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War Budget Includes Yet More Money for Israel
Cantor continued to demonstrate his unswerving devotion to Israel with his sponsorship of H.Res. 61, commending Israel for conducting free and fair elections.However, the resolution also accuses Palestinian leaders of supporting terrorism in Israel, suggests that those leaders should be replaced, and restates the U.S. commitment to “a secure peace for Israel,” saying nothing of peace and security for the Palestinians.As Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) said in speaking against the resolution, what should have been “a nice innocuous resolution congratulating a key ally for running their recent election more fairly than we can, was instead hijacked by anti-Palestinian groups in Congress and turned into another diatribe against the Palestinians. …If our role as a nation is to play peace broker in the Middle East, we must stop choosing sides.”
Cantor continued to demonstrate his unswerving devotion to Israel with his sponsorship of H.Res. 61, commending Israel for conducting free and fair elections.However, the resolution also accuses Palestinian leaders of supporting terrorism in Israel, suggests that those leaders should be replaced, and restates the U.S. commitment to “a secure peace for Israel,” saying nothing of peace and security for the Palestinians.As Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) said in speaking against the resolution, what should have been “a nice innocuous resolution congratulating a key ally for running their recent election more fairly than we can, was instead hijacked by anti-Palestinian groups in Congress and turned into another diatribe against the Palestinians. …If our role as a nation is to play peace broker in the Middle East, we must stop choosing sides.”
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