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US Congress Speaker Boehner to Visit ’Israel’ This Month

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Republican John Boehner, the speaker of the US Congress and an ardent backer of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would visit "Israel" at the end of this month, diplomatic sources declared.

The visit will follow Netanyahu's surprise election victory this week and his speech to Congress earlier this month on Boehner's invitation, an event that aggravated the White House and drew sharp criticism.

According to diplomats, the date of his visit with a Congressional delegation had not been fixed but it would happen before the end of March.

Officials in the prime minister's office and at the US embassy in "Israel" had no immediate comment.
Boehner angered US President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats by inviting Netanyahu to address Congress just two weeks before the "Israeli" election.

Arrangements were made without the White House being kept informed, and Netanyahu used the speech to criticize the Obama administration's efforts to strike a deal with Iran on its nuclear program.
In his election campaign, Netanyahu further upset the White House by disavowing an earlier commitment to a two-state solution to the "Israeli"-Palestinian conflict.

He also said "Israel's" Arab minority was being mobilized by left-wing groups to vote against him, an accusation that drew charges of racism from opponents and which White House spokesman Josh Earnest called "divisive".

Since his win, Netanyahu had tried to row back on the rhetoric, saying on US television that he supported a two-state solution when the conditions were right, and he received a congratulatory phone call from Obama.

But the White House had said it would "reassess" its options on US-"Israeli" ties given Netanyahu's remarks on Palestinian statehood, raising the prospect of a tense period in the coming months between both of them.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team