[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26543]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            GOLDSTONE REPORT

  (Mr. McMAHON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McMAHON. Mr. Speaker, I stand in strong support of House 
Resolution 687, which condemns the United Nations Human Rights Council-
passed Resolution 9/L.1 and the fact-finding mission which led to the 
Goldstone Report. The lopsidedly anti-Israel Goldstone Report blatantly 
ignored so much of what came before Operation Cast Lead.
  Palestinian troops, including Hamas, have been responsible for 
launching more than 10,000 rockets and mortars at Israeli cities. In 
November 2008 alone, over 120 rockets and mortars were fired at Israeli 
cities, injuring hundreds of people. Furthermore, Israel did all it 
could to avoid causing civilian casualties and Hamas did all it could 
to cause them. Goldstone's mission failed because this simple truth was 
never acknowledged, confirmed or written.
  Israel is our fellow democracy, our true and tried ally. Supporting 
it is essential to the stability of the Middle East.
  Any democracy that chooses to treat Israel as a suspect state to 
impose on Israel false accusations and daunting deadlines for a peace 
agreement should know that its actions ultimately do damage to the 
shared values that all democracies espouse.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge the Congress of the United States to stand 
against the Goldstone Report.

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