[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 186 (Thursday, November 9, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H5656-H5657]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, when Israel came back into existence in 
1948, what was the first thing they were greeted by?
  It was an attack. It was an attack by their Arab neighbors.
  Less than 20 years later, war in 1967. Israel had to defend herself 
again. Six years later, in 1973, yet again, Israel had to defend 
herself.
  What is the name of Israel's army?
  It is the Israel Defense Force. Defense.
  What is the Iron Dome system?
  It is a defense system.
  Arrow missiles are a defense system.
  So what is this all about when we are seeing so much anti-Semitism 
and we are seeing so many pro-Palestinian protests around the country 
and on our college campuses coupled with anti-Semitism?
  What is the core that they are defending when they are standing up 
for this?
  They are defending the pro-Hamas movement across the world which 
includes their covenant. The Hamas Covenant of 1988 states in article 
7: ``The

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day of judgment will not come about until Muslims fight Jews and kill 
them. Then the Jews will hide among the rocks and trees, and the rocks 
and trees will cry out: `O Muslim, there is a Jew hiding behind me, 
come and kill him.' ''
  That is what they are defending.

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