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The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuwill address the legislators of the United States Congress on July 24, Republican Party leaders announced Thursday.
Netanyahu’s visitsymbolizes the lasting relationship of U.S It is Israel and will offer (…) Netanyahu the opportunity to share the Israeli government’s vision to defend its democracy, combat terrorism and establish a just and lasting peace in the region“, said in a statement the president of the Chamber of Deputies, michael johnsonand the Senate’s top Republican, Mitch McConnell.
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In turn, the leader of the Democratic majority in the Senate, Chuck Schumerdeclared on Thursday night that he invited Netanyahu to speak despite “clear and deep divergences (…) because the relationship between the United States and Israel is rigid and transcends a person or a prime minister”.
The four main leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties in House of Representatives And in United States Senate They asked Netanyahu last week to speak before a joint meeting of Congress.
The visit comes amid growing pressure on US ally and US militants Hamas agree to a permanent ceasefire while Israel faces diplomatic isolation due to the number of deaths in Gaza.
The president Joe Biden Last week, he presented what he called a three-phase Israeli plan that would end the conflict, release all hostages and lead to the reconstruction of the devastated Palestinian territory without Hamas in power.
But Netanyahu’s office stressed that the war triggered by the terrorist attacks October 7th would continue to Israel.”Reach your goals”, including the destruction of Hamas, which did not respond to the plan.
The war was triggered when Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,194 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP report based on official Israeli figures.
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The militants also took 251 hostages, 120 of whom remain in Gaza, 41 of whom were killed according to the army.
Israel’s retaliatory military offensive killed at least 36,654 people in Linkalso mostly civilians, according to the Ministry of Health of the territory administered by Hamas.
American media reported on Monday that Netanyahu had agreed to visit the United States on June 13, but his office told Israeli media that the date “had not been finished” and that it would not be on that date because it interferes with a Jewish holiday.
Source: Elcomercio
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