[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10735-10736]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, in Genesis, chapter 12, verses 1 
through 3, God tells Abraham that he will bless the nation that blesses 
his people, and curse the nation who curses his people.
  God says in that verse, starting at verse 1, The Lord had said to 
Abraham, ``Leave your country, your people, and your father's household 
and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great 
nation, and I will bless you. I will make your name great, and you will 
be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses 
you, I will curse. And all people's on Earth will be blessed through 
you.''
  Mr. Speaker, God gave the land in Israel to the Israelites, to the 
Jewish people. They're a sovereign nation. They have a sovereign right 
to protect their borders, to protect their lives, to protect their 
country, to protect their valid claim to the land that God gave them.
  Mr. Speaker, our Nation has supported Israel since it was 
reestablished in 1947 by an act of the United Nations. This country has 
supported Israel ever since then. We've been blessed as a Nation since 
then. But I'm very fearful that this administration is turning its back 
upon Israel. I'm very fearful that God's blessing that has been on this 
land, as promised in Genesis, chapter 12, verses 1 through 3, will 
cease if we cease supporting the nation of Israel.
  Israel is a sovereign nation that's protecting itself. It has an 
absolute right to do so. Mr. Speaker, if we turn our back upon Israel, 
as I'm fearful that we're doing as a Nation through this 
administration, not only will we cease to have God's blessings, but we 
will also start receiving the curses from God that he promised in 
Genesis, chapter 12.
  Mr. Speaker, if we don't support Israel, and just by being silent, 
just by turning our back upon Israel, then we're supporting Hamas. 
We're supporting Hezbollah. We're supporting Iran. President 
Ahmadinejad has stressed over and over again that he wants to 
annihilate Israel from the face of the Earth. We have to support

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Israel, Mr. Speaker. The consequences for our Nation are too dire not 
to.
  God has put his blessings upon this country. And I think a big part 
of that is because this country was founded on the Judeo-Christian 
principles that have made this country so powerful, so rich, and so 
successful as a political experiment. But that blessing will cease if 
we ever turn our back upon Israel. We must not. We cannot. America must 
support Israel. Our administration must support Israel. And I call upon 
our country to continue to do so.

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