Key takeaways from Netanyahu’s speech and the protests outside US Congress

Protests greeted Israel’s prime minister as he gave his fourth address to Congress amid Israel’s war in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delivered his fourth address to a joint session of the United States Congress, as he attempted to drum up continued support for his country’s war in Gaza.

But protests over the war greeted Netanyahu as he arrived on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Wednesday — and they continued inside halls of Congress.

Representative Rashida Tlaib, for instance, held up a sign that read “Guilty of genocide” on one side and “war criminal” on the other, echoing criticisms of the devastating toll of the war.

Netanyahu, however, was not caught off guard. He used his podium before the US Congress to blast perceived enemies as anti-Semitic and misguided, naming the campus protesters and prosecutors at the International Criminal Court, among others.

Here are five key takeaways from Wednesday’s speech.