Washington – Congress Backs Bill Targeting Hamas And Hezbollah For Using Human Shields

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    FILE - Palestinians raise national flags and banners during a demonstration against an upcoming UN General Assembly vote on a US-drafted resolution condemning the Palestinian Hamas movement in the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 6, 2018.  Flash90Washington – The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would target for sanctions Hezbollah and Hamas for using civilians as human shields, guaranteeing that it will become law.

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    “This critical and timely legislation mandates new sanctions against Hamas, Hezbollah and foreign state agencies that use civilians as human shields or provide support to those doing so,” the American Israel Public Affairs Committee said in a statement Tuesday after the House passed the bill. The Senate passed the measure in October.

    The bill calls Hezbollah, the terrorist Lebanese militia, and Hamas, the terrorist group controlling the Gaza Strip, as “repeated” practitioners of an action that violates international law. It notes reports that Hezbollah is concealing missiles in villages in Lebanon and that Hamas routinely launches missiles at Israel from densely populated areas.

    The bill, which had bipartisan backing, now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature.


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    lazy-boy
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    lazy-boy
    5 years ago

    Islam has NO regard for human life; it views killing the enemy worth everything and if innocent people are killed too, it only means they will go to heaven first….

    Read the Koran and see what they think….

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    5 years ago

    I understand the Israelis are now shooting at the legs of the human shields.

    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    5 years ago

    Once January comes congress will revert back to its anti semetic ways.