On July 24\, wanted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint meet ing of Congress to request more U.S. aid for his ongoing genocide of the P alestinian people. Providing this platform to Netanyahu\, a war criminal c arrying out a genocide as we speak is a profound insult to the over hundre d thousand Palestinians who have been killed or injured just in the past n ine months\, and is a profound insult to the U.S. population\, a majority of whom reject the ongoing U.S. collaboration with Israel’s assault on the Palestinian people. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have been un ited in their support for Israel but there is no reason why a war criminal \, guilty of crimes against humanity\, should be allowed to address Congre ss.
\nOn July 24\, we will convene from across the country in the largest rejection of a foreign diplomatic visit in U.S. history. W e will call for his arrest in accordance with the ICC and for the end of U .S. aid and weapons to Israel. We will surround the Capitol to form to sho w 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 on the side of the oppressed \, and therefore on the side of justice. We raise our voices today in the spirit of that proud tradition of the same movement that stood against Sou th African apartheid and in solidarity with trade union resistance to Lati n America dictatorships.
\nWe raise our voices to demand t hat the U.S. government end its supply of aid and weapons to Israel and to demand the arrest of war criminal Netanyahu in accordance with the ICC ru ling.
\nWe raise our voices to express our solidarity with the people of Palestine.
\nWe are therefore inviting y ou to join our labor contingent for this national mobilization on July 24th.
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