--- ---  # Watch Jon Stewart Compare Republicans' Welcome of Israel's Leader to a Sex Act  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Mar 4, 2015 2:01 PM UTC  Host Jon Stewart at "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" covers the Midterm elections in Austin on Oct. 28, 2014. Host Jon Stewart at "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" covers the Midterm elections in Austin on Oct. 28, 2014.Rick Kern—Comedy Central/Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Mar 4, 2015 2:01 PM UTC Jon Stewart poked fun at congressional [Republicans’ very warm welcome of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu](http://time.com/3730473/benjamin-netanyahu-congress-speech-reaction/) on Tuesday, comparing it to a certain lewd sex act. Netanyahu was speaking against the emerging [nuclear deal](http://time.com/3729350/obama-netanyahu-israel-iran-disagreement/) President Obama is pursuing with Iran. Cheers from the majority-Republican Congress were so loud that they actually caused problems for C-SPAN’s sound equipment. “It was the State of the Union address Republicans wanted, delivered by the leader they wished they had,” Stewart joked on _The Daily Show_. Watch the full clip below: Jon Stewart: Netanyahu Gave State of the Union 'Republicans Wanted' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3731394/jon-stewart-netanyahu-speech-congress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3731394/jon-stewart-netanyahu-speech-congress/"},"headline":"Watch Jon Stewart Compare Republicans' Welcome of Israel's Leader to a Sex Act","datePublished":"2015-03-04T14:01:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:53:53.320Z","description":"Benjamin Netanyahu is \"the leader they wished they had\"","url":"https://time.com/3731394/jon-stewart-netanyahu-speech-congress/","keywords":["Iran","Television","Israel","Benjamin Netanyahu","Nuclear Weapons","The Daily Show","Jon Stewart"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt422ed6ab09aad307/69878120a988caae9d6acadb/jon-stewart-daily-show1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt422ed6ab09aad307/69878120a988caae9d6acadb/jon-stewart-daily-show1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Host Jon Stewart at \"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\" covers the Midterm elections in Austin on Oct. 28, 2014.","caption":"Host Jon Stewart at \"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\" covers the Midterm elections in Austin on Oct. 28, 2014.","creditText":"Rick Kern—Comedy Central/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3731394/jon-stewart-netanyahu-speech-congress/","name":"Watch Jon Stewart Compare Republicans' Welcome of Israel's Leader to a Sex Act"}}]}] ```