This is unbelievable and really shows how absolutely clueless American politicians are:
A push by right-wing American Jewish activists to change the constitution of the governing Palestinian party is gaining momentum in Congress, even as Israelis are dismissing the document as “irrelevant,†and the umbrella body of American Jewish organizations has voted against taking up the issue.
Recent demands by the Zionist Organization of America for the rescinding of clauses in the Fatah party’s constitution calling for Israel’s destruction were rebuffed last week by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which tabled a resolution on the constitution for at least the next three months. But the campaign has found a far more sympathetic ear in the House of Representatives, where leading lawmakers are calling for altering the 40-year-old document, and in the Senate, which is expected to raise the issue soon...read on!
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Israel, by the way, does not have a Constitution.
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