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Senate Republicans Oppose Palestinian Push to Sanction Israeli Officials

Thirty Republican senators issued a statement Sept. 17 criticizing a proposed Palestinian resolution at the U.N. General Assembly that reportedly calls for, among other things, countries to enforce sanctions on Israeli officials and cease the transfer of arms that Israel…

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could use in the "Palestinian territories." Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., led the statement, which calls the resolution “an absolute disgrace that rewards terrorism.”