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israeli president isaac herzog wrapped up a two day visit in washington with an address to a joint session of congress. it comes at a time of tension between presidentjoe biden and the israeli government. one point of contention a controversialjudicial reform plan that has led to several months of protests in israel. mr biden also recently called israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu s government the most extreme in decades. despite that, in his speech to congress, president herzog affirmed the us israeli relationship, calling the us israel s, quote, greatest partner and friend. israel and the united states will inevitably disagree on many matters. but we will always remain family. our evolutionary societies have so much to give to the world and so much to learn from each other. 0ur bond may be challenged at times, but it is absolutely unbreakable. i spoke with our correspondent
i understand you were at that address from the israeli president isaac herzog. your thoughts on his speech. i thought it was a great speech, it solidified the relationship the us has with israel, a long standing relationship. we were the first country to acknowledge israel after it was created 75 years ago. so i think president herzog said it best when he said israel is irreplaceable to america and america is irreplaceable to israel. i think that sums up the importance, israel is our closest ally in the middle east, the only democracy, so it s important we do all the things we can to protect them from places like iran, from nuclear development, and other threats in the world and throughout the middle east. i was proud to be there and i thought it was a great speech. you mentioned it iran, and we know that president herzog called for more efforts to stop iran procuring a nuclear weapon. do you think the biden administration is doing enough on that?
extreme israeli cabinets in half a century. he has expressed concerns over prime minister neta nyahu s plans to overhaul the judiciary. he has also spoken with concern about the expansion of settlements. are you concerned about the relationship between president biden and prime minister benjamin netanyahu? democracy is messy, we are seeing that play out right now in israel, and our own democracy is messy. but president isaac herzog said there is no place for violence and terrorism, that is not how we keep the peace there, that is the antithesis, violence. i stand by what he is doing, and i think we need at all times to remember that to keep the peace, we need to reduce the violence. again, the most important takeaway for me from today was solidifying the relationship with one of our closest allies, israel. specifically with the relationship between president biden and prime minister netanyahu,
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