[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4732]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DECIDE WHERE HER PEOPLE SHALL LIVE

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, the United States Government wants 
to dictate where the people of the sovereign State of Israel are 
allowed to live. Now who do we think we are? Israel is our ally, not 
our subject. What if Prime Minister Netanyahu said that our people 
weren't allowed to live in certain parts of D.C.? That makes about as 
much sense. The American people support Israel and the U.S. Government 
better get onboard. The people I represent are not ``embarrassed'' or 
``humiliated'' by the actions of Israel.
  Israel has the right to determine where their people live, including 
in Jerusalem. Also under international law, Israel is not obligated to 
give back land won in a defensive war. But they tried anyway. When 
Israel gave back land for peace, it didn't work. They still don't have 
peace. There will be no peace until the terrorists come to the peace 
table because the terrorists don't want peace. They want to drive 
Israel into the sea. Peace will come in the Middle East when the 
terrorists are defeated.
  And that's just the way it is.

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