[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 124 (Friday, September 21, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S9616]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN HONOR OF SHOSHONA GREENBAUM

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, a suicide bombing occurred in 
Jerusalem during the Congressional recess that claimed the life of a 
young American woman, Shoshona Greenbaum. Ms. Greenbaum, four months 
pregnant with her first child, is yet another tragic victim in the 
numbing string of suicide bomb attacks perpetrated by Palestinian 
extremists against innocent Israeli citizens.
  Shoshona Greenbaum was one of 15 people killed on August 9th in a 
downtown Jerusalem pizzeria, after a Palestinian terrorist detonated a 
bomb studded with nails, screws and bolts that he had strapped to his 
body. She died instantly, and with her died the hopes and dreams of a 
young, idealistic woman, a wife, a devoted school teacher and mother-
to-be.
  Ms. Greenbaum spent most of her life in Southern California, and her 
parents, Alan and Shifra Hayman, still live in Los Angeles. My heart 
goes out to her family, her many friends, and to her grieving husband 
Steven for their cruel and unexpected loss.
  I have had the opportunity to talk with Shoshona's father, and I know 
what a deep loss this is for the entire family. I condemn this cowardly 
attack that robbed a husband of his beloved wife and child, devastated 
a family and took a remarkable young woman from a community that adored 
her.
  It is time for the terrorism to stop. It is time for the suicide bomb 
attacks to stop. It is time for the Palestinian leadership to renounce 
the use of violence and to rein in those individuals and elements who 
seek only to destroy Israel and forever destabilize the region.
  In the name of Shoshona Greenbaum and the other innocent victims of 
these attacks, we must seek to understand the roots of terrorism in the 
Middle East and bring to an end the ever-escalating cycle of violence. 
I can think of no more appropriate memorial to Shoshona than to ensure 
one day that the people of Israel can live in freedom and safety, 
secure in their knowledge of a peaceful and productive future.

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