Editing Nick Rahall (section)

===Israel===
Rahall has expressed concern about America's relationship with Israel. He said, "Israel can't continue to occupy, humiliate and destroy the dreams and spirits of the Palestinian people and continue to call itself a democratic state."<ref name=WRMEA>{{cite web|last=Hanley|first=Delinda|title=Congressman Nick Rahall Assesses Impact Of Iraq and Israel on U.S. Elections|url=http://www.wrmea.com/component/content/article/262/5275-congressman-nick-rahall-assesses-impact-of-iraq-and-israel-on-us-elections.html|date= June 2004|pages=29, 59|publisher=Washington Report on Middle East Affairs|access-date=April 21, 2012}}</ref>

Rahall, along with other Lebanese-American lawmakers, expressed concern with a bipartisan resolution supporting [[Israel]] in the [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]] without adding language urging restraint against civilian targets. He helped draft a resolution that urged "all parties to protect innocent life and civilian infrastructure."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/25/AR2006072501324.html?nav=rss_politics |title=Congress Cautioned On Support of Israel |newspaper=Washington Post|date= July 26, 2006|access-date=July 12, 2010 | first=Jonathan | last=Weisman}}</ref>

Rahall was the only member of the House to oppose the 1993 resolution urging Arab states to end their [[Arab boycott of Israel|boycott of Israel]].<ref name=sib/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NXLHAAAAQBAJ&q=nick+rahall+israel&pg=PA91|author=Sarah Stern|title=Saudi Arabia and the Global Islamic Terrorist Network: America and the West's Fatal Embrace|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |date= 2011|access-date=October 2, 2014|isbn=9780230370715}}</ref>

Rahall was the most senior of five [[Arab American]] lawmakers on Capitol Hill.<ref name=sib>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jun-17-na-rahall17-story.html|date=June 17, 2004|first=Chuck|last= Neubauer|title=A Sibling Symbiosis in the Capitol; A lobbyist for Qatar is sister to a congressman who is a key advocate for the Arab monarchy|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/transportation-and-infrastructure-committee/for-rahall-representation-means-fighting-for-resources-20130724|first=Rebecca|last=Kaplan|title=For Rahall, Representation Means Fighting for Resources|work=National Journal|date=July 24, 2013|access-date=October 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102845/http://www.nationaljournal.com/transportation-and-infrastructure-committee/for-rahall-representation-means-fighting-for-resources-20130724|archive-date=October 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>