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MOSCOW, November 4 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S. House of Representatives has adopted a non-binding resolution condemning a controversial report on Israeli and Palestinian war crimes in Gaza, the Jerusalem Post said on Wednesday.

The resolution, which describes the findings of a UN mission as "irredeemably biased and unworthy of further consideration or legitimacy," was adopted by 334 "yes" votes against 36 "no" votes.

A UN mission set up to investigate the December 2008-January 2009 Gaza conflict released the report in September saying that both Israeli and Palestinian forces had committed "war crimes." Most of the war crimes detailed in the report were on the Israeli side, and the Israeli government has rejected the findings.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said the report "epitomizes the practice of singling Israel out from all other nations for condemnation," Reuters said.

The author of the report, former South African judge Richard Goldstone, has send a written protest to the Congress, saying that his report was misinterpreted.

Opponents of the resolution say it might do harm to the U.S. role of a mediator in the Middle East peace process.

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11/4/2009 7:44 PM

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Oy vey. These guys just aren't thinking this stuff through, are they.

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11/4/2009 7:45 PM

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“Every time we do something, you [Shimon Peres] tell me America will do this and will do that... I want to tell you something very clear: Don’t worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it.”— Ariel Sharon Knesset, Tel Aviv, October 3, 2001 quoted from the Independent Palestinian Information Network and the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.

Occupied Jerusalem: 3 October, 2001 (IAP News)
An acrimonious argument erupted during the Israeli cabinet weekly session last week between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his foreign Minister Shimon Peres during which Sharon reportedly yelled at Peres, saying "don't worry about American pressure, we control America."According the Israeli Hebrew radio, Col Yisrael Wednesday, Peres warned Sharon that refusing to heed incessant American requests for a cease-fire with the Palestinians would endanger Israeli interests and turn the US against us.At this point, a furious Sharon reportedly turned toward Peres, saying "every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that I want to tell you something very clear, don't worry about American pressure on Israel, we, the Jewish people control America, and the Americans know it."The radio said Peres and other cabinet ministers warned Sharon against saying what he said in public because "it would cause us a public relations disaster."

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