Netanyahu’s fourth visit to Washington – Juventud Rebelde

The invitation extended by Republican leaders to Washington to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in support of his genocidal war against the Palestinian people, reveals the corruption and falsity of the US parliamentary system, under the well-known influence of bribes and pressure from the multi-million dollar Zionist lobby. On Tuesday night, at least 200 members of the Jewish movement demanding an end to the genocidal war in Gaza were arrested for protesting their visit to the legislative headquarters.

In his speech to Congress, Netanyahu opened fire on protesters against his visit, whom he described as “Iran’s useful idiots,” while protests against the Israeli attack on Gaza continued outside the Capitol.

In the opening words of the speech, Netanyahu said it was imperative for the United States and Israel to remain “united” to defeat those who want to “destroy civilization.”

In what could have been a grand tribute to Israel, Netanyahu turned into a show of decadence and failure, marked by the notable absence and dismissal of senior figures such as Nancy Pelosi, one of the most influential voices in the Democratic Party. Netanyahu tried to portray himself as a victim, accusing the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas of distorting the media so that “Israel would be pressured to end the war before it is won.” Netanyahu also blamed Iran’s Islamic government for Israel’s problems, harshly criticized American anti-war protesters, and spoke of a future Gaza that was “demilitarized and demilitarized.”

In short, this master manipulator—to those who know him well, such as former President Barack Obama, a “colossal liar”—called on the United States to continue its support, saying that Israel was on the front lines of the battle against terrorism. “When we come together, one very simple thing happens: We win, and they lose,” he said.

Netanyahu thanked former President Donald Trump for “all the things he did for Israel” during his first term, and current President Joseph Biden for traveling to Israel “to be with us during our darkest moments, a visit that will never be forgotten.” He also stressed his intention to maintain close ties with whoever becomes the next US president.

Netanyahu’s four appearances before a joint session of Congress, from 1996 to the present, constitute an absolute record, and it is not even a record.
Winston Churchill succeeded in doing this, despite the mythical aura of a defender of Western democracy that Britain’s most famous prime minister possessed.

Anshel Weiser, an analyst for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, noted the strange coincidence that the four invitations to Netanyahu were issued by a Republican-dominated Congress, during a Democratic presidency with which he had serious disagreements. “On each occasion, Netanyahu, with the help of his Republican allies, sought to demonstrate that his influence in the United States is greater than that of the occupant of the White House.”

Numerous reports in the American press have recently revealed the extensive and significant financial assistance provided by the Zionist lobby to Biden’s political career over more than 50 years. The Washington Post reported on the eve of his visit that “the Israeli ruler has a long history of turning friendly US presidents into pawns in his own political battles and using his Washington tools as platforms for his election campaigns in Israel.” But this time, it does not seem to have achieved the same success.

Some lawmakers stressed that they had no intention of helping the Likud leader compensate for his sagging popularity at home. “For him, it’s about shoring up his support at home, and that’s one of the reasons I didn’t want to be there,” said Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen. “I don’t want to be part of the political backing for this deception.” “He’s not a great custodian of the U.S.-Israel relationship,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat.

Also absent, among others, was Democratic Senator Dick Durbin. The number two man in the Senate, Tim Kaine, Jeff Merkley and Brian Schatz, all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as Patty Murray, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, and independent Senator Bernie Sanders.

House members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ami Bera, the ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the armed services, were absent. Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, held up a sign with the slogans “War Criminal” and “Guilty of Genocide” on each side. Vice President and potential Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris was the most notable absentee “due to having to travel outside Washington.” Representative Nancy Pelosi, who put on the handle cover, said in a statement: “Benjamin Netanyahu’s presentation today in the House of Representatives was the worst by any foreign dignitary ever invited and honored to address Congress.” From the United States.

Representative Rashida Tlaib, of Palestinian descent, attended to denounce him with the label of a war criminal. Photo: AFP

The mysterious ties between Netanyahu and Biden explain the quick and deliberate visit of the White House occupant to Tel Aviv, on October 18 of last year, as soon as the frustrated Zionist ruler announced the war of extermination in Gaza, and the new ethnic cleansing. The Palestinians are like flies, by air, sea and land, with the Pentagon’s weapons and powerful bombs, and with the protection and logistical assistance of the US fleet and its aircraft carriers, and all its surveillance and espionage systems.

Everyone remembers that Netanyahu and his far-right Likud party came to power in 1996 after the assassination of Labor Party leader Yitzhak Rabin, by the extremists who now form his government coalition. He was the author of the hopeful peace initiative that bled to extinction.

Everyone in the Capitol Building, the most visible symbol of North America’s famous democracy, knows that there are licensed “Jewish lobbyists” – who, under the pretext of defending themselves against “anti-Semitism” – raising large sums of money and financing the campaigns of legislative candidates, to ensure their victory and in return receive the full and unconditional support of the belligerent and colonial state of Israel.

This is the only way to explain why a politician who is being tried for corruption in his assets, and a war criminal who is being tried by the International Court of Justice, the highest legal body of the United Nations, receives tens of billions of dollars in military aid for his extremist, right-wing, racist colonial regime that imposes with blood and fire a regime racism To the oppressed Palestinian people.