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Congresswoman to Clinton: Hamas Must Free IDF Soldier
Israel National News ^ | March 12, 2009 | Hillel Fendel

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 ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hamas; hillaryclinton; shalit

1 posted on 03/12/2009 4:35:03 AM PDT by Baruchg
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To: Baruchg

A very good point.


2 posted on 03/12/2009 4:43:40 AM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: rbg81

Huh?

This is the first reasonable act by a Democrat I’ve heard of in uh....uh....uh.....uh......


3 posted on 03/12/2009 4:52:01 AM PDT by Loud Mime (The IRS collectes $1 trillion in taxes each year. Why not forgive all taxes for a year? Stimulus!)
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To: Loud Mime

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.


4 posted on 03/12/2009 4:53:27 AM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: Baruchg

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.


5 posted on 03/12/2009 5:06:51 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: rbg81
“Well, Chuck Schumer did help torpedo Obama’s proposed Intel chief this week (Charles Freeman).”
Believe me, if Schumer did something, it wasn't because he's being patriotic or acting in the best interest of anyone other than Smucky Schumer. He's got another candidate in mind that owes him something.
6 posted on 03/12/2009 5:07:21 AM PDT by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 141)
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To: Baruchg

Oh boy! $900 bil. for new weapons...nice job Hillary


7 posted on 03/12/2009 5:25:48 AM PDT by JamesA (He who hesitates is lost.)
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8 posted on 03/12/2009 5:51:30 AM PDT by SJackson (a tax cut is non-targetedÂ…no guaranteeÂ…theyÂ’re free to invest anywhere that they want, J Kerry)
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To: Baruchg

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.


9 posted on 03/12/2009 6:15:00 AM PDT by Ro_Thunder ("Other than ending SLAVERY, FASCISM, NAZISM and COMMUNISM, war has never solved anything")
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To: Baruchg

Why waste an opportunity— Ballerina Rahm Emanuelle


10 posted on 03/12/2009 6:17:52 AM PDT by dennisw (0bomo the subprime president)
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To: Baruchg

From a Democrat?

What’s happening???


11 posted on 03/12/2009 6:27:13 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: <1/1,000,000th%

Just read that the temp in Hell had gone down 10 degrees.


12 posted on 03/12/2009 7:01:05 AM PDT by pelicandriver
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To: Loud Mime; SJackson
This is the first reasonable act by a Democrat I've heard in ...

I was thinking the same way, but you beat me to it!

13 posted on 03/12/2009 1:30:25 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: Baruchg

Aren’t the palis holding three Israeli soldiers? What about the other two?


14 posted on 03/12/2009 1:32:00 PM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: kalee
Shalom Kalee, There are a few other soldiers who were captured in 1973 and 1982 wars. But Shalit is the most recent and the focus of Israeli efforts.
15 posted on 03/16/2009 10:23:42 AM PDT by Baruchg (Israel will do the dirty work in Iran)
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To: Baruchg

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?


16 posted on 03/16/2009 12:01:24 PM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: Baruchg

It was summer of 2006 in Lebannon.


17 posted on 03/16/2009 12:02:02 PM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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