Posted on 03/12/2009 4:35:02 AM PDT by Baruchg
(IsraelNN.com) United States Congresswoman Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) has sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanding that the $900 million in proposed aid for Gaza be conditioned on Shalit’s release, and on the end of Hamas rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza.
Secretary Clinton pledged the money during a conference in Egypt last week, in which various countries pledged monies to rebuild Gaza after Israel’s three-week anti-rocket offensive there. Gilad Shalit was captured by Hamas in a raid under the Israel-Gaza border in June 2006. Very few signs of life have been heard from him since then, and even the International Red Cross has not been permitted to visit him.
The letter from Ms. Berkley, a member of the Middle East subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, followed a meeting on Capitol Hill last week...
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
A very good point.
Huh?
This is the first reasonable act by a Democrat I’ve heard of in uh....uh....uh.....uh......
Well, Chuck Schumer did help torpedo Obama’s proposed Intel chief this week (Charles Freeman). Maybe the first time in his life that Chuckie wasn’t absolutely worthless.
I dont believe in buying back hostages, but at least this woman is on the right track.
Certainly for that kind of money we should get something in return.
Oh boy! $900 bil. for new weapons...nice job Hillary
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How is that a (D) recognizes that we can’t be giving money to people who are invading a sovereign country, kidnapping its citizens, and/or throwing rockets/bombs across the border.
Wait a minute, we’re still giving Mexico money.
Why waste an opportunity— Ballerina Rahm Emanuelle
From a Democrat?
What’s happening???
Just read that the temp in Hell had gone down 10 degrees.
I was thinking the same way, but you beat me to it!
Aren’t the palis holding three Israeli soldiers? What about the other two?
Thanks for your reply. After further research I now know that Hezbollah captured the other 2 I was thinking about. Do you know if they have been released?
It was summer of 2006 in Lebannon.
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