Monday, April 03, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Europe body pressed on invite to Palestinians
Members of the U.S. Congress sent a letter to the Council of Europe asking it to rescind an invitation to Hamas members to attend a Parliamentary Assembly meeting.
The members of the House of Representatives’ International Relations Committee said the delegation from the Palestinian Legislative Council should not be allowed to attend the assembly’s Middle East subcommittee meeting in Strasbourg, France, scheduled for April 10-13.
These types of invitations “undermine the collaborative efforts made by the U.S. and the E.U. to isolate Hamas,” the letter said.
Senator condemns Hamas
U.S. Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) called on Hamas to renounce terrorism and acknowledge Israel’s right to exist.
Frist, the Senate majority leader who may be considering a run for the presidency, made his comments Sunday at the Orthodox Union’s national dinner.
“Then, and only then, will negotiation and peace be available,” he said. Frist heralded the U.S.-Israel alliance as “one of the most important pillars of our foreign policy.”
He also called Ehud Olmert, the interim prime minister of Israel, “an old friend.”
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