[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1721]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CONDEMNING BOMBING ATTACKS IN ISRAEL

  (Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to 
condemn in the strongest possible terms the deadly bombings that have 
terrorized the people of Israel for the past 9 days. In Jerusalem, in 
Ashkelon, and most recently in Tel Aviv, suicide bombers representing 
the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas have taken more than 50 innocent 
lives, injured hundreds, and placed the mideast peace process in 
jeopardy. In this time of mourning and reflection in Israel, I extend 
my own personal condolences to the families of those killed in these 
senseless acts of violence.
  Just 2 years ago, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat stood on the south 
lawn of the White House and signed the declaration of principles which 
set the historic peace process in motion. This morning, in the wake of 
the bombings, that peace seems as distant and elusive as ever.
  At this critical hour, we in the United States Congress must reaffirm 
our commitment to the goal of bringing peace to the Middle East, and 
pledge to vigorously support efforts that will swiftly bring to justice 
those who seek to undermine that peace through cowardly acts of 
violence.

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