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Netanyahu Gets AIPAC Support for Congressional Speech

His planned congressional speech may have divided the country and angered the White House, but it's being cheered loudly at this conference.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Israeli Museum in Jerusalem, on December 17, 2014.
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By Margaret Talev

March 2, 2015 at 10:45 AM UTC

Updated on

March 2, 2015 at 3:53 PM UTC

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned address before Congress may have divided the country and angered the White House, but it's being cheered loudly at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference.

Coming just two weeks before the elections in Israel and one month from a March 31 deadline for nuclear negotiations with Iran, Netanyahu's speech is causing a political rift, with 48 percent of registered U.S. voters surveyed in a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll saying congressional Republicans should not have invited the Israeli prime minister without giving President Obama advance notice.