Benjamin Netanyahu is the Prime Minister of Israel and he is
currently in Washington D.C. to address a session of Congress about U.S. ties
with Iran in a nuclear power deal that Israel and Netanyahu think would be a
very bad deal if the U.S. goes through on it.
Current Speaker of the House John Boehner invited Benjamin Netanyahu to
address Congress on this pressing issue but he did not go through the White
House when inviting him. This has caused
quite a stir in the Obama administration because this is the first time somebody
has ever been invited to speak for Congress without the consent of the current
president.
This
issue is very pressing in Israel as voters prepare to make their decision on
whether or not to re-elect Netanyahu as their prime minister. Many people in believe that they need to
maintain their current “special relationship” that the Israelis have with the
United States of America. Many
Obama-supporters are also quite outraged about this special invitation by John
Boehner. The invitation breaks a U.S. policy
that states that Congress will not host a foreign political figure that is
currently up for election in their respectable country. Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu are both
in very bad holdings as they are disagreeing on how the U.S. should handle Iran
and their nuclear weapons program. Obama
stated: ”This is not a personal
issue. I think that it is important for
every country in its relationship with the United States to recognize that the
U.S. has a process of making policy.” earlier in the week. Obama has made several statements angry about
Netanyahu’s claims about what must happen with Iran and Obama states that none
of his predictions have come true.
Nobody would like to see the U.S. and Israel’s current state come to an
end, therefore they are trying to let this whole controversy blow over as the
two leaders of each respectable country disagree on a very important issue in
the world. Netanyahu is set to address
Congress on March 3.
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