US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Friday spoke about the Biden administration’s expectations of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress next week. “Our expectation is that his speech will be one that doesn’t look like 2015," Sullivan said at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. The speech, he added, “should be about how we can work together to fight terrorism and get a ceasefire…whether that happens or not, we’ll see." Netanyahu is set to address US Congress next Wednesday after he was invited by House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Netanyahu’s previous speech to Congress angered then-President Barack Obama, who said at the time there was "nothing new" in the speech. The Prime Minister’s 2015 speech focused on the Iran nuclear deal which was being formulated at the time and outlined a plan to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon in his speech. That speech was boycotted by several Democratic lawmakers, including by Biden , who was US Vice President at the time. Related articles: Ambassador Danon: Stefanik a ‘true ally’ of Israel Sanders moves to block $8.8 billion in US arms sales to Israel Sensitive Israeli intelligence leaked in Trump admin. chat group 'I may have been duped by Hamas' This time, Biden is scheduled to meet Netanyahu on Monday, subject to an improvement in his COVID-19 diagnosis. Sullivan said in his remarks on Friday that Biden and Netanyahu will discuss ways to get a ceasefire and hostage deal done in the coming weeks. (Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)
