[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6921]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TERRORISM STRIKES MIDDLE EAST

  (Mr. LANTOS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, it was just a few weeks ago that you joined 
me and every single colleague in this body but one in denouncing Arab 
terrorism in Jerusalem. Here we are again with the bodies of innocent 
children, women, and the elderly torn to bits by this most recent 
preposterous, unspeakable outrage.
  Yasser Arafat cannot have it both ways. He cannot hug the leaders of 
the murderers and the assassins in the streets of Jerusalem and pretend 
to work for peace. The time has come for him to understand that this 
Nation, this Congress and the entire civilized world is expecting him 
to destroy the terrorist infrastructure of the various murderers groups 
living under his control. The upcoming visit of Secretary Albright 
might begin the process of peace at last. But terrorism and the 
pretense of peacemaking cannot coexist.

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