Israel PM Netanyahu speech to US Congress, defiant:
Criticizes protesters, envisions a "deradicalized" post-war Gaza
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July 24 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sketched a vague outline of a plan for a “deradicalized” post-war Gaza in a speech to Congress on Wednesday and touted a potential future alliance between Israel and America’s Arab allies. While dozens of Democrats boycotted his remarks and thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated nearby, Netanyahu dismissed criticism of an Israeli campaign that has devastated the Palestinian enclave and killed more than 39,000 of its residents, according to Gaza health officials.
Evoking his country’s sworn enemy Iran, the Israeli leader proclaimed the campaign against Hamas in Gaza part of a broader fight against “barbarism.” 11 min 4211 In D.C., Netanyahu defends Israel while thousands protest 2:32 In a speech to Congress on July 24, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked pro-Palestinian protesters outside the U.S. Capitol.
A defiant Benjamin Netanyahu, in an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday, dismissed as “utter nonsense” criticisms by the United Nations, human rights groups and the International Criminal Court that Israel’s government has committed war crimes in Gaza, and he derided pro-Palestinian protesters as “idiots” and tools of Iran. 
“When we fight Iran, we’re fighting the most radical and murderous enemy of the United States of America,” Mr Netanyahu said.
“Our fight is your fight, and our victory will be your victory,” he added.
The Israeli leader received a raucous reception from mostly Republican politicians as he delivered a speech to a joint session of Congress, his fourth.
