By Elad Benari, INN
The United States Senate unanimously backed on Wednesday a pro-Israel resolution calling for U.S. assistance for Israel, should it be forced to attack Iran in self-defense.
Senate Resolution 65, introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, condemns Iran’s pursuit of nuclear capability.
The resolution supports Israel’s right to self-defense and reaffirms the close security cooperation between the United States and Israel.
It states that the United States has a vital national interest in and unbreakable commitment to, ensuring the existence, survival, and security of the State of Israel; reaffirms the United States support for Israel’s right to self-defense; and urges that if Israel is compelled to take military action in self-defense, the United States will stand with Israel and provide diplomatic, military, and economic support in its defense of its territory, people, and existence.
It also states that U.S. policy is to halt Iranian nuclear ambitions “to take such action as may be necessary to implement this policy”.
Resolution 65 was adopted last month by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“Iran’s provocative actions threaten not just regional stability, but pose an existential threat to our ally Israel, and clearly are a very real threat to U.S. national security,” Menendez said in a statement after Wednesday’s vote.
“Iran’s leaders must understand, that unless they change course their situation will only get worse. Their economic struggles and international isolation will only grow,” he added.
“While this resolution makes absolutely clear that we are not authorizing the use of force, it does make clear that we have Israel’s back,” stressed Menendez. “If Israel is compelled to take military action in self-defense against Iran’s nuclear program, we should stand with Israel – using all the tools of our national power – to assist Israel in defense of its territory, people and existence.”
Israel Argaman Tekhelet offered the following prayer.
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Senate Unanimously Backs Pro-Israel Resolution
Yada Yada Yada!!! 😀
They have nothing to lose in such resolutions and might gain some Jewish donations ahead of the 2014 elections.
Still waiting for the Congress to impose their authority on the president to move according to their own Law the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Still waiting for that same congress to force the State dept to declare and recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel.
Waiting to see such a pro Israel congress block funds to the PA and Hamas. Anti Israel NGO’s, block modern and lethal weapons to our enemies and to stop Iran today because tomorrow they will threaten America and all of her regional allies more than Israel.
Such empty resolutions my be soothing to the ears of insecure stupid Jews but I look at deeds and when you look at deeds a different image is projected.
Bert Said:
Neither will BB!! 🙁
We’ve heard this kind of empty rhetoric before when Clinton said that the US would attack Iran if it ever launched a nuclear strike against Israel. US support for a response to an attack assumes comfort with the massive loss of life in Israel from such an attack. A real demonstration of support for Israel would be an open declaration that Israel has proven to the US its good judgement in determining measured responses to nuclear threats and would support Israel’s decisions to act against Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
This resolution is symbolic of the support of the American people and was initiated by two gentile senators with the Senate’s Jews merely tagging along.
This resolution is not binding and Obama has already made it clear that he will do NOTHING to disarm Iran while he pressures Israel to also do nothing.
It also omits the grave threat that a nuclear Iran will pose to America, the ‘big Satan’.
It is clear that Israel will have to face Iran, Syria, Hamas, Hezbolla and perhaps even Russia and face them alone. And Israeli leadership is secular with NO Judaic faith and which fears its enemies. This is not a good situation.