By Dr Marwan Asmar
About 400 Jewish-American activists are currently, Tuesday, inside one of the buildings of the US Congress in Capitol Hill protesting the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington.
Netanyahu is said to address both houses of Congress in a joint session on Wednesday. Already some Congressmen like Bernie Sanders said they would be boycotting the affair.
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The activists want the US to stop arming Israel to carry on with its genocidal war in Gaza that is now in its 10th month.
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With banners like “Let Gaza Live” and “Jews Say Stop Arming Israel”, the activists are making their voices heard by chanting “free Palestine”, “not in our name” and “stop the genocide.”
They are being surrounded by a Capitol police force contingent.
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Meanwhile Palestinian-American lawmaker Rashida Tlaib slammed Netanyahu’s visit as “utterly disgraceful”.
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“Netanyahu is a war criminal committing genocide against the Palestinian people. It is utterly disgraceful that leaders from both parties have invited him to address Congress.
“He should be arrested and sent to the International Criminal Court,” she said, according to Andolu.
Tlaib said the US has provided more than $141 billion in weapons to Israel to “fund the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians” since 1948, including $17.9 billion since October according to the Turkish news agency.
Dr Asmar is an Amman-based writer covering Middle East affairs.
24 July 2024
Source: countercurrents.org