WASHINGTON When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris wont be there. Neither will Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the Senate pro tem, who is third in line to the presidency.

The main reason Netanyahu is visiting the U.S. this week is to give this speech, which he was invited to deliver by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). But so far, more than four dozen Democratic lawmakers plan to boycott his remarks in protest of the conservative Israeli leaders military campaign in Gaza.

Prime Minister Netanyahu has created a humanitarian catastrophe, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told CNN last month. Im not going.

No, Netanyahu should not be welcomed into the U.S. Congress, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Monday on social media . On the contrary, his policies in Gaza and the West Bank and his refusal to support a two-state solution should be roundly condemned.

As I stated last month, I will not be attending his address, Sanders added.