Netanyahu also invited to closed-door meeting with Dem senators
US Senators Richard Durbin and Dianne Feinstein have invited Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to address a closed-door meting with Democratic senators, in addition to his speech on Iran to a joint session of Congress on March 3 at the invitation of House Speaker the Republican John Boehner. In their letter to Netanyahu, Sens. Durbin and Feinstein said their invitation was extended "to maintain Israel's dialogue with both political parties in Congress.” They warned that making US-Israeli relations a partisan political issue could have “lasting repercussions.”