Brian Mast: “Let's start with what my friend just said, our friends under attack. That first word, ``under attack'' is the most…”

“Let's start with what my friend just said, our friends under attack. That first word, ``under attack'' is the most important part to realize here. I want to quote one of our other colleagues in a statement, Ms. Omar, in one of her statements about these very events. She said, ``Israel airstrikes killing civilians in Gaza is an act of terrorism. Palestinians deserve protection. Unlike Israel, missile defense programs such as Iron Dome don't exist to protect Palestinian civilians. It is unconscionable to not condemn these attacks.'' That is absolutely right. Palestinians don't receive support like Iron Dome. That would be akin to giving al-Qaida or ISIS or the Taliban U.S. bomb technicians and military personnel to help them out. That would be the apples-to-apples comparison of giving the attackers, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad, others, that would be the equivalent of giving them those kind of assets. Hamas purposefully makes their civilians the shields to their offensive points. That is not hyperbole. Think about that, what they do to their population. I don't want to just speak about this in platitudes. If the gentleman has anything to add, by all means, I will just yield to him as that time arises. I want to speak about these by specific incident to say exactly how much Israel is being attacked and let the American people judge who is the aggressor here. We will go over both rocket attacks, which are acts of terrorism, and suicide bombings.…”