AAF: Letter to Speaker Johnson to Invite Prime Minister Netanyahu to Address Congress

The Honorable Mike Johnson Speaker of the House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515

Dear Speaker Johnson,

We respectfully request that you extend an invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress. The address would allow Prime Minister Netanyahu to directly update Congress and the American people on the ongoing war. It would help fact cut through fiction, as the media’s attention on the Israel-Hamas war and the remaining hostages, particularly the five Americans still believed to be held hostage by Hamas, continues to fade.

Israel continues to make great progress in its war to eliminate Hamas and other terrorist groups, despite the Biden Administration’s best efforts to handcuff Israel. The Biden Administration continues to undermine Israel at every opportunity, likely for political reasons.

Recently, President Biden accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of “hurting Israel more than helping Israel.” Meanwhile, leaks indicate that the Biden Administration is considering conditioning military aid to Israel if the Israeli Defense Force invades the last remaining Hamas stronghold, Rafah. In response to the Biden Administration’s faux support, Israel is now reportedly pivoting away from American-made weapons.

For these and so many other unfortunate reasons, it is imperative that Congress show its support for Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli people in their war against Hamas.

A joint-session invitation would send a meaningful signal of support, and the address itself would be a powerful platform for the Prime Minister to update America on the truth.

Thank you for your immediate consideration.

Paul Teller Matt Brooks Executive Director Chief Executive Officer Advancing American Freedom Republican Jewish Coalition Morton Klein Joel Griffith President Co-Chair Zionist Organization of America Young Jewish Conservatives

Luke Moon David Wurmser Deputy Director Director Philos Project The Middle East Program Ruthie Jaffe Lieberman Morton Blackwell Co-Founder Chairman The Yes! Israel Project Conservative Leadership PAC Rabbi Tuly Weisz Donna Jollay Founder Owner Israel 365 Jerusalem Tours Bryanna J. Altman L. Brent Bozell III President Founder & President Jexodus Media Research Center Derek Kreifels Dan Schneider Chief Executive Officer Vice President for Free Speech State Financial Officers Foundation* The Media Research Center Ilya Shapiro Josh Hammer Director of Constitutional Studies Senior Editor-at-Large Manhattan Institute* Newsweek* Jonathan M. Alexandre Aharon Friedman Senior Counsel for Government Affairs Former Senior Adviser Liberty Counsel Treasury Department Allen Roth Eli M. Gold President President Secure America Now Gold Institute for International Strategy George K. Rasley, Jr Ethan Peck Managing Editor Associate ConservativeHQ.com Free Enterprise Project Richard Allen Aaron Evans Founder President JCCWatch.org American Fortitude Ron Armstrong Kristen A. Ullman President President Stand Up Michigan Eagle Forum

Richard Manning Steve King President Former Member Americans for Limited Government U.S. Congress Ann Schokett Pamela S. Roberts Past President Immediate Past President National Federation of Republican Women Kentucky Federation of Republican Women Barbara Ledeen Former Staffer U.S. Senate