[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 7 (Friday, January 9, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H593-H594]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           THE LIGHT WILL WIN

  (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday morning the House Abraham 
Accords Caucus hosted Rabbi Yehoram Ulman and Ahmed al-Ahmed, survivors 
of the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach last month.
  When terrorists began massacring Jews during a Hanukkah celebration--
Rabbi Ulman's son-in-law among them--Ahmed, a Muslim who was at the 
event by serendipity, rushed to cover.
  As one of the terrorists approached his position, rather than 
fleeing, Ahmed heroically rose to the moment, charged, and 
singlehandedly disarmed the attacker, saving countless lives.

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  The Abraham Accords are premised on a simple tenet. Arabs and Jews 
belong to the same land and that, by elevating the people, we will 
separate the land and bring peace to the entire region.
  Today, Rabbi Ulman and Ahmed al-Ahmed showed that the spirit of the 
Abraham Accords extend far beyond the Middle East.
  As I told Ahmed, he not only is a hero to us all, he teaches us that 
love of the stranger will lift us all and defeat hatred. Rabbi Ulman 
and Mr. Al-Ahmed have titled their visit around the world: ``The Light 
Will Win.''

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