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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:05 PM Nov 2012

‘Israeli-Occupied’ Congress No More [View all]

By ABRAHAM KATSMAN11/26/2012

For those of us in the pro-Israel camp who were disappointed by the reelection of President Barack Obama, there’s more bad news.

While there is no dearth of analysis of the impact of the US presidential election on the America-Israel relationship, Israel’s military and diplomatic strategies or on Israel’s upcoming elections, analysis of the Congress that has just been elected has been in short supply.

And while the precise impact of this election is difficult to predict, there is one inescapable conclusion: The incoming 113th Congress to be sworn in this January is materially more left-leaning and materially less pro-Israel than the outgoing 112th.

Especially on the Democrats’ side.

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