[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5624]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 TWO-STATE SOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, we had the honor of listening to King 
Abdullah of Jordan and his speech before. I must be candid and say that 
I was somewhat disappointed in some of the things that he mentioned.
  When he talked about the plan in Riyadh for two states living side by 
side, we all, of course, hope for that, but the plan in Riyadh forces 
Israel to go back to the 1967 borders, which are indefensible and is 
really a nonstarter.
  If the Palestinians really want peace in the region, then they know 
what they have to do. They need to do three things, and the Hamas 
government needs to do three things. They need to recognize the right 
of Israel to exist, they need to abide by all previous agreements 
signed by the Palestinians, and they need to renounce terror and 
violence.
  I would have liked the King to have said that. I think that would 
have been most hopeful, but it is important that all of us that want 
peace in the Middle East work to the ultimate solution, which is two 
states in peace, living side by side, an Arab Palestinian state and 
Jewish Israeli state, and it can only happen if the Arabs recognize 
Israel's right to exist.

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