Israel’s prime minister wades into US culture wars with speech devoid of detail about how to end war in Gaza
On his third day in Washington, Benjamin Netanyahu finally got the attention he so desperately wanted in the US capital.
Republicans and their guests in the House chamber stamped their feet and whistled as a joint session was gaveled into order, while the Democrat lawmakers who chose not to boycott someone whom colleagues had called a “war criminal” looked on in sullen silence. In a 56-minute speech punctuated with 50 rounds of applause, the Israeli prime minister dashed hopes of a quick end to the war in Gaza and dispensed red meat to the Republican faithful, blasting anti-war protest culture and vowing to fight until “total victory”.
