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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
How might liberal Democrats in the United States House of Representatives respond to Amnesty International accusing Israel of the crime of apartheid? How might they respond to renewed violence in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, after all the attention that area has gotten in recent months? No matter how low one sets that bar, Democrats are likely to fall below it. This week, the most powerful Democrat in Congress, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, led a delegation of congressmembers to Israel. The trip was tacked on to a trip they were taking to Germany for the Munich Secur…