On July 24\, wanted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint meeting of Congress to request more U.S. aid for hi s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. Providing this platform to N etanyahu\, a war criminal carrying out a genocide as we speak is a profoun d insult to the over hundred thousand Palestinians who have been killed or injured just in the past nine months\, and is a profound insult to the U. S. population\, a majority of whom reject the ongoing U.S. collaboration w ith Israel’s assault on the Palestinian people. Both Democratic and Republ ican lawmakers have been united in their support for Israel but there is n o reason why a war criminal\, guilty of crimes against humanity\, should b e allowed to address Congress.
\nOn July 24\, we will conv ene from across the country in the largest rejection of a foreign diplomat ic visit in U.S. history. We will call for his arrest in accordance with t he ICC and for the end of U.S. aid and weapons to Israel. We will surround the Capitol to form to show that Netanyahu is not welcome in the U.S. The labor contingent will meet at 4th St NW & Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
\nIn its proudest moments\, the labor movement has stood firmly o n the side of the oppressed\, and therefore on the side of justice. We rai se our voices today in the spirit of that proud tradition of the same move ment that stood against South African apartheid and in solidarity with tra de union resistance to Latin America dictatorships.
\nWe r aise our voices to demand that the U.S. government end its supply of aid a nd weapons to Israel and to demand the arrest of war criminal Netanyahu in accordance with the ICC ruling.
\nWe raise our voices to express our solidarity with the people of Palestine.
\nWe are therefore inviting you to join our labor contingent for this na tional mobilization on July 24th.
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