The planned address to the US Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scheduled for 3 March continued to generate headlines in the US and Israel on Tuesday. Susan Rice, US President Barack Obama’s national security advisor, told CBS‘s Charlie Rose that the address will be “destructive of the fabric of the relationship” because “what has happened over the last several weeks, by virtue of the invitation that was issued by the Speaker and the acceptance of it by Prime Minister Netanyahu on two weeks in advance of his election, is that on both sides, there has now been injected a degree of partisanship.” Meanwhile, Netanyahu declined an invitation by Senate Democrats to meet during his visit to Washington next week, citing fears it might “compound the misperception of partisanship.” Read More
