[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19087]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        STATEHOOD FOR PALESTINE

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, bombs alone will not stop terrorists. 
America must pursue a comprehensive strategy, and part of that strategy 
should support statehood for Palestine. Palestinian children are God's 
children, too; and until the issue of Palestinian homeland is resolved, 
there will always be terrorists. Killing bin Laden will not stop 
terrorists. There will be more bin Ladens.
  Mr. Speaker, Congress must pursue a strategy of recognizing statehood 
for Palestine and working it out in the Mideast region. I yield back 
the fact that we should be in support of President Bush's comprehensive 
strategy to allow statehood and recognize statehood for Palestine and 
recognize the differences with Israel in the Mideast region.

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