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Adam Gabbatt and agencies

Republican House speaker says he’ll invite Netanyahu to address Congress

a side-by-side image of a man with white hair and a dark shirt and a man with greying hair and glasses in a suit and tie
Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Republican senators virtually at a closed door event on 20 March 2024. Composite: AFP via Getty Images, UPI/Rex/Shutterstock

Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, said on Thursday that he plans to invite Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, to speak before Congress.

The comments come a week after Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate leader, called for elections in Israel which could oust Netanyahu, claiming the prime minister has “has lost his way”.

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