[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13996]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Several years ago, my wife and 
I, accompanied by a number of other Members and their spouses, were 
privileged to be in the State of Israel at the time the Israeli 
Government made a very difficult decision to turn over Gaza to the 
Palestinian Authority.
  It was a very controversial decision. The question was: Would this 
gesture of goodwill be reciprocated by the other side? Unfortunately, 
of course, it was not. As in other gestures by the Israeli Government, 
the response has been: Give us more and we will not commit to the 
existence of Israel, but you have to commit to the existence of a 
Palestinian state.
  Let there be no mistake. It is a bipartisan support on the floor of 
the House for the State of Israel at this time of great need for them 
when they face all sorts of problems in the United Nations and 
elsewhere.
  Let us be clear. We will not be divided on this. Republicans, 
Democrats, conservatives, and liberals here in the House of 
Representatives and the United States Senate support Israel in their 
effort to remain free and to not be forced into positions that are 
totally unfair.

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