Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a combative speech in Washington in which he appealed for the US and Israel to stand shoulder-to-shoulder to confront the “murderous enemy” Iran. Netanyahu received a standing ovation when he took to the floor to address a joint session of Congress, and lawmakers were repeatedly on their feet applauding him over the course of the nearly hour-long address. It is Netanyahu’s first visit to Washington in almost four years and his first trip abroad since the attack by the Palestinian extremist group Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, which tr…