Amid tensions, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak before the United States Congress

Last Friday, the leadership of the United States Congress invited Netanyahu to give a speech before both chambers to talk about the “defense of democracy” and the “fight against terrorism.”

Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives They sent Netanyahu a letter in which they asked him to intervene in Congress to present the Israeli Government’s vision on how to “establish a just and lasting peace in the region.”

The letter was signed by Johnson, as well as the leader of the Democratic majority of the Senate, Chuck Schumer, as well as the also Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, leader of his caucus in the Lower House, and McConnell.

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Netanyahu will speak before a divided Congress and amid criticism that the US Executive has received from civil society and human rights organizations for its unconditional support for Israel in its war against Gaza, which has claimed the lives of thousands of people.

For his part, Schumer, the highest-ranking Jew in the United States, recalled that he has “clear and deep disagreements with the Prime Minister, which I have expressed both privately and publicly and will continue to do so.”

But, he added, “because the United States’ relationship with Israel is strong and transcends a single person or the prime minister, I joined the request for him to speak.”