[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14493]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MOTHER OF ALL TERRORISTS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Palestinian Authority has a new 
face for its movement for statehood. It's Latifa Hmeid. Palestinians 
praise her as the ``mother of seven prisoners'' and the mother of a 
person called ``Martyr.''
  These sons of hers are in prison for crimes against humanity. Rather 
than mother of the year, it turns out she is really mother of all 
terrorists. One of her sons, the Martyr, was a member of the military 
wing of Hamas, who planned and conducted the ambush and murder of an 
Israeli intelligence officer. Her other sons are serving a total of--
get this--18 life sentences in prison. They have committed crimes, 
including attempted murders, the murder of seven Israeli citizens, and 
the involvement in numerous terrorist attacks.
  This is the person the Palestinians have leading the movement for 
statehood at the United Nations. Having Mother Terrorist as the 
representative for Palestinian statehood shows an obvious hatred and 
bigotry against Jews, the State of Israel, and the notion of peace. The 
Palestinians need to quit murdering in the name of religion and start 
honest bilateral negotiations with Israel in the name of peace. The 
U.N. should not unilaterally allow Palestinian statehood. Terrorists 
don't deserve a seat at the table.
  And that's just the way it is.

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