Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Pressure is mounting on U.S. lawmakers to skip Israel i Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's scheduled address to Congress later this week, as a newly formed coalition of civil society groups announced a protest against the far-right leader—whose policies and actions in Gaza are on trial for genocide at the World Court.
'They are no better than Netanyahu and every single Israeli official who orders the dropping of bombs on sieges on hospitals.' Groups including the Council on American Islamic Relations and CodePink have circulated petitions urging members of Congress to boycott Netanyahu's speech, which is set for Wednesday. Numerous congressional Democrats have already said they will not attend the address, as has Independent U.S. Sen.
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