http://www.lemonde.fr/la-guerre-de-gaza/article/2009/01/10/entre-20-000-et-30-000-personnes-attendues-a-paris_1140354_1137859.html#ens_id=1106055

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Madame Speaker, I strongly oppose H. Res. 34, which was rushed to the floor with almost no prior notice and without consideration by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The resolution clearly takes one side in a conflict that has nothing to do with the United States or US interests. I am concerned that the weapons currently being used by Israel against the Palestinians in Gaza are made in America and paid for by American taxpayers. What will adopting this resolution do to the perception of the United States in the Muslim and Arab world? What kind of blowback might we see from this? What moral responsibility do we have for the violence in Israel and Gaza after having provided so much military support to one side?

As an opponent of all violence, I am appalled by the practice of lobbing homemade rockets into Israel from Gaza. I am only grateful that, because of the primitive nature of these weapons, there have been so few casualties among innocent Israelis. But I am also appalled by the longstanding Israeli blockade of Gaza – a cruel act of war – and the tremendous loss of life that has resulted from the latest Israeli attack that started last month.

There are now an estimated 700 dead Palestinians, most of whom are civilians. Many innocent children are among the dead. While the shooting of rockets into Israel is inexcusable, the violent actions of some people in Gaza does not justify killing Palestinians on this scale. Such collective punishment is immoral. At the very least, the US Congress should not be loudly proclaiming its support for the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza.

Madame Speaker, this resolution will do nothing to reduce the fighting and bloodshed in the Middle East. The resolution in fact will lead the US to become further involved in this conflict, promising “vigorous support and unwavering commitment to the welfare, security, and survival of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.” Is it really in the interest of the United States to guarantee the survival of any foreign country? I believe it would be better to focus on the security and survival of the United States, the Constitution of which my colleagues and I swore to defend just this week at the beginning of the 111th Congress. I urge my colleagues to reject this resolution.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul501.html

Obama is a huge fraud. His policy with regard to Israel is no different from the Bush policy. Give the Israelis free money and weapons and make no effort whatsoever to stop the illegal use of these weapons against unarmed civilians. The policy is cynical, barbaric, and supported by dishonest, phony 'liberal' jews all across America.

And that is why the Lobby, while very important, can only work if so many are spineless people in government.

Congress Declares Steadfast Support for Israel

Read statements from over one hundred Congressional leaders in support of Israel [pdf].
In one of the first acts of the new Congress, both the House and Senate passed strong and unequivocal resolutions in support of Israel's quest for peace and right to defend itself against Hamas rocket attacks from Gaza. AIPAC applauds both houses of Congress for passing the resolutions. The Senate measure, cosponsored by Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) and Republican Leader McConnell (R-KY), passed by unanimous consent; the House measure, introduced by Speaker Pelosi (D-CA) and Republican Leader Boehner (R-OH), passed by an overwhelming vote of 390-5. Click here to thank your members of Congress. More…

This article is followed by one discussing the briefing given to Congressional staffers telling how the Palestinians first broke the truce.

My question is: Did anyone know that the Senate was passing this nonbinding resolution….I had asked my Senate office to let me know when a resolution was being considered so the public could view it…did not hear from them….I found out by reading the AIPAC website – that the Senate has given unanimous consent.

It's possible that only a handful of senators were there. Only Reid and Leahy spoke. Maybe someone who was watching C-SPAN could verify whether this resolution was resoundingly whooped through, or merely consisted of a couple of suits playing verbal badminton in an empty chamber of our empty democracy.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. – That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, – That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
Israel's dark impulse, which must be opposed on humanitarian grounds, runs afoul of each and every one of the self-evident truths embodied in our declaration of independence. We don't need to choose among Zionism, Anti-Zionism or Post-Zionism to know that the dark impulse to conquer and ethnically cleanse and re-populate with only those of the true religious faith is wrong and must be opposed on humanitarian grounds. Let Israel denounce this impulse, and let America help them do that by refusing to enable it further. This is the only positive way forward.

If it can afford to drop billions of materiel on Gaza, it can afford, at the very least, to invest in the country that has been so good to it.

Look at the list–scroll down: If tiny Taiwan and Poland and Chile can invest in the US, where is Israel?