U.S. Congressmen Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Doug Lamborn (CO-05) led a bipartisan group of 149 lawmakers on a letter calling on the United Nations to make the removal of Hamas’s rocket arsenal a top priority.

“The prospect for true and lasting quiet is untenable until Hamas is fully disarmed and its rocket stockpiles are completely eliminated from Gaza,” Schneider said. “Hamas’s massive stores of rockets, with ever increasing range and greater potential lethality, are an absolute barrier to any long-term peace, which is why I led my colleagues on this effort to call on the United Nations to make the immediate elimination of the rockets a top priority.”

“The U.N’s purpose is to save mankind from the scourge of war and to defend fundamental human rights, but it is failing to do just that,” Lamborn said. “For some time now, the U.N has wrongfully and instinctively condemned Israel. While Israel practices the greatest caution trying to prevent civilian casualties, Hamas uses civilians to protect the rockets it launches at Israel. It is time for Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to take the necessary steps to remove these rockets, and to support Israel in the effort to destroy the deadly tunnels.”

To view a copy of the letter, click here.

A member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Schneider is a leader in working to strengthen the U.S.-Israel partnership and enacting sanctions against terrorist organizations. He has been vocal about Israel’s right to defend herself from indiscriminate firing of rockets.

A member of the House Veterans, Armed Services and Natural Resources Committees, Lamborn also co-chairs the bipartisan Congressional Israel Caucus and the Republican Israel Caucus.

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