Prime minister makes address to Congress despite opposition from the White House; says days are over when Jews remain passive in face of genocidal enemy.
Herzog says Netanyahu widened the rift with Washington while doing little to stop Iran's nuclear program; Gal-On says Netanyahu ''irrelevant'' on Iran issue.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he is going to address the US Congress as an ''emissary of all the citizens of Israel, even those who don't agree with me, and the entire Jewish people.''
The symbolic non-binding vote does not change the position of the Italian government which, like other European countries, still supports a negotiated two-state solution.