{"id":35201,"date":"2024-07-28T13:03:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T20:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=35201"},"modified":"2024-07-28T13:03:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T20:03:20","slug":"guilty-of-genocide-tlaib-protests-netanyahus-speech-to-congress-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/28\/guilty-of-genocide-tlaib-protests-netanyahus-speech-to-congress-2\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Guilty of Genocide’: Tlaib Protests Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) holds a sign reading “war criminal” and “guilty of genocide” during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s July 24, 2024 address to Congress in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I will never back down in speaking truth to power. The apartheid government of Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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

Jul 24, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following her call<\/a> for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest during his visit to Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib<\/a> protested the right-wing leader’s Wednesday address before a joint meeting of Congress by holding up a sign reading “war criminal” and “guilty of genocide.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They will not erase us. Palestinians exist and we deserve to live. Our presence today will be a reminder that we aren’t going anywhere,” Tlaib (D-Mich.) said on social media. “I will never back down in speaking truth to power. The apartheid government of Israel<\/a> is committing genocide against Palestinians.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tlaib\u2014the only Palestinian American member of Congress\u2014brought a guest: Hani Almadhoun, “who has lost over 150 members of his extended family in Netanyahu’s genocide” in Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“After witnessing his sister forced to eat animal feed, he and his family were determined to start a soup kitchen to feed their starving neighbors,” the congresswoman said. “The Israeli apartheid regime is using starvation as a weapon of war, a war crime.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joining me in the chamber today is Hani Almadhoun, who has lost over 150 members of his extended family in Netanyahu\u2019s genocide. After witnessing his sister forced to eat animal feed, he and his family were determined to start a soup kitchen to feed their starving neighbors. pic.twitter.com\/H5Wtj2N1Ql<\/a><\/p>— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) July 24, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>