Posted on 05/24/2011 2:44:53 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
Netanyahu could only dream of such a reception in Israel; Congress' ovation was heard by Obama, the Palestinians, the world at large.
The overall importance of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyanhu's speech to a special joint session of the US Congress on Tuesday was not in the substance he did not break any radical new ground but rather in the overwhelmingly warm ovation he received.
Netanyahu could only dream of such a reception in Israel. Even his wife, Sarah, received a standing ovation when she entered the hall. The prime minister was applauded some 30 times, many of those accompanied by standing ovations.
The nearly four-minute ovation he received when he entered the historic chamber, including a brief period of rhythmic clapping that sounded more like the Mann Auditorium than Congress, was not only heard by Netanyahu, but also by US President Barack Obama, the Palestinians and the world at large.
With all the talk of the country's existential loneliness and Israel's real sense of isolation, when Netanyahu spoke to the most important parliament in the world, it exuded nothing but warmth toward Israel.
Even the prime minister's comment that Jews are not interlopers in Judea and Samaria, not like the Belgians were in The Congo or the British in India, received raucous applause and a standing ovation by most in the hall.
Granted, Congress is not the world, and it is the US president who in the final analysis sets US foreign policy. But Congress is not just some insignificant little body that can be lightly dismissed - not by the president or the world - and it is a body that sets the limits to how far the president can push Israel.
With the resounding applause, on both sides of the aisle, to Netanyahu's comments on a unified Jerusalem, not returning to the 1967 lines, not negotiating with Hamas, and not allowing the descendants of Palestinian refugees enter Israel, Obama - currently tending to US business during a visit to Europe - received a clear signal from Congress that when it comes to Israel, his hands are not free.
I understand Biden did not applaud.
Bibi can be my president anytime! lol
Bibi is the leader the free world must now look to, not bama.
God Bless Israel!
God Bless the USA!!
There really are no words to describe that magnificant speech.
Joe was napping. He would have clapped had he been awake.
Kiddush hashem!
It was an outstanding address by Prime Minister Netanyanhu and Herb Keinon is dead on the mark about it being heard around the world, by friend a foe alike. This is especially the message that needed to be sent to the foes.
Rush joked today maybe we could find him a birth certificate LOL.
>>God Bless Israel!
God Bless the USA!!<<
That closing gave me goosebumps and tears.
Something teh wan can only get from his sycophants — and even then they are manufactured for media photo ops.
>>Rush joked today maybe we could find him a birth certificate <<
Didn’t you know? Bibi was born in Hawaii!
Biden is a jerk.
Bibi can’t be President. He’s a citizen of another country. And his father was a citizen of another country.
I wish we had someone who would declare such an uncompromising defense of our borders.
He was planning his presidential run.
Its sad that we haven’t heard that sentiment expressed in earnest from a world leader for a couple of years now.
He was asleep.
Maybe Joe was back in 2008 with the ‘messiah’.
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