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Congress and Jewish Groups Express Solidarity with Israel after Hamas Rocket Barrage
(JNS) Members of Congress and the American Jewish community are reacting to Hamas' firing rockets from Gaza into Israel. Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations chairman Arthur Stark and executive vice chairman Malcolm Hoenlein said: "Since May 2018, nearly 650 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip targeting Israeli population centers, and...[last week] over 150 rockets have been launched, representing only the latest examples of violence in Hamas' violations of international law, civic and human rights." "We support the measures taken by the government of Israel to protect and defend civilian lives, and hope that its actions will bring about a swift end to these indiscriminate attacks. No country would or should put up with these violations of its territorial integrity or security of its citizens."