[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         ONGOING TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST THE STATE OF ISRAEL

  (Mr. JACKSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. JACKSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express support for one of 
our most loyal allies, Israel.
  Unlike many of my colleagues across the aisle, I will not waver in my 
support for democracy, and I will not turn a blind eye to the ongoing 
terrorist attacks against the State of Israel.
  The simple fact is, Israel uses weapons to protect its citizens from 
terrorism, and Hamas uses its weapons with the goal of murdering 
civilians and annihilating the State of Israel as a whole.
  There is no moral equivalence between the two, and any attempt to 
make Israel out as the aggressor is not rooted in fact. Israel has the 
right to defend itself as a sovereign country.
  In 2014, Congress unanimously passed a Democrat-led resolution 
condemning Hamas attacks on Israel after they had launched 
approximately 300 rockets.
  This time, Hamas has launched over 4,000 rockets into Israel in just 
10 days, yet, it is not clear to me that Democrats in this House would 
support a similar resolution today.
  That is a sad and problematic shift.
  Congress must continue its support for U.S. aid to Israel, and 
Congress must confront terrorists and their backers, like Iran.

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