Netanyahu Calls For US And Israel To ‘Stand Together’ Amid World Plagued With ‘Upheaval’ In Congressional Address

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech before a joint U.S. Congress session on Wednesday, urging for unity and a commitment toward defeating common enemies.

Israel has been in a grueling war with Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, the day when Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and killed approximately 1,200 people. During his remarks, Netanyahu called for an ironclad U.S.-Israel relationship and condemned the threat posed against the West by countries like Iran, the world’s largest state-sponsor of terrorism.

“The speech was Churchillian in its rhetoric and smart in how tried to appeal to both Democrats and Republicans, Presidents Trump and Biden,” Mark Dubowitz, chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation.

“I think it was a very bipartisan speech. He thanked President Biden, he thanked former President Trump, and that was very important for him to do. And I think it really made the people who the lawmakers who boycotted the speech look foolish,” Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran, told the DCNF. “At the end of the day, the speech was about fighting to preserve and strengthen U.S. interests and Israeli interests. And if they’re not interested in hearing about that, what kind of message does that send to the American people — and also the Israeli people?”

Netanyahu spoke of the decades-long U.S.-Israeli relationship during his remarks and the importance of maintaining strong ties as the Middle East continues to devolve into chaos, given the threat posed by Hamas and other terrorist actors in the region, all supported, orchestrated and funded by Iran. Netanyahu also urged Congress to recognize the threat posed by