[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13160]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       AMERICA STANDS WITH ISRAEL

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, the war in Gaza continues. Every human life 
that is killed is a tragedy, particularly those of civilians, but I 
think it is important to put it in perspective. The fight is not 
between Israelis and Palestinians. The fight is between Israelis and 
Hamas, which is a terrorist organization.
  Week after week, month after month, year after year, Hamas has lobbed 
missiles into the Israeli civilian population--killing Israelis, 
maiming Israelis. Israel is fighting back in order to try to stop the 
onslaught of Hamas.
  What would we do, Madam Speaker, if missiles came over the border 
from Canada or from Mexico, attacking population areas of the United 
States? Of course, we would go over the border and attempt to stop the 
terrorists who were doing that to our civilians.
  That is precisely what Israel is doing, and quite frankly, the media 
coverage of the war in Gaza has been absolutely one-sided against 
Israel and absolutely disgraceful.
  Hamas uses its people as human shields. They build bomb factories and 
missile factories in heavily populated civilian areas. So, when 
civilians are killed, it is the fault of Hamas, not the fault of 
Israel, which has tried to defend its way of life and defend its 
citizens.
  I am proud that America stands with Israel, and we will continue to 
do so.

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