[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7876]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          STANDING WITH ISRAEL

  (Mr. NUNNELEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NUNNELEE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday in this Chamber, we listened as 
Prime Minister Netanyahu outlined a viable plan for peace in the Middle 
East, a plan that includes a free Palestinian state and a secure 
Israel.
  Earlier, President Obama used the phrase, ``The United States 
believes,'' to articulate his beliefs that this peace should be based 
on the 1967 borders.
  This is not how the United States feels or has ever felt about 
Israel, an ally and a close friend; a friendship based on common 
democratic values, religious affinities, and security interests. As a 
friend, we cannot force Israel into indefensible borders ultimately 
leading to its destruction, because Israel is surrounded by people who 
want to see it wiped off the face of the Earth.
  Israel is our friend, and we, the United States of America, believe 
in standing with our friend.

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