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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Where are the others? It should be 100%
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This is good. We need more to speak up.
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Between whom....
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Please don't
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americans: demand more. expect more.
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Considering the US was the lone veto to a UN backed ceasefire, it's about time Congress stepped in stopped a genocide that was authorized by the President.
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Don’t believe this is about Hamas...massacre of Palestinians
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Cut off the $$ & laser-guided chemical/incendiary weapons the US suckers 'donate' to Israel, whilst watching their own vets sleeping in the street. Cut off the money & "unshakable support' & the ghastly massacres end abruptly. Problem solved. Anything less is bullshit.
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