President Isaac Herzog has been invited to address a joint meeting of Congress as Israel prepares to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its founding, which congressional leaders called a "historic and joyous milestone."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., issued the invitation to Herzogin a joint letter Tuesday.
They said the two nations have shared "an unbreakable bond rooted in common security, shared values, and friendship."
The date for Herzog's address has not been set. The State of Israel was proclaimed on May 14, 1948. President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation the same day. In their letter, Pelosi and Schumer said Truman's swift action "has always been a point of pride for our Country."
"Across the decades, the United States Congress has been proud to stand in solidarity with Israel on a bipartisan and bicameral basis," Pelosi and Schumer wrote. "It is our hope that the Congress will have the opportunity to hear from you at this historic and joyous milestone in the success of the State of Israel and the U.S.-Israel alliance."
Herzog began a two-day visit to Washington on Tuesday, meeting with Pelosi and with Secretary of State Antony Blinken among other U.S. officials. He was scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday.
Herzog's office said on Tuesday that in his meeting with Biden, the president will reveal evidence of the use of Iranian UAVs in the war in Ukraine, including comparison of the photographs showing Iranian drones in a military drill and in an expo in Iran, with those found on the ground in Ukraine.
"Despite Iran's denials, and attempts to obscure their Iranian origins by adding Russian stamps, It is clear that the drone stabilizers are identical in their structure dimensions and numbering," the president's office said in a statement.