House members side with Netanyahu

House lawmakers from both parties are siding with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over President Obama in their differing approaches to the Israel-Palestine border dispute. ... Rep. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.) said Tuesday that Obama is "tilting toward Hamas" ... Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), for one, said the president "absolutely … made a mistake ... With all of the political turmoil and unrest in the Middle East, I don't understand why the president injected himself into that issue right now...." Both Rep. Steny Hoyer (Md.), the House Democratic whip, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) have also rejected Obama's proposal in recent days, telling the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) that preconditions have no place in the negotiations. ...