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full screen Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to give a speech before the US Congress. Photo: Abir Sultan/AP/TT
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to Washington where he will give a speech before the US Congress.
Netanyahu calls the trip “very important” and it takes place during a period of “great political uncertainty,” referring to President Biden’s announcement that he is dropping out of the presidential campaign.
The relationship between the two countries is strained due to Israel’s warfare in Gaza.
Netanyahu says that in his speech he will “strive to entrench the US support that is so important to Israel.”
“I will tell my friends on both sides (Democrats and Republicans) that no matter who the American people choose for president, Israel remains America’s most important and strongest ally in the Middle East,” he wrote in a statement before boarding the plane at Ben Gurion Airport.