Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint meeting of Congress to bolster support for Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. About half of the Democrats in Congress skipped the speech where he vowed to continue the attack until “total victory” is met.
Benjamin Netanyahu will use his upcoming speech to a joint session of Congress to consolidate political support for the genocide in Gaza from both Republicans and Democrats. The leadership of both parties appear happy to oblige.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to Congress will be his fourth, giving him the most of any foreign leader. He’s currently tied with Winston Churchill at three. He was invited by the leadership from both parties. Who says bipartisanship is dead?
The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza nears 35,000. The House of Representatives votes to send $17 billion more in unconditional military aid to Israel.
“It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima,” Rep. Tim Walberg told a town hall audience in Michigan. “Get it over quick.”
Democrats are fracturing over support for Israel, because their constituents don’t support it. The long-term result might be the end of the bipartisan consensus on Israel.
Congress passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill continuing a ban on funding UNRWA until at least 2025. President Biden will sign the bill immediately.
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) over comments she made advocating for Palestinians to be free.
Progressive challenger Pervez Agwan is looking to unseat an AIPAC-backed Democrat in Texas’s 7th district. “We have to be strong, principled, and bold when we get into Congress. We can’t be pushovers,” Agwan tells Mondoweiss.
Some longtime establishment voices have begun calling to end U.S. military aid to Israel, but they are not necessarily standing in solidarity with Palestinians.