(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - U.S. Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Thursday that the deployment of U.S. troops anywhere in the West Bank was very unlikely. "I would doubt that the prime minister, the Palestinians or the United States are contemplating the deployment of U.S. troops on the ground," Hoyer said. He said one of the major problems with deploying U.S. troops would be that they themselves would become the targets of terrorist attacks. Hoyer also dismissed the notion that support for Israel was slipping in the Democratic Party, saying that the recent House vote for more stringent sanctions against Iran, which passed by 400 to 20, included 178 Democrats for, and 17 against.
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