House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.
The invitation comes as the months-long Israeli war in Gaza has highlighted a shifting debate on Capitol Hill about U.S. support for Israel and its longtime ally.
On March 21, 2024, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that he plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress. The invitation comes as the months-long Israeli war in Gaza has highlighted a shifting debate on Capitol Hill about U.S. support for Israel and its longtime ally.
The idea of inviting Netanyahu to address Congress was initially floated by several House Republicans during a closed-door GOP Conference meeting on Wednesday morning, as a way to respond to Schumer's speech last week tearing into Netanyahu and calling for new elections in Israel. The invitation comes as Congress is struggling to pass aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.
Johnson plans to coordinate with the Biden administration and Israeli government on the address. He said he would love for Netanyahu to come in front of a joint session of Congress but has not issued any official invite or picked a date for an address yet.
House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.
The invitation comes as the months-long Israeli war in Gaza has highlighted a shifting debate on Capitol Hill about U.S. support for Israel, its longtime ally.
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Israel has defended its operations in Gaza, citing it is right to defend itself following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that killed about 1,200 people, with more than 250 people taken as hostages.
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The article is deceptive in that it presents the invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a bipartisan effort when there are clear divisions among Democrats about U.S. policy towards Israel.
House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy by citing the tradition of bipartisan support for Israel in Congress. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing the growing divide among Democrats about U.S. policy towards Israel and their calls on President Biden to condition aid or restrict U.S. aid to focus on humanitarian assistance for civilians affected by military operations.
House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.
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The article reports that House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress. The invitation is seen as a shift in the debate on Capitol Hill about U.S. support for Israel and its longtime ally. There has been growing divide among Democrats about the U.S policy towards Israel, with some calling for conditioning aid or restricting it to focus on humanitarian assistance for civilians affected by military operations in Gaza.
House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.
, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the title suggests that Chuck Schumer has approved of Netanyahu's address to Congress when in fact he only signaled that he won't stand in the way of it. Secondly, the author quotes House Speaker Mike Johnson saying that they will invite Netanyahu regardless of whether or not Schumer approves, which is also false. Thirdly, the article implies that Schumer has a strong relationship with Israel and would welcome Netanyahu speaking to Congress when in fact he only said he would always welcome such an opportunity but did not say anything about it being bipartisan.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is quoted saying they will invite Netanyahu regardless of whether or not Schumer approves, which is false.
The author implies that Schumer has a strong relationship with Israel and would welcome Netanyahu speaking to Congress when in fact the article states he only said he would always welcome such an opportunity but did not say anything about it being bipartisan.
The title suggests that Chuck Schumer has approved of Netanyahu's address to Congress when in fact the article states that he signaled his approval.
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The article contains a statement from Andrew Solender and Barak Ravid that Chuck Schumer has signaled he will not stand in the way of inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress. This is an example of political bias as it implies that Schumer's decision is based on his political affiliation rather than objective criteria.
Andrew Solender, Barak Ravid Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday signaled he won’t stand in the way of inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress.
, House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday that he had been invited to speak in front of the Israeli Knesset.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told NPR that he hasn't talked to Johnson about it.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the title of the article suggests that Mike Johnson will invite Netanyahu to address Congress when there is no evidence to support this claim. The author also quotes House Speaker Mike Johnson saying he plans to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to address a joint session of Congress, but again there is no evidence in the article supporting this claim.
The author quotes House Speaker Mike Johnson saying he plans to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to address a joint session of Congress, but again there is no evidence in the article supporting this claim.
The title of the article suggests that Mike Johnson will invite Netanyahu to address Congress when there is no evidence to support this claim.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy by Mike Johnson's statement that he will invite Netanyahu to address Congress. The author also quotes Chuck Schumer stating his support for the invitation in a bipartisan way.
> House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday that he planned to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to address a joint session of Congress, moving to welcome a leader who has become a flashpoint for partisan disagreement in American politics over the war in Gaza. <br> > Mr. Schumer on Wednesday declined a request from Mr. Netanyahu to speak virtually to Senate Democrats at their own closed-door party lunch, saying it was not helpful to Israel for discussions with the prime minister to happen in a partisan forum.
The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy by Mike Johnson's statement that he will invite Netanyahu to address Congress. The author also quotes Chuck Schumer stating his support for the invitation in a bipartisan way.
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The author of the article is biased towards Israel and its leader Netanyahu. The author uses language that dehumanizes Palestinians by referring to them as 'obstacles' to peace. Additionally, the author quotes a spokesperson for Mike Johnson saying he has not yet discussed any plans with Chuck Schumer which implies that there may be some sort of political agenda at play.
Mr. Netanyahu enraged Democrats in 2015 by accepting an invitation from Republicans who then controlled the House and Senate to deliver an address to Congress condemning the Iran nuclear deal as the Obama administration was negotiating it.
