BREAKING NEWS

Gal-On calls on Knesset panel to stop Netanyahu speech to Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2015 23:22

The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee must try to prevent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from speaking to Congress, Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On said Thursday.

Gal-On called for Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Yariv Levin (Likud) to summon senior Israeli diplomats in the US to an emergency meeting of the panel next week to find out how it would be possible to stop Netanyahu's planned March speech to both houses of Congress.

"Consuls warned the Foreign Ministry that Netanyahu's speech will not only harm Israel's relations with the White House, but also US relations with the moderate Jewish community," she posited.

The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee does not have the authority to prevent Netanyahu from speaking.

Air pollution high as dust from Africa blows over Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

04/18/2024 09:50 AM

IDF strikes terror targets in southern Lebanon overnight, two terrorists

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

04/18/2024 09:19 AM

Israel not expected to attack Iran until after Passover

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

04/18/2024 07:05 AM

IDF strikes terrorist targets in Rafah

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF