Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Washington, where he will attempt to navigate the political maze of a contentious US national election campaign where each side wants to take advantage of the Gaza war to their own benefits.
Netanyahu will address the US Congress on Wednesday ( July 24 ), beginning his US schedule there. He may try to justify his blatant occupation of the Gaza Strip, which he launched in retaliation for Hamas, an anti-Israeli Islamist movement that controlled Gaza for a day-long assault on Jewish areas.  ,
Then comes a probable series of meetings with former president Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris, both of whom are attempting to remove him.  , All will want to meet Netanyahu’s attend into their own special political demands.
Biden, who abruptly pulled out of his campaign for reelection on Sunday, will want to demonstrate that he is still in command rather than a unsuspecting lame duck. On Wednesday, he is scheduled to meet with Netanyahu.
On Wednesday, Biden and leading Democratic Party leaders and members of the party who will take the president’s place will also meet with the Israeli leader. She will make an effort to show off her experience and foreign policy sensibilities.
Netanyahu had to accept Harris ‘ insult to get the appointment: She is not going to a campaign rally in the US west. As vice president, she had usually preside over a joint program where the Senate is present.
Finally there’s ex-president Donald Trump, who is running against Harris on behalf of the Republican Party. He is meeting with Netanyahu, obviously at the Jewish party’s demand, later in the week at his home in Florida.
An unexpected trio of complications confronting a visiting international leader who leads a nearby US ally is Biden, Harris, and Trump.
Netanyahu has resisted , Biden’s force to transform field tactics in Gaza – meaning, to kill fewer civilians, agree to a peace and discuss the development of a Palestinian state at the war’s end. Netanyahu opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state and just wants a temporary ceasefire.
A serious dispute between the two frontrunners dates back to 2015, when Biden was then-president Barack Obama’s vice president. Obama’s atomic weapons deal with Iran was supported by Bin Laden’s lobbying efforts against Israel.
At the time, he called it” a good deal, first and foremost, for the United States”, and went on to consider,  ,” It’s a good deal for the earth, the area, and it’s a good deal for Israel…. I firmly believe it will make us and Israel safer, no weaker”.
Netanyahu rebuffed the offer from Republicans to handle Congress in order to raise objections to the Iran deal. Republicans arranged his meeting without discussing it with Obama.
” This is a bad deal – a very bad deal. We’re better off without it”, Netanyahu told the politicians. Finally, he waged lobbying among US lawmakers to deny the deal.
Along with her White House manager, Harris even disagrees with Netanyahu’s handling of the Gaza war and opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state. She was the first established in the Biden administration to call for a stop to fighting in order to avert the transfer of Jewish hostages held by Hamas. Just prolonged military pressure may free them, according to Netanyahu.
She made the ceasefire ball in Selma, Alabama, to African-American followers, a district that normally supports Liberals running for office but opposes Biden’s big military support for Israel in the Gaza war.
Trump has a long history of backing Israeli policies. In 2017, he formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. It was a move that several Israeli governments had long desired, but presidents of both US political parties had since refrained from doing so.
Trump also supports Netanyahu’s relentless war on Gaza, which is soon to enter its tenth month, but previously feel out with the leader for congratulating Biden for winning the 2020 election, which Trump has insisted was stolen.  ,
Harris and Trump are making a concerted effort to sway a segment of US voters who are particularly interested in the subject: Trump, Trump, Harris, to persuade Arab Americans that she is concerned about Palestinian civilians, and Trump, to at least persuade Jewish Americans that they should abandon their customary support for Democratic Party candidates.
Netanyahu wanted to use his own political preferences to schedule all the meetings. He needs victory, as he has defined it, to stay in power. If he is ousted, he could face longstanding accusations of corruption.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, a New York City-based newspaper, reported that” Netanyahu has been looking for the meetings and the photo opportunities each would present, with both Harris and Trump.”
In the face of hostages held by Hamas, he said,” The meetings will come,” as he works to project a confident image abroad.