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Satanyahu Defends GENOCIDE War in US Congress-Protesters Say GET OUT WAR Criminal
Satanyahu Defends Gaza GENOCIDE War Outside US Congress BUT Pro-Palestinian Protesters Inside and Outside Capitol Say GET OUT ‘WAR Criminal’
Israel's PM Netanyahu told US lawmakers "our enemies are your enemies" in speech to Congress intended to rally support for the war in Gaza.
He DID NOT mention his partnership with TRUMP and son-in-law for investment for a NEW BEACHFRONT RESORT on the Gaza Strip after the war, where he would make $$MILS
BBC 25 JUL 2024
The Israeli leader received a raucous reception from Republican politicians as he delivered a speech to a joint session of Congress, his fourth.
But growing political divisions over the war in Gaza were underscored by the dozens of Democratic members of Congress deliberately not present and thousands of protesters on the streets outside.
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Crowds gathered by a stage on Capitol Hill decked with banners, including one declaring the Israeli leader a "wanted war criminal," a reference to an arrest warrant sought by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
Five people were arrested inside the Capitol building for attempting to disrupt Mr Netanyahu's address, according to police.
Addressing the protesters, Mr Netanyahu said: "You have officially become Iran's useful idiots."
In one of many references to Iran, the Israeli prime minister claimed an “axis of terror” threatened the US, Israel and the Arab world, framing it as a “clash of barbarism against civilisations”.
The term riffed off what Iran describes as the "axis of resistance," an alliance across the Middle East including the Palestinian armed group Hamas, the Lebanese group Hezbollah and the Houthis, who rule parts of Yemen.
‘Cynical and Manipulative’
He told Congress that Iranian proxy forces had attacked American targets, adding that Iran believes that "to truly challenge America it must first conquer the Middle East".
Speaking for over an hour, Mr Netanyahu deflected criticism of Israel and framed the war in Gaza as his country’s battle for survival, in a pitch for further US military aid.
He thanked the US for providing Israel with "generous military assistance" for decades, adding that in return Israel had provided the US with critical intelligence that had "saved many lives".
But he called for a process of "fast-tracking" US military aid, claiming this could expedite an end to the war in Gaza and help prevent a broader regional war.
Quoting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's appeal to the American people during World War Two, he said: "Give us the tools and we'll finish the job."
Mr Netanyahu did not discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza at length, except to maintain that Israel delivers enough food aid to provide each person with 3,000 calories. If Gaza's residents were not getting food, he said, it was because "Hamas steals it".
Dozens of Lawmakers Stay Away
Several standing ovations could not disguise the fact that at least 39 lawmakers were absent from the address.
Almost all were Democrats, among them influential former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who said it was "inappropriate" for Mr Netanyahu to visit.
Throughout the speech, Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American member of Congress, was seen holding a placard in the air, which read "guilty of genocide" and "war criminal".
Conscious that Donald Trump could return to the White House, Benjamin Netanyahu also thanked the former president for moving the American embassy to Jerusalem and for recognising Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, a territory Israel captured from Syria in 1967.
The two men will 'meet' in Florida later this week to discuss $$....
At home in Israel, families of hostages still held in Gaza gathered to condemn the speech as it was broadcast, silently, on to the central area known as Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.
After listening to the national anthem, the crowd dispersed as Mr Netanyahu continued his address on screen.
The audio was muted, but his English speech was shown with subtitles in Hebrew translation.
Outlining his vision for the Gaza Strip after the war, he called for "a demilitarised and deradicalised" enclave under Israeli military control....
He DID NOT mention his partnership with TRUMP and son-in-law for investment for a NEW BEACHFRONT RESORT on the Gaza Strip after the war, where he would make $$MILS...
Police officers stand guard as pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest on the day of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address
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