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'Our victory will be your victory,' Netanyahu tells US Congress

(JNS) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received bursts of applause and frequent standing ovations-often from both sides of the aisle-as he delivered an address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday afternoon.

In his remarks, which ran about an hour, Netanyahu praised the longevity and closeness of the U.S.-Israeli relationship; called for a decisive victory over the Hamas terror group; and urged the United States to help defeat the Iranian regime that, he said, continues to threaten both the Jewish state and the rest of the world.

He also said it was a "profound honor...

 

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