The prime minister's speech to a pro-Israel lobby comes one day ahead of his address to the U.S. Congress. House Republican leaders invited the Israeli leader to give an address Tuesday, two weeks before an Israeli election and as a deadline for nuclear talks on Iran approaches.
Netanyahu Tells Pro-Israeli Group Ties With US Are 'Stronger Than Ever'
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, March 2, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6ace622c-5feb-4288-adaf-fde6b20cd701_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, March 2, 2015.
![Workers prepare the stage at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, March 2, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/921f1a46-01c5-49aa-9eca-db8075eb25be_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers prepare the stage at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, March 2, 2015.
![Israel will hold a general election on March 17 and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to secure his fourth term as prime minister. In this photo, children pass by an election campaign banner with an image of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Netanya, Israel, March 2, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ebb82929-fd7d-4b7e-82ab-c9742aa22048_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Israel will hold a general election on March 17 and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to secure his fourth term as prime minister. In this photo, children pass by an election campaign banner with an image of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Netanya, Israel, March 2, 2015.
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks to the United Nations Human Rights Council delivering a vigorous defense of Israel before a U.N. body that Washington deems biased against the Jewish state, Geneva, Switzerland, March 2, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/187bd725-969c-46fa-ac13-36815b7108e9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks to the United Nations Human Rights Council delivering a vigorous defense of Israel before a U.N. body that Washington deems biased against the Jewish state, Geneva, Switzerland, March 2, 2015.