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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031502661.html
U.S. Israel Criticism Ignites Firestorm in Congress
(AP-Washington Post) Matthew Lee - A bipartisan parade of influential lawmakers has taken aim at the administration's decision to publicly condemn Israel for its announcement of new Jewish housing in Jerusalem. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., both urged the administration to ease the tone of the dispute. "It's time to lower voices, to get over the family feud between the U.S. and Israel. It just doesn't serve anybody's interests but our enemies," Lieberman said. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., said, "It's hard to see how spending a weekend condemning Israel for a zoning decision in its capital city amounts to a positive step towards peace."