Hagel Has Refused To Sign Bipartisan Letters Of Support For Israel

In October 2000, Sen. Hagel Refused To Sign A Letter In Support Of Israel, Which Was Supported By 96 Of His Senate Colleagues. [Jewish Virtual Library, Accessed 1/15/13]

“November 2001: Hagel Was One Of Only 11 Senators Who Refused To Sign A Letter Urging President Bush Not To Meet With The Late Yasser Arafat Until His Forces Ended The Violence Against Israel.” [Press Release, 7/15/08]

“In December 2005, Hagel Was One Of Only 27 Who Refused To Sign A Letter To President Bush To Pressure The Palestinian Authroity [Sic] To Ban Terrorist Groups From Participating In Palestinian Legislative Elections.” [NJDC, 3/12/07]

Hagel Was The Only Senator To Refuse To Sign A Letter Condemning Anti-Semitism In Russia. “Jewish leaders are upset that Sen. Chuck Hagel was the only member of the Senate not to sign a letter urging Boris Yeltsin to speak out against growing anti-Semitism in Russia. An advertisement in Sunday’s New York Times displayed a Senate letter signed by 99 senators with only Hagel’s name missing. Hagel said Thursday he has taken even stronger and more effective action by writing President Clinton, asking him to appeal directly to Yeltsin to combat the anti-Semitic acts and rhetoric. But a trio of Jewish leaders in Lincoln said they wish Hagel had also joined his colleagues in signing the Senate letter.” [The Associated Press, 6/25/99]