I was arrested protesting Netanyahu’s New York visit. Here’s why we took a stand | Darializa Avila Chevalier
I refuse to play host to a man who has overseen the slaughter or injury of more than 64,000 children in Gaza with American taxpayer dollars. I refuse to be complicit in genocide Benjamin Netanyahu belongs at The Hague; not in the streets of New York City, and certainly not before the United Nations general assembly. The international criminal court has a warrant out for his arrest for war crimes…
Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Democratic nominee for New York's 13th congressional district, was arrested while protesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to New York. In an interview, she expressed her refusal to host a man who has overseen the death or injury of over 64,000 children in Gaza, with American tax dollars funding the conflict.
Avila Chevalier contends that Netanyahu belongs before the International Criminal Court, which has issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The UN's own commission of inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, naming Netanyahu as the chief architect of the atrocities. She stands firm in her refusal to allow a war criminal to roam the streets of her city unopposed.
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