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Titolo: Cantor ‘worried’ over situation in Egypt

Quello che più colpisce in questo pellegrinaggio di congressisti 
statunitensi in Israele non è il fatto che sentano il bisogno di 
manifestare anche visivamente la loro devozione (probabilmente 
interessata) al "sionismo", quello che stupisce maggiormente è il fatto 
che anche congressisti democratici vadano a rendere omaggio ad un 
governo di ultradestra come è quello di Netanyahu.
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Cantor ‘worried’ over situation in Egypt
By GIL SHEFLER, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT
08/15/2011 01:02
US House majority leader sympathizes with Israelis over housing costs; 
Cantor set to lead delegation visiting Jerusalem and Ramallah.
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Over the next month, 81 Republican and Democrat lawmakers – almost 20 
percent of the House of Representatives – will visit Israel.
Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor from Virginia, who will 
lead one of the trips organized by the American Israel Public Affairs 
Committee, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday why so many congressmen 
have added the Jewish state to their itineraries at a time when US 
domestic issues seem to take precedence over foreign affairs.
“I do think it’s reflective of a commitment on both sides of the aisle 
that Israel continues to be a pillar in our national security strategy 
and is the only reliable democratic ally that we have in a very, very 
tough region,” he said. “I think members who have not been there before 
go and continue to go to understand the complexities that Israel faces 
and frankly, the importance of the US-Israel relationship.”
During the trip, Cantor and his delegation are scheduled to meet 
separately with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and 
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. The latter 
has continually reiterated his intention to ask for UN recognition of 
Palestinian independence in September, something that Cantor alongside 
the US government and Israel strongly oppose.
“The message we will take to Ramallah is one that the US Congress in a 
bipartisan way stands strong with our ally Israel,” Cantor said. “We do 
not support or condone the effort by the Palestinian Authority to seek 
recognition of a state unilaterally, and we support security.”
The visit by the lawmakers also comes at a time of tremendous 
instability in the region as a whole. Besides the usual worry in Western 
capitals and Jerusalem over Iran’s nuclear program, large swaths of 
Syria are in open revolt against the government of Bashar Assad while 
Egypt is set to hold its first ever open elections.
Cantor said he was “very worried” about the situation in Egypt, where 
some speculate anti-Western factions might win a significant part of the 
vote.
“Obviously the force of the Muslim Brotherhood is very concerning,” he 
said. “It’s an organization which seems to be very much tilted toward 
doing all kinds of things that would threaten US interests and Israeli 
interests and the interests of freedom overall.”
On Syria, Cantor was cautious. He did not want to predict what would 
happen if Assad were ousted and whether his replacement would be better 
or worse. Instead, he said the best US approach in the region would be 
“minimizing the influence of Iran and [hoping] that regime would help 
promote freedom.”
The recent housing protests in Israel have not escaped the eye of the 
Jewish lawmaker from Virginia. While he said he couldn’t comment on 
domestic Israeli policy, Cantor offered sympathy to the Israeli people 
and drew a comparison with the housing crisis in the US.
“We are still reeling from a horrific housing crisis in this country 
from two years ago,” he said. “The price of housing for Americans is 
very depressed and Americans are still wondering when their homes will 
go back to a value that exceeds that of their mortgage, so there’s a 
little different situation but nonetheless a hardship experience shared 
by the people of both countries.”
Cantor is the only Jewish Republican in Congress. Raised in Conservative 
Judaism, he now attends an Orthodox synagogue in his hometown of 
Richmond. Two of his daughters recently participated in Birthright, he 
said, and he hoped his son would also go when he is older.
Being the only Jew in a party where the voice of the Christian Right is 
growing increasingly louder can raise questions. For instance, last week 
Texas Gov. Rick Perry held a mass prayer just before announcing his 
intention to seek the Republican ticket for the presidential race, a 
rally that some critics say blurred the separation of church and state.
Asked if he felt non-Christians would feel alienated by such rallies, 
Cantor chose not to comment directly but instead emphasized the US 
Constitution’s protection of freedom of worship.
“We in America believe that you have the ability to practice your faith. 
There is no state entity or governmental entity that will stop that 
ability to practice your faith, and that’s been the constitutional 
protection afforded to American citizens, and that’s why it’s so unique 
for us as American Jews to be able to freely practice, unlike anywhere 
else in the world save for the State of Israel.”
Cantor cited his own election to the senior position of house majority 
leader as proof that equal opportunity existed in the US regardless of 
one’s creed.
“Being a religious minority in this country and being a minority faith 
within the Republican Party is a fact of life for me and has always 
been, but I’ll tell you with my election of majority leader in January I 
don’t think being Jewish has been any kind of detriment.”
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?ID=233783&R=R1
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 interessata) al "sionismo",
probabilmente per manifestare vicinanza (e non devozione) al sionismo
senza virgolette dovrebbero visitare Gaza e leggere a voce alta lo
Statuto di Hamas, con incluse citazioni dei Protocolli dei Savi di
Sion e poi gridare forte "I am a Democrat".