Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) explained his support behind Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s addressing a joint session of Congress on July 24.
“I have clear and profound disagreements with the Prime Minister, which I have voiced both privately and publicly and will continue to do so,” Mr. Schumer said in a June 6 statement.
“But because America’s relationship with Israel is ironclad and transcends one person or prime minister, I joined the request for him to speak.”
The invitation was extended a few months after Mr. Schumer criticized Mr. Netanyahu’s handling of the Israel–Hamas war and called for new elections in Israel….
