[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11827]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF

  (Mr. ISRAEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, just a few moments ago, this House passed 
legislation introduced by me and the gentleman from Oklahoma, Tom 
Cole--the Israel-Cole resolution--supporting Israel's right to defend 
itself, condemning Hamas for sending rockets over the border, 
supporting the Iron Dome program, and reminding the American people of 
the role that Iran has in supplying these terrorists.
  Mr. Speaker, I am a big believer in what would we do when crisis 
occurs? What would we do if we had terrorists on our border, sending 
rockets into our communities?
  If the Gaza Strip were in Dover, Delaware, this Capitol, where I am 
speaking, would be hit by rockets. Baltimore would be hit by rockets. 
Philadelphia, where tourists gathered during July Fourth to celebrate 
our independence, would be hit by rockets. New York would be hit by 
rockets. Long Island would be hit by rockets.
  What would we do? Exactly what Israel is doing--we would protect our 
citizens. We would seek to spare civilian casualties. We would try and 
negotiate as best we could a peace, but do it through strength. Every 
nation in the world has the right and the obligation to protect its 
citizens; so does Israel.

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