The Emergency Committee’s ads attack Members of Congress for signing a letter to Secretary Clinton urging changes in the Gaza Blockade prevent the transfer of weapons through security checkpoints, while allowing humanitarian goods, basic necessities and construction materials into Gaza under proper supervision.

The irony of the Emergency Committee’s attacks is that the changes that Members of Congress called for recently become the official policy of the Israeli Government.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu altered Israel’s Gaza blockade policy recently to allow more humanitarian goods into Gaza, stating that the change in policy “eliminates Hamas’ main propaganda claim and allows us and our international allies to face our real concerns in the realm of security.”

So the truth begs the question — shouldn’t the Emergency Committee be running their attack ads against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?

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[Emergency Committee Ad]

[1] “Netanyahu: Decision to ease Gaza siege weakens Hamas,” by Jonathan Lis. Haaretz, June 21, 2010.