[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 12913]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND ISRAEL

  (Mrs. DRAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. DRAKE. Mr. Speaker, last night, we watched as Israel launched a 
targeted operation on the Gaza Strip to recover Israeli Corporal Gilad 
Shalit, who had been kidnapped during an attack by members of Hamas' 
military wing.
  As an independent sovereign nation, Israel has every right to respond 
to acts of aggression against its homeland and the soldiers who defend 
it. In the name of peace, the Palestinian Authority must meet the calls 
from Israel and nations such as France and Egypt to produce the 
abducted soldier.
  Our Nation must stand behind our allies in the global war on terror, 
support their right to protect their citizens, and call for Hamas to 
abandon aggression and violence and work for a peaceful solution 
recognizing Israel as part of a two-nation plan.

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