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- Sen. Brian Schatz is sponsoring an amendment affirming support for a two state solution in Israel.
- Just two Democratic senators didn’t sign on: John Fetterman and Joe Manchin.
- A spokesman for Fetterman said the resolution should “include language stipulating the destruction of Hamas”
On Wednesday, Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii released an amendment to a forthcoming national security bill that affirms US support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
“What will determine the future of Israel and Palestine is whether or not there’s hope,” Schatz told reporters on Wednesday. “And the two-state solution has to be that hope.”
In a rare show of unity on the issue — which has increasingly become a source of division within the Democratic Party — nearly every single Democratic senator signed onto the amendment.