Netanyahu looks to boost US support in speech to Congress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speaks before Congress in hopes of bolstering US support for continuing Israel’s offensives against Hamas and other adversaries.

But boycotts of his appearance by some Democratic politicians and expected protests outside are highlighting how his hardline government’s conduct of the devastating war in Gaza is opening fissures in longstanding American support for his country.