Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is expected to address a joint session of US Congress on 24 July, and speculations about the contents of his speech have been reported in Israeli media, albeit slightly contradictory. Senior Israeli aides to Netanyahu stated that the address would address the normalisation agreements between Saudi Arabia and Israel, a ceasefire centred on a deal for the hostages and “a pathway towards a Palestinian State”. The latter was contradicted by Netanyahu’s office, which stated that the Prime Minister “opposes a Palestinian State and will not change his position in his address to Congress”. However, it was reported that Netanyahu would “offer rhetorical support for a vague process that leads toward increased Palestinian autonomy short of … Continue reading Maintaining diplomatic appearances reinforces genocide