MER - Israel Has A Tight Hold on the U.S. Congress

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> ALTHOUGH THE foreign aid vote is the only significant vote relating to Israel, there are also numerous resolutions and other pieces of legislation that come up from time to time. The resolutions are invariably non-binding, and are offered as a way for House and Senate members to demonstrate commitment to Israel. They usually can be summed up like this: "Israel, good. Arabs, bad." <b on></b> </body>