Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the US Congress and receives a very mixed reception: expert Q&A

By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, travelled to Washington this week for a series of high-level meetings. At the invitation of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, he addressed a joint session of the US Congress.

More than 90 Democratic Party politicians did not attend, including the vice-president – and likely Democratic Party presidential nominee – Kamala Harris, who would normally preside over the session, but pleaded a prior engagement.

The Conversation asked John Strawson, an expert in Israeli politics at the University…

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