{"id":34308,"date":"2024-06-09T12:59:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T19:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=34308"},"modified":"2024-06-09T12:59:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T19:59:57","slug":"displaying-photos-of-kids-starved-by-israel-sanders-explains-boycott-of-netanyahu-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/06\/09\/displaying-photos-of-kids-starved-by-israel-sanders-explains-boycott-of-netanyahu-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Displaying Photos of Kids Starved by Israel, Sanders Explains Boycott of Netanyahu Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) delivers a speech on June 3, 2024 explaining why he will boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s expected speech before Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: C-SPAN\/Screengrab)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children are dying of malnutrition in Gaza as a “direct result of Netanyahu’s policies,” the Vermont senator said in a speech on the Senate floor.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JAKE JOHNSON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun 04, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a> displayed photos of starving Palestinian children on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Monday to explain his decision to boycott an upcoming speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom Democratic and Republican leaders formally invited to address a joint meeting of Congress amid Israel’s catastrophic assault on Gaza.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The monthslong military campaign has had appalling impacts<\/a> on Palestinian children, Sanders (I-Vt.) emphasized in his floor remarks<\/a> Monday, blasting U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for eating “fine steaks” at fundraising dinners with his “billionaire friends” while Israel’s army blocks critical food aid from entering Gaza, causing kids to starve<\/a> to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is a photograph of a child in Gaza taken by Getty,” said the Vermont senator as an aide displayed a picture of an emaciated Palestinian child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photo was one of several that Sanders showed during his speech, stressing that there are thousands of children in Gaza suffering acute malnutrition<\/a> as a “direct result of Netanyahu’s policies\u2014Netanyahu, the man Speaker Johnson has invited to address Congress.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No,” Sanders said, “I will not be in attendance for that speech.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch Sanders’ remarks in full:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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