More than 30 House and Senate Democrats are not planning to attend Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech today to Congress, with some opting to boycott the event entirely or choose to listen from their offices instead of the chamber.
Around 200 people were arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest in a congressional building organized by Jewish Voice for Peace just ahead of Netanyahu's speech to Congress, exemplifying the intense sentiment surrounding the event.
Jewish Voice for Peace executive director Stefanie Fox expressed intense discontent, accusing the Israeli government of carrying out a genocide funded by the US and urging Congress and the Biden administration to act decisively to halt the atrocities.
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