
Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and a handful of other progressives will boycott Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s joint address to Congress on Wednesday.
Ms Ocasio-Cortez toldJewish Insider that she would not attend the joint address. In the same token, Reps Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Cori Bush (D-MO) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who is Palestinian-American, will also boycott Mr Herzog’s address, Haaretz reported.