Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “I wish to add my support for this resolution honoring Chaim Herzog, former President of Israel and friend of America.…”

“I wish to add my support for this resolution honoring Chaim Herzog, former President of Israel and friend of America. When Chaim Herzog gave that tremendously moving speech at the United Nations, he was defending not only Israel, but democracy and decency everywhere. The United Nations which condemned Zionism also gave Fidel Castro a standing ovation. The fight for moral values which Chaim Herzog carried out with such courage, still continues. In this very Chamber, Chaim Herzog addressed a joint meeting of this Congress on November 10, 1987, the anniversary of his U.N. speech and of Kristallnacht, the Nazi riots that signaled the beginning of the Holocaust in 1938. Chaim Herzog will be missed, but will always be remembered.”