Democrats May Skip Netanyahu Speech

Dozens of House Democrats are privately threatening to skip the March 3 address of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “in what’s become the lowest point of a relationship between the Israeli prime minister and President Obama that’s never been good,” Politico reports.

“Democrats have had to balance publicly supporting Israel with backing Obama, who’s trying to close a deal with Iran to curb its nuclear programs over vehement opposition from Netanyahu, who has expressed concerns that the U.S. president is being naive. Negotiations are facing a deadline at the end of March for a political framework.”