A growing number of U.S. congressional Democrats pushed back Friday against pressure to endorse House Speaker Mike Johnson’s invitation for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress — even as his government stands accused of genocide in a World Court case and he faces the prospect of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Opposition to Johnson’s (R-La.) invitation — which the speaker formally announced Thursday — has been mounting following news that ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for warrants to arrest Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders for alleged crimes committed on and after October 7 and Friday’s International Court of Justice order for Israel to immediately halt its assault on Rafah.

While there is some question over whether Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will endorse a Netanyahu congressional address — with Johnson telling The Independent on Wednesday that Schumer said he’d sign the invitation letter — mainstream Democrats are joining the chorus of calls from........

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