article_snippet: Half of American voters think that congressional Republican's inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak on Capitol Hill was a bad idea, a new poll shows.
article_snippet: Forty-eight per cent of respondents in a new poll say congressional Republican's inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak on Capitol Hill was a bad idea, a new poll shows disapproved of Republican House Speaker John Boehner offering the Middle Eastern leader an invitation to speak to Congress without first clearing Congress with Obama.
article_snippet: The relationship between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become strained because of American negotiations with Iran .
article_snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit is seen as possibly upsetting delicate negotiations over limiting Iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting crippling sanctions.
article_snippet: Proposed legislation in Congress would levy additional economic restrictions on the country that many Israelis consider many Israelis biggest security threat if talks fall through.
article_snippet: Obama has decided not to meet with the prime minister during the prime minister visit and some Democratic members of Congress have said some Democratic members of Congress will not attend the prime minister speech.
article_snippet: the prime minister will also speak at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference on Monday.
highlights_snippet: voters say inviting Israeli prime minister a bad idea .
  