Democrats wrestle with whether to attend Netanyahu’s address to Congress as many plan to boycott
Democrats wrestle with whether to attend Netanyahu’s address to Congress as many plan to boycott
The last time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress, nearly 60 Democrats skipped his speech nine years ago.
“I wish that he would be a statesman and do what is right for Israel. We all love Israel,” former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said recently on CNN about Netanyahu. “We need to help them and not have him stand in the way of that for such a long time.”
She added, “I think it’s going to invite more of what we have seen in terms of discontent among our own.”
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We don't "all love Israel".
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It's incredibly concerning leadership understands this hurts the party but won't even do the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Hell, it's not even for the wrong reasons. As they keep saying, it's vital that we stop republicans. But for some reason that's not enough of a reason to stop supporting genocidal maniacs threatening WW3
Reasons don’t stop Republicans, a House majority does.
Dem majorities rarely do either, tbh.
The Dem leadership consider compromise for the sake of compromise the highest virtue and refuse to adjust that belief to the realities that
A) The GOP is now a literal fascist party,
B) The fascist GOP does not ever negotiate in good faith, and thus
C) any compromise with them will be unacceptable concessions in exchange for little to nothing.
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Abrahamism sure has a stranglehold on the U.S.
Shit, it's the problem over there too...
They literally all worship the same God but too many people are still wanting to kill each other over the details
It was true when Emo Phillips said it, it's still true today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANNX_XiuA78
Even if one religion dominates large sections of the globe, over time it will fracture and create conflict again.
And the conflict isn't just between people of different faiths. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre - the holiest place in all of Christianity, where Jesus rose from the dead - has been the site of many fights between the different branches of Christianity who care for the church. Monks beating each other up in the place where the Prince of Peace showed his divinity.
It's so bad that there's been a ladder leaning up against the church since the early 1700s because nobody can agree on who put it there and who should move it.
He's wanted by the ICJ. I hope someone has the courage to arrest his ass
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress, nearly 60 Democrats skipped his speech nine years ago, calling it a slap in the face to then-President Barack Obama as he negotiated a nuclear deal with Iran.
While some Democrats are saying they will come out of respect for Israel, a larger and growing faction wants no part of it, creating an extraordinarily charged atmosphere at a gathering that normally amounts to a ceremonial, bipartisan show of support for an American ally.
Netanyahu said in a release that he was “very moved” by the invitation to address Congress and the chance “to present the truth about our just war against those who seek to destroy us to the representatives of the American people and the entire world.”
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, gave a speech on the Senate floor that was harshly critical of the prime minister.
Schumer, D-N.Y., called the Israeli leader “an obstacle to peace” and urged new elections in Israel, even as he denounced Hamas and criticized Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Johnson spoke of asking Netanyahu to come to Washington, an invitation that Schumer and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York ultimately endorsed, albeit reluctantly.
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