Washington – Senate Republicans and Democrats insisted on Wednesday that any viable cease-fire between Israel and Hamas militants must eliminate the threat posed by Hamas rockets and tunnels.
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In a letter to President Barack Obama, three senators — Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democrats Chuck Schumer of New York and Ben Cardin of Maryland — said any cease-fire should create a situation in which Israelis no longer face the threat of brazen terrorist attacks.
The three lawmakers set a high bar for Secretary of State John Kerry, who is in Israel trying to negotiate a cease-fire. Obama administration officials have said Hamas must be denied the ability to fire rockets on Israelis.
“The threats posed by Hamas rockets and tunnels whose only purpose is to kill and kidnap Israelis are intolerable, and Israel must be allowed to take any actions necessary to remove those threats,” the senators wrote. “Any effort to broker a cease-fire agreement that does not eliminate those threats cannot be sustained in the long run and will leave Israel vulnerable to future attacks.”
Days of hostilities have killed hundreds of Palestinians and more than 30 Israelis. Although Kerry reported some progress Wednesday, there was no sign that either side was ready to relent, with heavy fighting and rocket fire continuing.
The three senators strongly defended Israel, saying its military has taken “great pains to avoid unnecessary civilian casualties.” They said the same could not be said about Hamas, whose rockets “have only one purpose: to kill as many innocent Israelis as possible.”
How about telling this to the anti Semite ban ki moon and his cohorts too?
Senators need to pass a bill in Congress to STOP FUNDING HAMAS & PA TERRORISTS – do not send $$$$$$$ – only send food, rice, water, no building supplies, no money because they’ll use it to build TUNNELS & ROCKETS TO ATTACK ISRAEL
Stop with the cease fire business. We will have a cease fire AFTER WE FINISH THE JOB….Enough said.
The bill needs to disallow any aid being sent to the PA, which Obama will veto or just violate. He rejoiced at the “unity” government, which means that humanitarian aid can now fund the terror battles launched by Hamas.
The US Defense Dept on July 20, 2014, signed a deal with Qatar where we sell them Patriot missiles and other hardware to the tune of 12 billion dollars. Where will that military equipment end up????? Qatar is the a happy friend to Hamas.
Write your elected officials. It’s important.
savtat – where did u see this deal
So a Patriot missile is what, about ten meters long? It depends on a computer system contained in a couple of large vehicles. It needs a huge amount of electrical power. I would not worry about a Patriot being smuggled into Gaza.