Peter Deutsch: “Yasser Arafat in the compound spoke about sending a million, the English translation is as my colleague so ably pointed…”

“Yasser Arafat in the compound spoke about sending a million, the English translation is as my colleague so ably pointed out, martyrs to Jerusalem. The Arab word is 'shaheed.' If my colleagues were to ask any Palestinian what shaheed means, they know that it means suicide bombers. It does not mean martyr. It is not an esoteric, theoretical term. It means suicide bombers, and specifically to the people that is what they hear. As shocking as that is, the quote from Chairman Arafat's wife, literally that there would be no greater honor than for her son, if she had a son, to be a martyr, to be a shaheed, to be a suicide bomber. I would close and give the gentleman an opportunity to close and say I wish that we had a discourse this evening with our colleagues who voted against this because I do not think there is any articulated, rational, moral position against the support of Israel that this Congress overwhelmingly and this country has overwhelmingly done. Their fight is our fight. The attacks against them are attacks against us.”