[Peace-discuss] How important it was to elect liberal Democrats...

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

This resolution passed the House in less than 2 minutes.


On 11/20/12 12:52, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> *Ugly Senate Gaza Resolution Al Franken, Sherrod Brown & Other Dems 
> Co-Sponsored
> *
> {This resolution has no word of compassion for Gaza and does not call 
> for an end to the killing. It passed both Houses unanimously.
> It was written by AIPAC. Americans For Peace Now’s Lara Friedman 
> explains how this resolution represents a new low:
> http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/15/the-senate-on-gaza-then-and-now.html}
>
> RESOLUTION
>
> Expressing vigorous support and unwavering commitment
> to the welfare, security, and survival of the State of
> Israel as a Jewish and democratic state with secure
> borders, and recognizing and strongly supporting its
> right to act in self-defense to protect its citizens against
> acts of terrorism.
>
> Whereas Hamas was founded with the stated goal of destroying the State 
> of Israel;
>
> Whereas Hamas has been designated by the Secretary of
> State as a Foreign Terrorist Organization;
>
> Whereas Hamas refuses to recognize Israel’s right to exist,
> renounce violence, and accept previous agreements between Israel and 
> the Palestinians; 2
>
> Whereas Hamas has launched thousands of rockets and missiles since 
> Israel dismantled settlements and withdrew
> from Gaza in 2005;
>
> Whereas terrorists in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip have
> fired approximately 900 rockets and missile shells into
> Israel this year, an increase from roughly 675 attacks in
> 2011 and 350 in 2010;
>
> Whereas Hamas has increased the range of its rockets, reportedly 
> with support from Iran and others, putting additional large numbers 
> of Israelis in danger of rocket attacks from Gaza;
>
> Whereas, on November 14, 2012, President Barack Obama
> condemned the rocket fire from Gaza into Israel and reiterated 
> Israel’s right to self-defense; and
>
> Whereas Israel, as a fellow democracy, has an inherent right
> to self defense in the face of terrorist attacks: Now,
> therefore, be it
>
> 1 Resolved, That the Senate—
> 2 (1) expresses unwavering commitment to the
> 3 security of the State of Israel as a Jewish and demo-
> 4 cratic state with secure borders, and recognizes and
> 5 strongly supports its inherent right to act in self-de-
> 6 fense to protect its citizens against acts of terrorism;
> 7 (2) reiterates that Hamas must end Gaza-
> 8 linked terrorist rocket and missile attacks against
> 9 Israel, recognize Israel’s right to exist, renounce vio-
> 10 lence, and agree to accept previous agreements be-
> 11 tween Israel and the Palestinians; 3
>
> 1 (3) urges the United Nations Security Council
> 2 to condemn the recent spike in Gaza-linked terrorist
> 3 missile attacks against Israel, which risk causing ci-
> 4 vilian casualties in both Israel and Gaza; and
> 5 (4) encourages the President to continue to
> 6 work diplomatically with the international commu-
> 7 nity to prevent Hamas and other Gaza-based ter-
> 8 rorist organizations from retaining or rebuilding the
> 9 capability to launch rockets and missiles against Israel
>
> ~ MJ Rosenberg / Nov 19 2012
>
>
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