Gaza 2014. Photo via Facebook

On March 3, 2015, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United States Congress less than two weeks before his re-election campaign in Israel. The invitation from Speaker of the House John Boehner, was extended as a means of creating political divide between the two major US political parties, and has become successful not only in that regard, but also in causing another nation’s leader to become a pawn in America’s political games.

Many argue about the Gaza War, and if Israel was justified in their actions in the Gaza Strip. One can argue all they wish about justification and the right to protection. We ask who, in the following list, was worth killing. Explain to humanity why these lives were terminated, and explain why having the very person speaking for the country from which these atrocities came now speak in front of the US Congress should not be seen as an act of disgrace and complicity in itself.

The children killed in Gaza during 50 days of conflict

At the Munich Security Conference on February 7, Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog said, “”This speech which was born in sin, as part of an election campaign endangers the security of the citizens of Israel and the special relations it has with the US.” 

Other political leaders also criticized Netanyahu’s decision to accept Boehner’s invitation.

Meanwhile, the long-awaited and years-hoped-for agreement with Iran in a civilian nuclear development agreement hangs in the balance.

Some Americans have never forgotten the USS Liberty incident, the day Israel attacked an American ship in international waters, killing 34 service members. We are certain their families never have. The reason for the now decades-old coverup remains shrouded in mystery.

Occupy World Writes rejects the speech Netanhahu will make to the US Congress. We stand in solidarity with all those who protest this speech in a peaceful manner without violence, and call on Congressional members to boycott this event by instead bringing attention to the 504 children killed in the Gaza Strip in only 50 days of Israel’s “defense.”