Netanyahu's speech to Congress: Can he rouse the world to the terror crisis it faces?

Prime Minister Netanyahu's challenge when he addresses Congress will be to counter lies leveled against Israel with facts in a compelling presentation.

Netanyahu must make it clear that Hamas bears sole responsibility for what has happened in Gaza since it staged an unprovoked terrorist invasion of Israel on Oct. 7 and murdered about 1,200 people. Jason D. Greenblatt was the White House Middle East envoy in the Trump administration. He is the author of "In the Path of Abraham: How Donald Trump Made Peace in the Middle East — and How to Stop Joe Biden from Unmaking It," and the founder of Abraham Venture LLC. Follow him on X: @GreenblattJD

Presidents and members of Congress from both parties have supported Israel with economic aid and arms sales to defend itself for decades. But unfortunately, support for the Jewish state has dropped in recent years among Democrats and some young people on the left, who have staged hate-filled anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstrations on college campuses and elsewhere that have often degenerated into praise for terrorists.