The Israel Security Agency and Israel Defence Forces reportedly came out forcefully against including the Hamas-controlled enclave in the program.

Beyond shared values of democracy and equality, the two countries have shared interests: the advancement of science and technology, health care, water, agriculture and security.

“This is not a lost arena,” the Israel president said of maintaining good relations with Democrats in Congress.

While eight members of Congress boycott Israel’s dovish president, proving it’s not Netanyahu they oppose, but the Jewish state as a whole.

Israel might reassess the value of being tied too closely to an unreliable and often fickle ally.

According to New York Times, Biden said US-Israel relationship in jeopardy; but Israeli officials say it’s fake news.

A visit could make the PM “a stage prop for prominent Democrats to lecture and embarrass,” says American Enterprise Institute’s Michael Rubin.

Polls have consistently shown there is a broad consensus among Israelis that Jews have a right to live in the territories.

The game of alliances with great powers has always been a part of Israeli politics, even in biblical times.