"The killing of Palestinian children and war crimes doesn't matter. Israel is innocent, jews are always the victims and besides that they support our campaigns very generously. We will continue to give them countless billions of dollars in free money and armaments, fight wars in the middle east for them and protect the racist apartheid state that they so well deserve."
U.S. House prepared statement
The US House of Representatives has condemned the UN Goldstone report, which accused Israel of committing war crimes in its 22-day war against the Palestinians in Gaza.
By a vote of 344 to 36, the members of the lower house of Congress approved a non-binding resolution that calls the report “irredeemably biased and unworthy of further consideration or legitimacy.”
The harshly worded resolution calls on President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration" of the critical report. {more}
See here for those traitors in congress who voted yes and for the few of conscious who didn't.
AIPAC raised glasses of blood red champagne in celebration for their success in the buying and blackmailing of their House of Representatives.
The sanctioned hate group ADL and their head henchman Abe Foxman called on Judge Richard Goldstone "to repudiate the very report that has your name attached to it."
In an attempt to further demonize Palestinians ahead of the UN debate, Haaretz is reporting that a Hamas 'doomsday weapon' has been tested. Although not specifying the type of the weapon, it may be slightly larger than the bottle rockets used previously to terrorize the poor Israelis.
One congressman did take the time to offer a counterpoint.
Standing against the 'wrong is right' Goldstone Resolution
By Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) - 11/03/09
Today we journey from Operation Cast Lead to Operation Cast Doubt. Almost as serious as committing war crimes is covering up war crimes, pretending that war crimes were never committed and did not exist.
Because behind every such deception is the nullification of humanity, the destruction of human dignity, the annihilation of the human spirit, the triumph of Orwellian thinking, the eternal prison of the dark heart of the totalitarian.
The resolution before us today, which would reject all attempts of the Goldstone Report to fix responsibility of all parties to war crimes, including both Hamas and Israel, may as well be called the "Down is Up, Night is Day, Wrong is Right" resolution.
Because if this Congress votes to condemn a report it has not read, concerning events it has totally ignored, about violations of law of which it is unaware, it will have brought shame to this great institution.
How can we ever expect there to be peace in the Middle East if we tacitly approve of violations of international law and international human rights, if we look the other way, or if we close our eyes to the heartbreak of people on both sides by white-washing a legitimate investigation?
How can we protect the people of Israel from existential threats if we hold no concern for the protection of the Palestinians, for their physical security, their right to land, their right to their own homes, their right to water, their right to sustenance, their right to freedom of movement, their right to the human security of jobs, education and health care?
We will have peace only when the plight of both Palestinians and Israelis is brought before this House and given equal consideration in recognition of that principle that all people on this planet have a right to survive and thrive, and it is our responsibility, our duty to see that no individual, no group, no people are barred from this humble human claim. {source - The Hill}
Kucinich C-SPAN video 11/3/09
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