Haaretz states that “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sure that one speech to the U.S. Congress will stop the trend and torpedo the emerging nuclear deal between Washington and Tehran,” and believes that this is an attempt to exert  undue influence over US politics. The editor believes that the prime minister’s speech is likely to damage the relationship between the two countries, and states that “Instead of acting responsibly as a prime minister should, Netanyahu insists on deepening the rift he has created with the Americans.” The editor calls on the prime minister to prove that the country’s good is more important than his own, and concludes: “He must call off his speech to Congress.”

Yediot Aharonot states: “One has to be a Shiite suicide bomber to dare deliver a guest address in front of a half empty chamber at the United States Congress,” and asserts: “The American public and media debate will likely focus on the half empty chamber at the US Congress during the Israeli PM's speech, diverting the attention from the important issue he arrived in Washington for: The Iranian nuclear program.”

Yisrael Hayom asserts: ‘the U.S. administration erred, and continues to err, by inflating this issue beyond all reasonable proportion,” and states that “Israel is now, through no fault of its own, stuck in an almost impossible scenario.” The editor opines that it would be a big mistake for Democrats in Congress not to attend, because it would not just be seen as an offense against the State of Israel and the Jewish people but also because “leadership in Tehran would see this as a sign that the U.S. is split on the issue of Iran's nuclear program and that the Democrats have a softer stance on the issue.” 

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The Jerusalem Post discusses the government’s discrimination against Arab Israelis, especially with regard to “the unequal allocation of resources and budgets.” The author believes that “a large part of the discrimination against Arab towns is connected to the Palestinian national struggle,” resulting in the fact that “consecutive governments have had little incentive to undo years of injustice,” but points out that “closing the socioeconomic gaps between Arab and Jewish Israelis is a quintessentially Zionist interest.” The editor asserts: “By failing to provide Arab citizens with an equal head start and adequate employment opportunities, our political leaders are squandering incalculable human potential,” and notes that now, during electoral season, “populist calls to ban Arab politicians should be replaced with constructive solutions for endemic discrimination against Arab Israelis.”

Globes discusses the increasing turmoil in the Middle East, and states: “The cruelty of Islamic State terror has uncovered the West's selective policies in the Middle East.” Warning of the West’s selective embrace, the author declares: “The cynical politics of the Middle East are too complicated to be looked at in black and white,” and adds: “Sometimes, the friend of your enemy is not your enemy in every place and at every time.”