Article 6D2H9 Palestinian Attorney Noura Erakat: The U.S. Is Normalizing Apartheid by Hosting Israel's President

Palestinian Attorney Noura Erakat: The U.S. Is Normalizing Apartheid by Hosting Israel's President

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As President Biden meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House today, several progressive Democrats have announced plans to boycott Herzog's address to a joint session of Congress. This comes after Biden invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the United States this year despite recently criticizing the makeup of Netanyahu's far-right Cabinet as one of the most extremist" he has seen. The visits from Israeli leadership are an attempt to normalize apartheid," says Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat, who compares today's U.S. support of Israel to the nation's support for South African apartheid. The United States is complicit and a pillar of Israeli apartheid in its provision of unequivocal financial, diplomatic and military support." Erakat also applauds the efforts of activists and politicians who have shifted Democrats' sympathies more toward Palestine than Israel, according to a recent Gallup poll.

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