http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/netanyahus-address-to-congress-will-be-most-important-speech-of-his-life/2015/02/28/679aa694-bd10-11e4-9dfb-03366e719af8_story.html
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, will speak
this upcoming Tuesday to President Obama in a joint meeting of Congress. His topic of discussion is Iran and its
nuclear program as he will only agree to deals that include the dismantling of
Iran’s uranium-enrichment program and wishes for economic sanctions to be
stiffened. Netanyahu’s supporters believe
that the prime minister’s warnings of Iran are coming true while critics say
that he has been saying the same thing for the past twenty years. Critics also believe that Netanyahu will
begin to act in ways which will damage Israeli relations with the United
States. Opponents believe the speech is
a tactic for reelections on March 17th by instilling fear towards
Iran and opposing President Obama who is not popular in Israel. The speech will be written by Netanyahu
himself as he considers himself an authority on the Iran nuclear program and an
expert on the people and politics of the United States. This will be the third joint meeting of
Congress that Netanyahu has addressed.
Winston Churchill is the only other foreign leader to call for three
meetings and critics believe that Netanyahu doesn’t possess the same authority
as Churchill to do so. It appears as if
the prime minister has been working against the U.S. administration instead of
with it.
Marissa Holaway
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