FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

CONTACT: Cullen Schwarz 
Office: (202) 225-5802

PETERS STATEMENT on continued administration criticism of israel

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Gary Peters issued the following statement today:

“I agree that Israel's recent announcement was ill timed, but Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has said the same and apologized for that.  It is now time to move on. Israel is our most trusted ally, Jerusalem is its capital, and the Administration’s continued focus on this incident and its excessive criticisms of Israel over this incident is an unnecessary distraction from more pressing and important issues in the region such as the potential of a nuclear Iran. 
 
“I hope that the Administration will end its unnecessary denunciations of Israel and will instead turn its focus to working with Congress to finally enact strong sanctions on Iran until it stops its pursuit of nuclear weapons.”

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