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| NEWS: Sanders on Netanyahu Addressing Congress This Week |
WASHINGTON, July 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress this week:
As I mentioned last month, I will not be attending Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Wednesday.
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I agree with both the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations independent commission that both Benjamin Netanyahu and Yahya Sinwar are war criminals. Under Sinwar’s leadership, Hamas initiated this war with a horrific attack on Israel, killing 1,200 innocent men, women, and children, and taking over 240 captives.
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In response, Netanyahu and his right-wing, extremist government have waged total war against the Palestinian people, killing at least 39,000 Palestinians and injuring 89,000 – sixty percent of whom are women, children, or elderly people. Further, Netanyahu’s military actions have made life in Gaza unbearable, destroying housing, infrastructure, and healthcare systems. Every university has been bombed, and 88 percent of all school buildings have been damaged. Due to ongoing restrictions on humanitarian aid, around 495,000 people are now facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity – essentially, they are starving.
No, Netanyahu should not be welcomed into the United States Congress. On the contrary, his policies in Gaza and the West Bank and his refusal to support a two-state solution should be condemned. In my view, his right-wing, extremist government should not receive another nickel of U.S. taxpayer support to continue the inhumane destruction of Gaza.
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