What impact did Netanyahu’s US visit have? - July 26, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a divided U.S. Congress Wednesday, with many Democratic lawmakers boycotting his speech and protesters surrounding the U.S. Capitol. But congressional Republicans said the speech was key to reaffirming the U.S. commitment to its Middle Eastern ally in the midst of the 10-month-old war with Hamas. Netanyahu’s speech to Congress was as much an address to the Israeli and Arab worlds about Israel’s goals as it was an address to the American public about the importance of U.S. support of Israel. VOA Flashpoint: Global Crises host Steve Karesh speaks with Avi Melamed, author and former Israeli intelligence officer and negotiator, for a look at how Netanyahu’s message was received at home. In addition to addressing the U.S. Congress, Netanyahu also met with U.S. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and 2024 Republican nominee for President, Donald Trump. What did the trip achieve? Professor Michael Provence, who teaches modern Middle East history, focusing on the 20th century Arab East, at the University of California, San Diego shares his insight. Scott Paul, Oxfam America Associate Director of Peace and Security discusses the ongoing humanitarian concerns in Gaza after it released a scathing report on conditions there. Plus, Agusta University political science professor discusses the latest developments in the 2024 U.S. Presidential election following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal.

[classiclife]

Not much on him, as he was able to go into our Congress, call our citizens "idiots", and not get thrown out of our country. It seemed to help Kamala Harris though, who shored up her Left flank by implying that the endless party was going to slowly end if she is elected.

[kairo]

All he did was trash talk American citizens and beg for more money.

[imtiazfaruqui]

Netanyahu lies about Iran - I have watched life in Iran on YouTube and you can watch it too - The women are mistreated in Netanyahu community where their Heads are shaved off and Wigs are worn and the women can not utter a word. This is trainee -

[aandrus]

He thinks he sanctifies life? 😮 Good grief. What a total criminal.

[KoAung-tily]

ကိုကျော်ရေ မေစုဟာ ညမ်ရည် မြင့်မားသူတစ်ယောက်ပါ မအလရဲ့လှယ်ကွက်တွေလဲ သိပြီးသားပါ ရခု ပြည်သူတွေရဲ့ လက်နက်ကိုင်တော်လှန်ရေးကိုလဲ အမေသိပြီးသားပါ ပြီးခဲ့သည့်နှစ်တွေမှာ မေစုကိုသိမ်းသွင်းပြီး တော်လှန်ပြည်သူများကို တားဖို့လုပ်ခဲ့တာ အားလုံးသိပြီးသားပါ အမေဟာ ကျနော့အမြင် တားမယ်လို့မထင်မိဘူး ပြည်သူအပေါင်း ညိမိးချမ်းဖို့ အာနာရှင်ပြက်သုံးမှရမည်ဆိုတာ အမေဟာ သိမြင်လောက်ပြီလို့မြင်ပါတယ် ကိုကျော်ရေ ရှေ့ဆက်သွားဖို့ဘဲ မျော်လှင့်ပါတယ်

[CowboyConan]

I’m American. Where do I go to join a commune; I can’t live in evil capitalism.