'''GOP lawmakers press administration on ‘sanctions’ claim'''> Republicans in Congress are asking the Obama administration to explain a murkily sourced claim that it is considering “sanctions” against Israel.> “Recent reports suggest that your admi

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Anonymous 12/07/14 (Sun) 17:15:03 No.11

GOP lawmakers press administration on ‘sanctions’ claim

> Republicans in Congress are asking the Obama administration to explain a murkily sourced claim that it is considering “sanctions” against Israel.

> “Recent reports suggest that your administration has held classified meetings over the past several weeks to discuss the possibility of imposing sanctions against Israel for its decision to construct homes in East Jerusalem,” said the letter sent Friday and signed by 48 members of the U.S. House of Representatives led by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.). “Israel is one of our strongest allies, and the mere notion that the administration would unilaterally impose sanctions against Israel is not only unwise, but is extremely worrisome.”

> Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) issued similar statements.

> The appeals are apparently based on a Dec. 4 story in Haaretz reporting that the Obama administration “is examining taking action against the construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, rather than making do with issuing denunciatory statements.”

> The article, which is based on a claim from an anonymous Israeli official who said he was briefed by an American official, does not cite any “sanctions.”

http://www.jta.org/2014/12/07/news-opinion/politics/gop-lawmakers-press-administration-on-sanctions-claim
http://meadows.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/meadows-authors-letter-to-president-demanding-answers-on-israel