Pelosi boycotts Netanyahu’s speech to Congress

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has joined dozens of lawmakers planning to boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress on Wednesday.

Pelosi boycotts Netanyahu’s speech to Congress

The list of lawmakers boycotting the speech is growing, with one Republican saying he will not attend, according to Axios.

“The purpose of having Netanyahu address Congress is to bolster his political standing in Israel,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said in a post on Axios.

“I don’t feel like a supporter, so I won’t be attending,” he added.

A number of Democrats have previously condemned the right-wing Israeli leader’s conduct in the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which has killed thousands of Palestinians, and have announced a boycott of his speech to Congress.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address Congress on Wednesday, where he will try to pressure the United States amid a tense situation between the two allies after nine months of war in the Gaza Strip.

This is the fourth time Netanyahu has addressed Congress, a record for a foreign official, something usually reserved for leaders on state visits, according to Agence France-Presse.

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