Edited by: TJVNews.com
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has been invited to address a joint meeting of Congress as Israel prepares to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its founding, which congressional leaders called a “historic and joyous milestone,” as was reported by the AP
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., issued the invitation to Herzog in a joint letter Tuesday. They said the two nations have shared “an unbreakable bond rooted in common security, shared values, and friendship, ” according to the AP report.
The date for Herzog’s address has not been set. The State of Israel was proclaimed on May 14, 1948. President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation the same day. In their letter, Pelosi and Schumer said Truman’s swift action “has always been a point of pride for our country.”
“Across the decades, the United States Congress has been proud to stand in solidarity with Israel on a bipartisan and bicameral basis,” Pelosi and Schumer wrote, as was reported by the AP. “It is our hope that the Congress will have the opportunity to hear from you at this historic and joyous milestone in the success of the State of Israel and the U.S.-Israel alliance.”
AP reported that Herzog began a two-day visit to Washington on Tuesday, meeting with Pelosi and with Secretary of State Antony Blinken among other U.S. officials. He met with President Joe Biden on Wednesday in the Oval Office at the White House.
Among the issues they discussed was the upcoming signing of the Israel-Lebanon maritime agreement for which Herzog congratulated Biden for working to make sure that the deal went through. The signing is scheduled to take place on Thursday. They also discussed the existential threat that Iran and its nuclear program have on Israel and other countries in the Middle East and the danger of Iranian attack drones being used by the Russian military in its war on Ukraine. The two leaders also discussed the rising tide of global anti-Semitism, according to what Herzog told reporters in a briefing after his meeting with Biden.
World Israel News reported on Tuesday that f Herzog was planning to show Biden images of fragments of Iranian-produced Shahed-136 suicide drones, which explode on impact, in Ukraine, his office said.
The identified fragments share traits, including size and numbering, to UAVs used during an Iranian military exercise in December last year.
“Once again Iran proves it cannot be trusted, and wherever there’s killing, hate and misery, Iran is there,” said Herzog, according to the WIN report.
“Iranian weapons play a major role is overturning the global order, and its time the international community reach the right conclusions – now and in the future,” he went on.
“There is only one way to deal with Iran – with a unified, determined and uncompromising approach. As we see time and again, we pay a price for any hesitation,” the Israeli president said.
He denounced the Ayatollah regime for using “violence against its own citizens” as seen by its brutal crackdown against the anti-Hijab protests. (AP & WorldIsraelNews.com)
