Posted on 02/26/2015 12:59:47 PM PST by Dave346
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with the Democratic and Republican Senate leaders during his trip to Washington, a senior Israeli official said Thursday.
The closed-door meeting will be held amid escalating tensions between the two parties and a crisis in the ties between the White House and the Prime Minister's Office over Netanyahu's upcoming Congress speech.
The official's remarks were made shortly after AIPAC announced that President Barack Obama's National Security Adviser Susan Rice and UN Ambassador Samantha Power will address the organization's conference next week.
According to the senior official, Netanyahu accepted the invitation extended by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Harry Reid in order to continue discussing the unfolding agreement with Iran in a closed and bipartisan forum.
The official added that the meeting will be held immediately after Netanyahu's Congress address on Tuesday afternoon.
"The prime minister thinks that the speech carries importance at this time," the official said. "He is certain of the significance of the explanation that he will provide as to why the unfolding agreement with Iran is a bad agreement.
"Congress is the place to explain why this is a dangerous deal. The speech isn't against the U.S. administration. It is against a bad deal with Iran. "
Netanyahu will travel to Washington on Sunday. He will address AIPAC on Monday, before addressing Congress on Tuesday.
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Two of the most incompetent people in America.
It just occurred to me. We should have inbited Bibi to speak at Cpac.
The Stupid and The Sour
You know darn well he can't resist. What an embarrassment.
The regime would bus folks in for a Bibi CPAC speech, to choreograph a group standing up and leaving in the middle of it.
I fear for his life . I hope he is bringing his own security.
--That an evil Muslim commie wants to make.
The meeting with Democrats will just be them scowling at him and not saying anything, then leaving the meeting and lying that he told them he would do everything Obama wanted him to.
So why bother?
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