Republican party leaders announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address lawmakers in the US Congress on July 24.
The visit comes after the pressure for the US ally and Hamas militants to agree to a permanent ceasefire as Israel faces isolation over the rising death toll in Gaza.
Last week President Joe Biden presented which he stated an Israeli three-phase plan that will end the conflict, free all hostages and lead to the reconstruction of the Palestinian territory without Hamas in power.
But Netanyahu’s office said that the war sparked by the October 7 attacks would continue until Israel’s goals are achieved such as including the destruction of Hamas, which has not given its response to the plan.
Last week the four top party leaders in the US House and Senate from both sides asked Netanyahu to speak before a joint meeting of Congress in a letter voicing solidarity with Israel in your struggle against terror, especially as Hamas continues to hold American and Israeli citizens captive.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said in a statement, ‘Netanyahu’s visit shows the US and Israel’s relationship and will offer Netanyahu the opportunity to share the Israeli government’s vision for defending their democracy, combating terror, and establishing just and lasting peace in the region’.
The visit comes after Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called in March for Israel to hold new elections in a rare example of criticism from a senior American official of the country’s handling of the war in Gaza.
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