Giuliani: Netanyahu Congress Visit a 'No-Brainer'

JERUSALEM, Israel -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani supports Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to address a joint session of Congress in March.

Giuliani arrived in Israel over the weekend to speak at a two-day business conference. He met with Netanyahu on Sunday.

The former mayor told the Jerusalem Post the upcoming congressional address has been blown way out of proportion. Netanyahu is obviously well qualified to speak on the Iranian threat, he said.

Giuliani called House Speaker John Boehner's invitation to Netanyahu "a no-brainer," saying he had little reason to believe President Barack Obama would care.

"The prime minister has addressed Congress before," Giuliani told Israel's Channel 1. "Right now Congress is holding hearings on Iran so this would be the perfect time to ask him to speak."

The former New York City mayor said 70-75 percent of Americans support Netanyahu and an even higher percentage support the State of Israel.

Responding to Minority House Leader Nancy Pelosi's warning that Democrats may boycott the speech, Giuliani said he didn't think "they will make that mistake."

"It would be a terrible mistake…to insult the prime minister by not being there for his speech," he said. "I don't think they will make that mistake."