Today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be honored for the fourth time with a speech before a joint session of Congress. Billed as a symbolic representation of the U.S.-Israeli relationship, it will serve instead to Palestinians like myself and many others as a shameful reminder of how the United States government has betrayed its own stated values and commitment to human rights for all people.
Today in Gaza, Palestinians have no right to life or safety. It has become a land of orphans, of widows and of mass graves.