[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11398]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in full support of our friend 
and ally, the democratic Jewish State of Israel.
  Since Israel's disengagement from Gaza in 2005, Gaza has been a 
lawless region and, since 2007, has been under the rule of the U.S.-
designated foreign terrorist organization, Hamas. Hamas' sole reason 
for existence is to wipe Israel off the face of the planet.
  Over these past few weeks, Hamas kidnapped and killed Gilad, Eyal, 
and Naftali--three Israeli teens--and launched hundreds of rockets at 
innocent Israeli civilian population centers, including Tel Aviv and 
Jerusalem. No nation would allow terrorists to take aim at its citizens 
so indiscriminately, and Israel cannot be expected to allow Hamas to 
continue this attack unabated.
  The U.S. must support our ally, Israel, as she seeks to protect her 
citizens, and we must call for the PA to divorce itself from Hamas. No 
U.S. funding until Abu Mazen does so.

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