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Palestinian-American congresswoman is the lone protester at Netanyahu’s speech
Other progressive lawmakers boycotted the speech in disgust, but Rashida Tlaib’s presence was powerful, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
COURAGE OF HER CONVICTIONS: Rashida Tlaib holds a sign ‘Guilty of genocide’ as Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol last Wednesday
NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
RASHIDA TLAIB, the only Palestinian-American member of the US Congress, was the lone protester on Wednesday when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fulfilled an invitation from leading Republicans and Democrats to address members of both the House and Senate inside the US Capitol.
Speaking for close to an hour, Netanyahu was received with thunderous applause and frequent standing ovations by both Republicans and Democrats, including two minutes of non-stop cheering before his speech could even begin.
Tlaib, a keffiyeh draped across her shoulders, sat silently as others around her stood, holding up a small sign with the words “War Criminal” on one side and “Guilty of Genocide” on the other, at each of Netanyahu’s steadily more egregious claims.
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