Senator Jeff Merkley Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza

November 20, 2023 – Senator Jeff Merkley: My Call for a Ceasefire

On my first trip to Israel in 1978, the energy for building a new nation was infectious and peace with Egypt was on the horizon. I was all in on America standing squarely with this new nation perched on a small sliver of land surrounded by hostile neighbors. I concluded that Israel would become a powerful and powerfully just nation.

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