The Congressional Black Caucus Could Derail Benjamin Netanyahu’s Plans

posted on: Apr 1, 2015

Everyone is familiar with the disaster that was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress earlier this month—which, coordinated with the Republican leadership and executed behind President Barack Obama’s back, strained relations between the United States and Israel.
As reported in the latest issue of Newsweek in the article “Black Power In Washington,” members of the Congressional Black Caucus took particular affront to Netanyahu’s address, in part because some in the caucus made up of Black lawmakers believed its unprecedented audacity was particularly disrespectful to America’s first Black president. In fact, 57 Democrats—including most Black lawmakers—stayed away from the Israeli leader’s March 3 speech in protest.

Source: blackamericaweb.com