{"id":35100,"date":"2024-07-24T12:35:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=35100"},"modified":"2024-07-24T12:35:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:35:14","slug":"tlaib-says-netanyahu-should-be-arrested-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/24\/tlaib-says-netanyahu-should-be-arrested-in-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Tlaib Says Netanyahu ‘Should Be Arrested’ in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) takes part in a Jewish-led pro-Palestine protest outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on October 18, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Celal Gunes\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It is a sad day for our democracy when my colleagues will smile for a photo-op with a man who is actively committing genocide.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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

Jul 23, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As U.S. lawmakers prepared to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a rare joint address to Congress, Rep. Rashida Tlaib<\/a> contended Monday that the leader of a country on trial for genocide at the World Court should be apprehended and sent to The Hague to face justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Netanyahu is a war criminal committing genocide against the Palestinian people,” Tlaib (D-Mich.)\u2014the only Palestinian American member of Congress\u2014said in a statement<\/a> ahead of the Israeli leader’s scheduled speech on Wednesday. “It is utterly disgraceful that leaders from both parties have invited him to address Congress. He should be arrested and sent to the International Criminal Court.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the ICC has not authorized Netanyahu’s arrest, its chief prosecutor has applied for warrants<\/a> to apprehend the far-right prime minister and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged crimes including extermination and forced starvation, as well as three Hamas leaders for war crimes allegedly committed during the October 7 attack on Israel.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel is also on trial for genocide<\/a> at the International Court of Justice\u2014also known as the World Court\u2014which ruled<\/a> last week in a separate case that the 57-year Israeli occupation of Palestine<\/a> is an illegal form of apartheid that must end “as rapidly as possible.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rashida Tlaib is a rare model of principled politics at a time when most politicians are quick to bow to an establishment that excuses atrocities. We are proud to be represented by her in Congress as democratic socialists. https:\/\/t.co\/YBzTfCv3UO<\/a><\/p>— DSA (@DemSocialists) July 23, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>