Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumHouse unanimously voices support for Israel in current Hamas fight
WASHINGTON (JTA) The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a non-binding resolution in support of Israels right to defend itself against rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
The resolution, which had more than 140 bipartisan sponsors, passed Friday by unanimous consent, just two days after it was introduced by Reps. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.) in response to the attacks on Israel following the murder last month of three Israeli teenagers.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which backed the resolution, praised its passage. Israel launched Operation Protective Edge to defend its citizens against hundreds of rockets that Islamist terrorists have launched from Gaza, AIPAC said in a statement. Prior to this operation, Israel made multiple efforts to defuse the situation with Hamas, but was rebuffed repeatedly.
The resolution supports Israels right to defend itself against what it calls unprovoked rocket attacks from Hamas and condemns the attacks. It also calls on Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, to immediately stop firing rockets on Israel.
A similar resolution in the Senate has been introduced by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.). AIPAC in its release said it expected this resolution to come to a vote next week.
Read more: http://www.jta.org/2014/07/11/news-opinion/politics/house-unanimously-voices-support-for-israel-in-current-hamas-fight#ixzz37OMv1Vn3
tymorial
(3,433 posts)Or does Kelly Ayotte look just like Justine Bateman.
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ladjf
(17,320 posts)ladjf
(17,320 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)The unprovoked line is pathetic as well as the "defuse" line.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Same as it ever was.
IronGate
(2,186 posts)R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)No pun intended.