<![CDATA[Israel in Gaza: Three Wrong Arguments]]>

1.0 link 156801 <![CDATA[Israel in Gaza: Three Wrong Arguments]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howard-schweber/israel-in-gaza-three-wron_b_156801.html Two days ago, a resolution of support for Israel jointly sponsored by Sen.Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was adopted in the Senate by unanimous consent. The resolution includes an uncritical recitation of some classic elements of the basic AIPAC-fueled neo-Zionist pro-Israel narrative that has dominated American national political discourse since the 1980s. The "Whereas" section includes:

"Hamas was founded with the stated goal of destroying the State of Israel . . . Hamas has...

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