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CNN Poll: Americans Opposed Netanyahu Congressional Invite
Local Editor
The congressional invitation to "Israeli" PM Benjamin Netanyahu to speak in a joint meeting of the US Congress added to the intensification in the current US-"Israel" tension.
According to a new CNN/ORC survey, a large majority of Americans believed that Republican congressional leaders should not have invited Netanyahu to speak to Congress without consulting the White House.The nationwide poll, showed 63% of Americans said it was a bad move for congressional leadership to extend the invitation without giving President Barack Obama a heads up that it was coming. Only 33% say it was the right thing to do.
Obama said he would not meet with Netanyahu during his visit because the trip came too close to "Israel's" elections. A growing number of Democrats in both chambers announced over the past two weeks that they won't be attending the speech, prompting some to question whether the "Israeli" official should cancel or move his speech.
Netanyahu's act was "unprecedented" and it showed "the profound issue of lack of trust and confidence" between "Israel" and the US.
Though the speech had become a partisan issue on Capitol Hill, even Republicans were split on whether it was a good idea for leadership to invite Netanyahu without alerting the White House, with a slight majority - 52% - backing the move. Just 14% of Democrats said it was the right thing to do, and just over a third of independents supported the move.
The survey was conducted among 1,027 adult Americans from Feb. 12-15 and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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