By C.J. Atkins\The People’s World
Photos: YouTube Screenshots
Leading Republicans and Democrats alike have laid out the red carpet for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week, but the only Palestinian-American in Congress—Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan—is determined to crash their party.
Shaming the White House as well as House and Senate leaders, Tlaib said in a statement Tuesday that it was “utterly disgraceful that leaders from both parties” invited Netanyahu to address Congress. She dismissed his visit as “a celebration of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.”
Tlaib denounced Netanyahu as a war criminal, pointing to the 39,000 Palestinians killed in Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza, 15,000 of whom were children. She said the Israeli leader should be arrested and turned over to the International Criminal Court to stand trial for his crimes.
Her tough words came as politicians and movement leaders alike reorient in the wake of President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 race for president and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor on the Democratic ticket.
Tlaib said Sunday that she welcomed the “opportunity to engage” Harris in the work that has to be done to “inspire” the Democratic base in her 12th Congressional District. The way to do that, she made clear, was to embrace a pro-peace, pro-people platform….
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