[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23809]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL

  (Mr. LANTOS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, today the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. 
Hyde), the distinguished chairman of the House Committee on 
International Relations, and I will introduce a resolution that 
categorically condemns this week's outrageous terrorist strikes against 
the State of Israel and Israeli people.
  In the attacks of September 11, our Nation suffered the loss of over 
3,000 innocent men, women, and children. Since that fateful day, our 
ally Israel has suffered a comparable loss. With 6 million citizens 
compared to our 280 million, Israel's 60 victims since September 
equates to over 2,700 American victims. Nearly half this number 
perished in a span of just 14 hours this past weekend.
  Mr. Speaker, the United States is currently targeting regimes that 
harbor terrorists, as well as terrorists themselves. Israel must also 
target the terrorists' protectors. The Palestinian Authority bears full 
responsibility for the attacks of December 1 and 2, just as the Taliban 
bears full responsibility for the attacks of September 11.
  I urge all of our colleagues to join the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. 
Hyde) and me in this resolution expressing solidarity with the people 
of Israel.

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