Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
The torture of terrorist prisoners who no longer pose a threat or have information that is critical to preventing an act of terror is bad.
For Netanyahu, the visit was a missed opportunity for a reset with the Democrats, and with Republicans, it further cemented the increasingly close relationship.
In retrospect, it would have been preferable for Netanyahu to have been in Israel last Saturday, when the fatal Hezbollah rocket attack on Majdal Shams that killed 12 children took place.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad also responded to Netanyahu's address to Congress on Telegram, also stating that his speech was "full of lies and fabrications."
“This is not a clash of civilizations,” he said to applause at the opening, describing a world in upheaval. “It’s a clash between barbarism and civilization.”
This meeting follows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint Congress session on Wednesday, in which many of the hostage relatives were also in attendance.
The speech itself broke little ground: It was long on crowd-pleasing rhetoric but offered few new plans or positions.
Vice President Kamala Harris’s decision to skip Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress for a convention raised questions about her stance on Israel amidst growing political tensions.
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