[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 141 (Tuesday, November 18, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H8064]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONDEMNING TERRORIST ACTS IN JERUSALEM

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, the horrific attacks and murder that happened 
in Jerusalem today should be condemned by all people of goodwill. Four 
rabbis were praying in the synagogue, and in marched Palestinian thugs 
and murderers with meat cleavers and other weapons and horrifically 
murdered these four people who were in the midst of prayer.
  Three of the four people who were killed were American citizens, and 
our hearts go out to each and every one of their families.
  One of the gentlemen who was murdered is the brother-in-law of a 
prominent rabbi in my district. The rabbi in my district is Rabbi 
Jonathan Rosenblatt. We learned this morning that his brother-in-law 
was one of the victims.
  Mr. Speaker, I favor a two-state solution in the Palestinian-Israeli 
conflict, but Palestinians must know that they will never have their 
state on the backs of terror. They will never achieve statehood on the 
backs of terror. The more they use terror to try to achieve their 
political aims, the more that it will not happen.
  So I take the floor today with all people of goodwill in condemning 
these horrific murders. Terror has no place. These wanton acts of 
terror and murder need to be condemned by all people of goodwill. There 
is no justification whatsoever for these barbarous acts.

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