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Israel Vows To Use Veto Power If Chuck Hagel Confirmed As U.S. Secretary Of Defense
News in Brief •News • ISSUE 49•02 • Jan 8, 2013
JERUSALEM—Top-ranking
government officials in Jerusalem confirmed Tuesday that
Israel would exercise its longstanding, constitutionally
granted veto power over American policy if U.S. lawmakers
confirmed retired congressman Chuck Hagel as the United
States’ next Secretary of Defense. “In light of Mr. Hagel’s
worrying remarks on Israeli-Palestinian relations and
questionable classification of Israeli interests as ‘the
Jewish lobby,’ we consider him a highly inappropriate choice
for Defense Secretary who stands far out of line with our
national priorities, and therefore we are prepared to swiftly
and resolutely use our official veto power over this U.S.
action,” said Israeli government spokesperson Mark Regev of
the legal maneuver that the small Middle Eastern nation has
employed to block U.S. Cabinet nominees, U.S. legislation,
U.S. international relations, and U.S. domestic policy over
1,400 times in its 64-year history. “Because congress does not
possess the necessary nine-tenths majority to override an
Israeli veto, they’ll have no choice but to head back to the
drawing board and provide a Defense Secretary whom we find
more suitable.” Sources confirmed that Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu had sent the White House a list of three individuals
the Israeli leader considered appropriate to head the American
military from which U.S. President Barack Obama could choose.
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