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The tally was 224-194, with three Republicans voting in favor and eight Democrats voting against.
“Members of Congress have serious, urgent concerns about the administration’s decision to engage in hostilities against Iran and about its lack of strategy moving forward,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
In a letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, the lawmakers, led by Reps. Ilhan Omar, Raúl M. Grijalva and Barbara Lee, urge the administration to “conduct a sweeping review” of the sanctions campaign.
The Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act (H.R. 2343), introduced by Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), was passed by a unanimous vote in the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Winning in a special election, he is set to tackle the issues of the day, particularly concerning the Middle East—and its “greatest democracy.”
“We fear significant civilian costs in Lebanon if Israel must act to defend its citizens because Hezbollah has positioned its massive arsenal in civilian areas—turning much of Lebanon’s population into human shields,” it read. “Hezbollah will bear the responsibility for that.”
A spokesperson said the company “draws a distinction between the political and military factions” of certain organizations.
Of the 226 who aim to go ahead with the move, 224 are Democrats, one is Republican and another one is a Republican-turned-Independent.
The state GOP cites her “engagement in rhetoric that explicitly runs counter to American values” and “anti-Semitic language”; Omar: “I was elected with 78% of the vote by the people of Minnesota’s 5th District, not by the Alabama Republican Party.”
Israeli-Palestinian business cooperation in Judea and Samaria “is just getting its legs,” says Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), and “will become a very useful force in this country.”
Perhaps nothing cements support for Israel more than bringing members of Congress to visit Israel’s borders with Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, and to meet with decision-makers in the region.
After rejecting entry to Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) due to their support of the anti-Israel BDS movement, Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri approved a request by Tlaib to visit her grandmother in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds.
