Cancel Bibi’s Speech to Congress - It's time to WAGE PEACE!

The images are out there.....nothing can defend killing unarmed children.

Israel is the largest 'US Foreign Aid Recipient,' much of the funding disguised as MILITARY weapons loans never repaid.

Where has there ever been any effort to WAGE PEACE?

As the controversy surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu proposed speech to Congress on March 3rd reaches new heights, one of the Jewish community’s top leaders is calling on the Israeli prime minister to stay home, the Jewish Daily Forward reports: [1]

Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti Defamation League, said that the political uproar ignited by Netanyahu’s invitation to speak to a joint meeting of Congress makes such a move unhelpful and therefore it should be scrapped.

In Israel, Labor Party chief and Zionist Camp leader Isaac Herzog said Netanyahu must cancel his speech to Congress due to the antagonism his address has caused in Washington, the Times of Israel reports: [2]

“The time has come when Bibi (Netanyahu) must announce the cancellation of his visit to Congress,” Herzog said... “In conversations I’ve held with many European and US leaders, it is clear there is great anger over Netanyahu diverting the discussion on Iran’s nuclear program for political gain, and turning it into a confrontation with the president of the United States."

The Times of Israel says that some 40 Democrats are already expected to boycott Netanyahu’s speech if it goes forward on March 3, a number that could grow. Vice President Joe Biden [3], Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) [4], Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) [5], Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) [6], Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) [7] have publicly said that they will not attend the speech if it goes forward on March 3.

Reps. Keith Ellison, Steve Cohen, and Maxine Waters are circulating a letter to Speaker Boehner among their colleagues, urging that the speech be cancelled.[8] The letter is supported by J Street and Americans for Peace Now. Here’s how you can help:

1. Join Abe Foxman & Isaac Herzog in calling for the speech to be cancelled by signing and sharing our petition at MoveOn. If you’ve already signed, thank you for taking action! Please share it again to help us get more signers! Every signature generates an email to Congress.http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/bibi

2. Call your Rep. at 202-224-3121 and urge them to sign the Ellison letter urging that the speech be cancelled. If you’ve already called, please call again! Every call counts in shaping the perceptions of Members of Congress.
When you’ve made your call, please report it here:

http://justforeignpolicy.org/act/bibi-ellison-call-in

Thanks for all you do,

Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy

References:
1. “Abe Foxman Calls on Benjamin Netanyahu To Scrap Speech to GOP Congress,” Nathan Guttman, Jewish Daily Forward, February 6, 2015, http://forward.com/articles/214320/abe-foxman-calls-on-benjamin-netanyahu-to-scrap-sp/
2. “Herzog: Netanyahu must cancel his speech to Congress,” Itamar Sharon, The Times of Israel, February 7, 2015, http://www.timesofisrael.com/herzog-netanyahu-must-cancel-his-speech-before-congress
3. “Biden to miss Netanyahu's speech to Congress due to travel,” Julie Pace, AP, Feb. 6, 2015, http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ae7cf4a257eb4bf2939101192aae3642/biden-miss-netanyahu-speech-congress
4. “Senior Democrats consider boycott of Netanyahu address to Congress, Paul Kane, Washington Post, February 4, 2015, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/02/04/senior-democrats-consider-boycott-of-netanyahu-address-to-congress/
5. “Speaker Boehner, Cancel Netanyahu's Address to Congress,” Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Huffington Post, 1/29/2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-earl-blumenauer/speaker-boehner-cancel-ne_b_6570654.html
6. “3 House Democrats to Skip Netanyahu Speech, Matthew Daly, AP, Feb 5, 2015, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/house-democrats-skip-netanyahu-speech-28750239
7. “Dems lining up to skip Netanyahu,” Mike Lillis, The Hill, 02/06/15, http://thehill.com/homenews/house/232065-dems-lining-up-to-skip-netanyahu-speech
8. “Israeli Consul: Supporters of Bibi's Speech Want to Humiliate President Obama,” Robert Naiman, Huffington Post, 2/05/2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/israeli-consul-supporters_b_6625260.html