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“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Aug 5, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted an invitation to speak before the U.S. Congress and received several standing ovations from both Republican and Democratic politicians who were in attendance. His appearance was met by thousands of people protesting in the streets of Washington, D.C. over his direction of war in Gaza that has resulted in the deaths of close to 40,000 Palestinians and a great deal of suffering by many more.
In his speech, Netanyahu slandered the protestors, referring to them as “Iran’s useful idiots,” saying “many choose to stand with evil,” and that they “stand with Hamas” and “rapists and murderers.” The politicians in attendance responded to these lies with their most enthusiastic ovations of the night.
Some Democratic members of Congress made a show of skipping Netanyahu’s appearance, which is a bit hypocritical given that they’ve repeatedly approved of sending billions of dollars in weapons to the Israeli military, even while it carries out its murderous campaign in Gaza. The main response of the Democrats, including both President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, to the protests, though, was to condemn those few among the thousands of demonstrators who burned the American flag.
While American politicians occasionally pretend they disapprove of the mass murder being carried out by Netanyahu and the Israeli military, the love they showed Netanyahu at his speech before Congress shows he has their full approval.