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Practically 40 US lawmakers are anticipated to boycott an handle to Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.
Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress is in response to an invite prolonged by Home Speaker Mike Johnson.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has been a vocal critic of Israeli assaults on the Gaza Strip, stated, “Netanyahu shouldn’t be welcomed into the U.S. Congress.
“Quite the opposite, his insurance policies in Gaza and the West Financial institution and his refusal to assist a two-state resolution must be roundly condemned,” he stated. “As I said final month, I cannot be attending his handle.”
Different senators, all Democrats, embrace Patty Murray, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, Brian Schatz, Jeff Merkley, Dick Durbin, Tim Kaine and Peter Welch.
Van Hollen stated final week that it was a “large mistake” to ask Netanyahu to Congress and he wouldn’t attend.
“The actions and phrases of Prime Minister Netanyahu and his ultra-right extremist coalition, each earlier than and because the Oct. 7 assaults, have weakened the ties between the US and Israel,” he stated on the Senate flooring.
At a pro-Israel occasion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, final week, Johnson famous that Democratic lawmakers deliberate to protest Netanyahu’s handle to Congress.
“There’s a variety of Democrats within the Home who’ve stated they’ll boycott the occasion, after which some others are going to protest,” he stated.
Additionally, 28 members of the Home of Representatives introduced their intention to skip the handle, with Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, slamming the invitation and calling for Netanyahu’s arrest.
“Netanyahu is a struggle prison committing genocide in opposition to the Palestinian individuals. It’s totally disgraceful that leaders from each events have invited him to deal with Congress. He must be arrested and despatched to the Worldwide Felony Court docket,” Tlaib stated Tuesday.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, stated she will not be attending the handle as a result of she believes Netanyahu will not be involved in peace within the Center East.
“He actually hasn’t had an curiosity in bringing residence hostage households,” she stated.
The opposite representatives embrace Hank Johnson, Stephen Lynch, Jan Schakowsky, Nydia Velázquez, Mark Takano, Maxwell Frost, Jared Huffman, Jim McGovern, Jamaal Bowman, Delia Ramirez, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Betty McCollum, Rosa DeLauro, Jamie Raskin, Ro Khanna, Sara Jacobs, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Cori Bush, Ami Bera, Steve Cohen, Don Beyer, Greg Casar, Jim Clyburn and Lloyd Doggett.
Flouting a UN Safety Council decision demanding an instantaneous cease-fire, Israel has confronted worldwide condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive in opposition to Gaza since an Oct. 7 assault by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas.
Practically 39,100 Palestinians have since been killed, principally ladies and youngsters, and over 90,000 injured, in keeping with native well being authorities.
Over 9 months into the Israeli onslaught, huge tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water and medication.
Israel is accused of genocide on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice, which ordered Tel Aviv to right away halt its army operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place greater than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the struggle earlier than it was invaded on Could 6.
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