[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10470]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ISRAEL'S BLOCKADE

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Israelis check cargo for hidden 
weapons that is shipped into Gaza. Last week, six ships ran the 
security blockade and were boarded. People on one ship attacked and 
stabbed the Israeli soldiers and beat them with pipes. It was seen on 
televisions throughout the world. Ten Israeli soldiers were injured as 
they defended themselves, and, of course, they have the legal and moral 
right of self-defense.
  But the hate Israel at any price crowd denounced the Israelis, and 
now our administration is telling Israel they shouldn't be so security 
conscious. ``Back off a little on the blockades,'' the White House 
says. And just so we don't hurt anybody's feelings, the administration 
is sending $400 million to Gaza. Why? What are the Palestinians going 
to do with that money. Buy more rockets to shoot into Israel? Who 
knows.
  Who are we to tell our ally, Israel, how to secure its borders? We 
are giving advice to a country on smuggling security when we can't even 
keep the smuggling contraband out of our own country.
  And that's just the way it is.

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