[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1595]
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                 DEPLORING TERRORIST ATTACKS IN ISRAEL

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, every American deplores the bombings in 
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in the past days.
  The Tel Aviv bombing was a senseless act of violence cynically 
targeted to hit as many innocent people as possible at a shopping mall 
on a school holiday commemorating what is to be a joyous holiday of 
Purim. Once again, a suicide bomber did this awful deed; people are 
dead and injured; a nation is stricken; and the peace process is 
further jeopardized.
  Ironically, Purim commemorates the time in which Esther, a Jewish 
heroine, convicted her husband to stop the slaughter of the Jews. There 
was no modern day Esther Monday in Tel Aviv.
  Monday's bombing follows Sunday's in Jerusalem, which took place on a 
street down which I have walked. I can see with terrible clarity the 
horror of Sunday's bombing.
  Mr. President, along with my colleagues, the President, and all 
Americans, I offer my condolences to the families of those killed and 
injured. I fear for the future of the peace process, which offers hope 
that, maybe, some day, Israelis and Palestinians can walk down these 
same streets in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in peace, free of the fear that 
they may be the terrorists' next victims. I join the President in 
pledging to do all we can to stop this senseless slaughter; apprehend 
the terrorists and bring them to justice; and get the peace process 
back on track.

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