[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 23, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H4769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      SAUDI ARABIAN ANTI-SEMITISM

  (Ms. BERKLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to speak out against 
the continued pattern of anti-Semitism and racism by the Saudi royal 
family.
  Last month, Crown Prince Abdullah was quoted as telling Saudi 
television that ``Zionists'' were behind the May 1 attack on 
contractors at the Saudi oil facility in Yanbu. The Crown Prince was 
also quoted in a story appearing in a Saudi newspaper as saying, ``Our 
country is targeted; you know who is behind all of this. It is 
Zionism.''
  Enough is enough.

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  This is not the first time I have come to the floor to protest hatred 
emanating from the kingdom. It is the first time that I have come to 
the floor to protest the scapegoating of Israel and the Jewish people 
when, in fact, it was Saudi radicals who perpetrated these attacks. And 
it is not the first time that I have spoken of the danger of fueling 
the fires of religious extremism and hatred.
  The irony is that it is the Saudis who have exported their homegrown 
terrorists throughout the world and have financed these murders for 
over 20 years. Only now when their own terrorists have turned back 
against the Saudi Royal Family are they remotely concerned with 
anything about terrorism.
  Continually spreading and advancing of hateful and anti-Semitic 
rhetoric only provides ammunition who those who would support and 
condemn terrorism. Enough is enough. The Saudis have to stop.

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