On Wednesday, March 5, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 951, which condemned the Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians, but said nothing of the Israeli rocket attacks and assassinations that have killed or wounded hundreds of Palestinians, including many children and babies over the past few months and weeks.
Additionally, this bill will continue the march toward war with Iran and Syria, as it contains provocative language targeting these countries. The legislation oversimplifies the Israel/Palestine conflict and the larger unrest in the Middle East by simply pointing the finger at Iran and Syria. This is another piece in a steady series of legislation passed in the House that intensifies enmity between the United States and Iran and Syria. My colleagues will recall that we saw a similar steady stream of provocative legislation against Iraq in the years before the US attack on that country
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