1/ Tonight 8 House members and dozens of Senators called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. This is significant.

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2/ First, it's in direct contradiction to Biden's same-old same-old "we support Israel's right to self-defense" comment. Second, it's Congress assuming a Constitutionally granted power in foreign policy matters, a role it has mainly ceded to the president for decades.
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3/ All this represents a serious sea change - in how Congress sees the situation & how the American people see the situation. But it will not be enough to simply stop the bombing. There must be fundamental changes that go much further, & American influence is extremely important.
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4/ The US must do more than point out that the settlements are illegal; it must say WE CONDEMN the settlements. Same for apartheid conditions within Israel plus the occupation. The US needs to stop enabling Israel's wrong behavior. That is our greatest hope, perhaps our only hope
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Replying to @marwilliamson
It is significant. Members of congress trying to undermine an ally. Shameless.
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Calling for a ceasefire isn't "undermining" anyone.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
It’s not significant that only a few members offered the weakest response to war crimes we are funding. Significant would be a block of reps and senators refusing to vote on *any legislation* until the US cancels all $3.8B in aid to Israel immediately and stops blocking UN action
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It's not weak at all. And what you describe is not how Congress works.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
So Hamas is losing and Democrats want to save them. Typical, always siding with terrorists.
Replying to @marwilliamson
It Is Nazism. What Israel is doing is Nazism. Plain and simple. Take the land, the crops, the businesses, force them out of there homes, check points, only certain road ways are available for a certain group of people, restrict water food the list goes on. Nazism.
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