US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday told Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, currently on a three-day visit to the US, that “for many of us, support of Israel is in our DNA.”
Pelosi told Lapid that during his time in Congress, her father, Rep. Thomas D’Alesandro Jr. of Maryland, pushed former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to support the establishment of Israel.
“It is a privilege to talk about the importance of the US-Israel bond, one based on our mutual security, mutual values, and is again something that is a source of pride to all of us in the Congress who work on this,” Pelosi continued.
“Support for Israel has always been bipartisan in the Congress of the US and continues to be so.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Too bad he didn’t push him to not turn away the ship full of Jews trying to escape death.
Except it was president Truman who supported Israel….
FDR’s State dept. ( Cordel Hull and USS Bekenridge Long were responsible for making sure millions of Jews DID NOT get out of Europe. only after the death of FDR, Truman recognizes the State of Israel. The father of Pelosi was the (incredibly corrupt) Mayor of Baltimore then and had No influence on Truman. Another Dem lie
BRECH!!!
It is amazing how much the parties have changed over time.
Surprise: FDR was responsible for World War II.
Excerpt from http://www.history.com
“ Roosevelt’s campaign for a third term took place as the United States had not yet entered World War II, and the president was still trying to hold the line in an >isolationist< pattern.” While pro-FDR historians try to omit this in their praise of FDR, it’s a sad fact.
Continuing his policy of isolationism, Roosevelt got re-elected by his promise that “not a single American will have to fight in a war”. Instead of America & Roosevelt stopping the German rearmament, a violation of the “Treaty of Versailles” he ignored it. To keep his promise!
90,000,000 people, directly or indirectly died or were killed in WW II.
Thanks FDR