[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       ISRAEL'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. CAMPBELL of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Speaker, in 1948, the United Nations 
established the Nation of Israel so that a dispossessed and tyrannized 
people might have the opportunity to return to their historic homeland.
  Now, 60 years later, what does Israel stand for in our world 
community of nations? It stands proudly as the first democracy in the 
Middle East and the first multiethnic society in the region to proclaim 
the rights of fundamental liberty for all of its inhabitants.
  Israel's commitment to freedom is evidenced by the fact that over 20 
percent of its citizens are Arab, but freedom of worship and freedom of 
speech is granted to all.
  Congratulations to Israel and all Israelis on the first 60 years of 
the modern era. May Israelis enjoy at least another 600.

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