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Question 5 calls for the U.S. Representative from this didstrict to vote "in favor of a resolution calling upon Congress to stop all expenditure of U.S. funds for Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza," and demands that Israel end its violations of Palestinian human rights...
...This game was like our entire season," McAnaney said. "We had lots of chances, but this time the outcome was in our favor...
Although many countries, including the UnitedStates and the Soviet Union, favor the Labor partyas the one most likely to negotiate with thePalestinians, the election showed that a majorityof Israelis back the Likud and religious partieswhich take a more conservative approach to theconflict, experts on the televised broadcast said...
Sadly, any perceived bias against Israel is a direct reflection of the need to change American policy which is currently biased in Israel's favor. Americans do not give Palestinians $3 billion in annual aid and therefore cannot cut it back. The Palestinians are not occupying another people's territory, and therefore cannot be encouraged to withdraw. Unfortunately, America has so firmly entrenched itself in the Israeli camp, that it has forfeited any political leverage with the Palestinians. The PLO is willing to negotiate with U.S. and Israeli representatives...
...have equal rights to statehood and there must come a day when our government treats both peoples equally. Until that day, however, any claim that Question 5 is "one-sided" or "biased" against Israel, ignores the fact that America's Mideast policy is itself "one-sided" and "biased" in favor of Israel. Question 5 seeks to balance the scales...