBC ...
Before the address, Netanyahu exchanged gifts with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, a customary tradition. [12] Johnson gifted Netanyahu a collection of documents and letters, including a letter written by Benzion Netanyahu, Netanyahu's father, to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower; as well as a note-card from U.S. President Gerald Ford ...
This speech would make Netanyahu the first foreign leader to address joint meetings of Congress four times. He is currently tied at three with Britain's wartime prime minister, Winston Churchill.
On 23 July, hundreds of Jewish Voice for Peace protestors held a sit-in protest inside the United States Capitol; 400 of these protestors were arrested. [6] [7]On 24 July 2024, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United States and his joint address made in Congress.
In Mid-December 2024, reports surfaced that Netanyahu had gone to Cairo to attend ceasefire negotiations for the Israel-Hamas War. Netanyahu's office denied the reports, saying that on the day in question, Netanyahu was actually visiting Syrian territory invaded by Israel following the fall of the Assad regime. [126]
Netanyahu has delivered a joint address to Congress on three occasions during: once in 1996 during his first run; again in 2011 and a third time in 2015 during his second run. This will be his ...