{"id":35081,"date":"2024-07-23T20:20:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T03:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=35081"},"modified":"2024-07-23T20:20:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T03:20:57","slug":"calls-to-boycott-netanyahu-speech-grow-as-israeli-pm-heads-to-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/23\/calls-to-boycott-netanyahu-speech-grow-as-israeli-pm-heads-to-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls to Boycott Netanyahu Speech Grow as Israeli PM Heads to DC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Members of the peace group CodePink hold a demonstration calling for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, D.C. on July 22, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: CodePink\/X)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new coalition of advocacy groups\u2014some of them Jewish-led\u2014are urging lawmakers to “amplify the voices of those in Israel, Palestine, and around the world who reject Netanyahu’s failed leadership.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BRETT WILKINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jul 22, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pressure is mounting on U.S. lawmakers to skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled address to Congress later this week, as a newly formed coalition of civil society groups announced a protest against the far-right leader\u2014whose policies and actions in Gaza<\/a> are on trial for genocide at the World Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Netanyahu “brings to Congress his message of extending and expanding the devastating war in Gaza, neglecting the safety of Israeli hostages, and ensuring impunity for the actions of his government, an alternative message must be heard,” the new coalition said in a statement Monday. “To amplify a message of safety, freedom, just peace, collective liberation, and human rights for ALL Palestinians and Israelis, nine diverse groups have come together to form the Peace and Justice Protest Bloc.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The groups\u2014American Friends of Combatants for Peace (AFCFP), Win Without War, T’ruah, Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, Israelis for Peace, Halachic Left, and three local chapters of Supporters of Standing Together\u2014”will come together in Washington this week to urge members of Congress to skip Netanyahu’s speech, sponsor community events with peace activists from the region, and amplify the voices of those in Israel<\/a>, Palestine<\/a>, and around the world who reject Netanyahu’s failed leadership.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Peace & Justice Bloc will protest Netanyahu when he speaks to Congress next week calling for ceasefire and a hostage\/prisoner deal and freedom to all Palestinians and Israelis. With @cfpeace<\/a> @omdimbeyachad<\/a> @israelispeaceny<\/a> @WinWithoutWar<\/a> @HalachicLeft<\/a> and more. pic.twitter.com\/01NJuniD4d<\/a><\/p>— Gili Getz (@giligetz) July 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>