The arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has touched off a flurry of protests in the nation’s capital, including a sit-in at a congressional office building that ended with multiple arrests.
Hasidic Jews and others protest against Israeli polices towards the Palestinians in Washington on July 24, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will try to bolster U.S. support for his country's fight against Hamas and other Iran-backed armed groups in a speech before Congress on Wednesday even as many Democratic lawmakers plan to boycott his appearance and protesters amass around the Capitol to condemn the brutal war in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis it has created.
Some leading Democrats and political independent Bernie Sanders plan to boycott Netanyahu's speech. But the most notable absence will be Vice-President Kamala Harris, who serves as president of the Senate and traditionally would sit behind whatever dignitary is speaking. She said a long-scheduled trip will keep her away.
Outside the Capitol, large protests are expected over the deaths of more than 39,000 Palestinians and over Netanyahu's inability to free Israeli and American hostages taken by Hamas and other militants during the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war.Johnson arranged the address, an honour that marks both countries’ historically warm bonds and the political weight that support for Israel has long carried in U.S. politics.
The United States is Israel's most important ally, arms supplier and source of military aid. Netanyahu's visit is his first abroad since the war started, and comes under the shadow of arrest warrants sought against him by the International Criminal Court over alleged Israel war crimes against Palestinians. The United States does not recognize the ICC.
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