76 US Senators Sign on to Support Israel

A letter was signed by over three quarters of the United States Senate supporting a reconciliation between Israel and the United States.  They are concerned about damaging a relationship that has spanned “more than six decades.”

Despite your best efforts, Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have been frozen for over a year. Indeed, in a reversal of 16 years of policy, Palestinian leaders are refusing to enter into direct negotiations with Israel. Instead, they have put forward a growing list of unprecedented preconditions. By contrast, Israel’s prime minister stated categorically that he is eager to begin unconditional peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Direct negotiations are in the interest of all parties involved – including the United States.

These are friendly but strong words.  While they are addressed to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, they are prominently pointed as President Obama as well.  333 of the 435 members of the House of Representatives signed a similar letter.  Nearly all Republicans and many Democrats signed the letters.  (This is a rare instance that I have really nice things to say about the Republican party, so take note.)

If you want to see anti-Semites at work, take thirty seconds or so to read through some of the comments after the post.