Shocker! Benjamin Netanyahu Uses Speech to Congress in Campaign Ad
Shocker! Benjamin Netanyahu Uses Speech to Congress in Campaign Ad
'Non-Partisan' Claim Out Window as Election Crunchtime Arrives
By JTA
Published March 13, 2015.
Despite denials that his speech to Congress was a bid to boost his party in national elections in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu’s party released a campaign ad showing him being applauded by congressmen.
The 80-second ad released Thursday comes as polls show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party trailing the opposition Zionist Union by between three and five seats in Israel’s Knesset following the elections.
The ad shows Netanyahu speaking in the House Chamber and shows at least one of his standing ovations from members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. It juxtaposes scenes of Netanyahu speaking to Knesset, panning the empty seats of his opposition, to scenes of what appear to be a full House chamber and wild applause.
At least 60 congressmen boycotted the speech, citing, among other reasons, its taking place March 3, exactly two weeks before the Israeli elections. Netanyahu and his defenders said the preeminent reason for the speech was the urgency opposing Iran nuclear talks backed by President Barack Obama. The deadline for an outline of an agreement in the talks is March 24.
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That may be the worse thing he could've done, as his campaign seems to have hit a wall. It's looking like he won't be re-elected. Gosh, I wonder what the GOP would do then, and who'd they blame his loss on? Fingers crossed! 
