Security fences were erected around the US Capitol building in Washington on Tuesday, July 23, ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress scheduled for Wednesday.Netanyahu landed in the United States on Monday, beginning his first trip to the US in almost four years.Netanyahu will be seeking to bolster support for Israel’s war in Gaza, which the United Nations (UN) says has killed at least 35,000 people, more than half of them women and children.The invitation to Netanyahu to speak was extended to him by a bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders at the end of May, shortly after the International Criminal Court (ICC) concluded that Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, along with leaders of Hamas, likely bore responsibility for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.His address will take place less than a week after the UN’s highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), said Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories was in violation of international law, and amid political turmoil in Washington following President Joe Biden’s decision not to seek reelection. Credit: Misha Komadovsky/VOA via Storyful