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Pelosi says Netanyahu address the ‘worst’ given by ‘any foreign dignitary’ at US Congress

  • US Democratic Senator Nancy Pelosi has described a speech given by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington as “by far the worst presentation of any foreign dignitary” ever at US Congress.

  • “Many of us who love Israel spent time today listening to Israeli citizens whose families have suffered in the wake of the October 7th Hamas terror attack and kidnappings,” she wrote on X.
  • These families are asking for a ceasefire deal that will bring the hostages home – and we hope the Prime Minister would spend his time achieving that goal.”
  • Earlier, we reported that US Senator Bernie Sanders called Netanyahu a “liar” after the Israeli leader’s speech in which he spoke of a “future of prosperity, security and peace” in Gaza.

  • Israeli forces have so far killed more than 39,000 people – mostly women and children – in Gaza and have reduced much of the Palestinian territory to rubble.

Source: Al Jazeeera

‘Shock and disgust’: US protesters decry applause for Israeli PM in Congress

Just as Benjamin Netanyahu was being given a standing ovation by members of Congress on Capitol Hill, outside thousands of protesters were saying he was not welcome.

And, around exactly the same time, the police started pepper spraying some of the protesters.

There was a general sense of shock and disgust among the protesters.

  • Not just at the members of Congress who are applauding – whom the protesters say don’t represent them. But the fact that their taxpayers’ money isn’t just going to kill men, women and children in Gaza. It is also being spent on police to pepper spray and violently act towards peaceful protesters outside Capitol Hill.

Source: Al Jazeera

Father of Israeli captive labels Netanyahu speech ‘third-rate act of political theatre’

  • Jonathan Dekel-Chen, the father of Israeli captive Sagui Dekel-Chen, has labelled Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress a “third-rate act of political theatre” intended only to “strengthen him among his coalition partners in Israel”.

According to Israeli journalist and commentator Nadav Eyal, Dekel-Chen said the “speech did nothing to improve Israel’s national security or its standing in world opinion”.

  • “It did nothing to heal the damage Bibi has caused for years with the Democratic Party. It did nothing to bring the return of our hostages closer. It was painful and embarrassing to watch as an Israeli,” he said.

Source: Al Jazeera