{"id":20043,"date":"2024-07-24T17:47:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T21:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=20043"},"modified":"2024-07-24T17:47:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T21:47:25","slug":"merkley-statement-on-israeli-prime-minister-netanyahus-address-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-statement-on-israeli-prime-minister-netanyahus-address-to-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley Statement on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu\u2019s Address to Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today issued the following statement after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI did not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s address to Congress.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI was horrified by Hamas\u2019 horrific terrorist attack on October 7th and fully support Israel\u2019s right to go after Hamas. But how they do so matters.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNetanyahu\u2019s war strategy in Gaza is at odds with American values and law. His government\u2019s campaign of indiscriminate bombing has driven 1.9 million people from their homes and killed nearly 40,000 Palestinians\u2014tens of thousands of whom are women and children. In addition, his government\u2019s restrictions on humanitarian aid have brought Gaza to the brink of famine. This continues to drive further cycles of violence, radicalization, and instability.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNetanyahu\u2019s strategy has been to prioritize his political survival over peace and the return of hostages.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cA permanent ceasefire remains the only path to an end of war including the release of all remaining hostages, delivery of massive amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza, and the creation of conditions for lasting peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today issued the following statement after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress: \u201cI did not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s address to Congress.&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI was horrified by Hamas\u2019 horrific terrorist attack on October 7th and fully support Israel\u2019s right to go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":18848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-20043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-foreign-policy-and-national-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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