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US House leader: Boehner invite to Netanyahu inappropriate

The leader of the House Democrats said Thursday that Republican Speaker John Boehner blundered when he invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address the US Congress amid sensitive negotiations about Iran's nuclear program and in the shadow of Israel's elections.

 

"If that's the purpose of Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit two weeks before his own election, right in the midst of our negotiations, I just don't think it's appropriate and helpful," Rep. Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday at her weekly news conference. The March 3 speech, Pelosi suggested, could give Netanyahu a political boost in elections a few weeks later and inflame international talks aimed at stopping Iran's nuclear program.

 

"These negotiations have gone on for a long time," Pelosi added. "They're delicate."

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.22.15, 19:46