Peter Deutsch

This is going to be the last document and there is more, but this is dated March 24, 2002, and during the stage of these operations, and this is a copy of minutes of a meeting at the Ramallah headquarters, and Chairman Arafat is in…

The Karin-A was a ship that Israeli commandos captured that had $20 million of weapons in it and had some very sophisticated weapons right off the shelf from Iran, including rocket launchers, rockets, not just mortars but rockets. The…

I think in the environment we are at we won when we entered the Chamber and I think it is important, and I hope there is a discourse because clearly a number of our colleagues, again less than around 10 percent or so, articulated a…

They are what they are. Arafat, he was not a terrorist 10 years ago or 5 years ago or a year. He is still a terrorist. He was engaged in terrorist activity continuously, and his words might sound nice at this point in time, but it is not…

One of the things that we witnessed in our visit to Israel was in a sense the proof on the other side, and this is one of many pictures that we have. One of the opportunities we had was to view just a fraction of the weapons that were…

This is from the New York Times, April 15. This is from Chairman Arafat's wife. And I think it is so strange to us that a mother could say this, but this is what Yasser Arafat and his wife are teaching. "If she had a son, there would be no…

I would also mention, Mr. Speaker, just in terms of the discourse that occurred, on more than one occasion last Thursday people mentioned the Israeli occupation, almost inferring that it was a justification for acts of violence. Obviously…

this weekend three of my colleagues and I traveled to the State of Israel. We had several purposes for the visit. One was a show of solidarity with the Israeli people in terms of what has been going on. We visited a number of victims of…

One, the difference between Anwar Sadat and Yasser Arafat. Anwar Sadat not only came to Jerusalem as a peacemaker, but got on Egyptian television and told his people why it was in their interest to have peace with Israel, and basically led…

The reason I think it is significant, tied directly into the comments just being made about 1947 is what is Chairman Arafat's goal or the goal of the Palestinian authority. Is it peace with Israel or the eradication of Israel? I think why…

I think he stands almost alone in this Chamber, but clearly in a unique position, as someone who is incredibly insightful about world events and incredibly insightful about the evil that exists in the world, incredibly insightful about…

If I can just add, I think one of the important things to note from an historical basis is that at no time during that 1,800- year exodus was there not a Jewish presence in the area of Palestine or what has become the modern state of…

I believe there is no one in this Congress who is more personally committed to Israel's survival than her, and I have traveled to Israel with her and I have seen her action, her feeling. And especially from someone with her background who…

Actually in the month of March alone it was not 50. It was 150 Israelis that got killed. So in fact, in the month of March, just this past month Israel sustained the equivalent of three 9/11s, and I think if we can just imagine what the…

Absolutely correct. I think it is important just in terms of the issue of why is Israel there as a modern state. I keep referring to it as the modern state of Israel. The British in 1922 actually divided the mandate that they had along the…

In Israel today, it is Israel Independence Day, the 54th anniversary of the modern state of Israel. I mentioned the 54th anniversary of the creation of the modern state of Israel, and there is a time line that is relevant that hopefully…

we literally, across the country, we have had Members throughout America today speak from the heart about what their connection and their hopes and their prayers are this evening.

this is actually a list of weapons that were uncovered or captured by the Israelis since April 1 in their incursions into places like Jenin and Ramallah, and it is an amazing list from April 1. Weapons obviously in violation of Oslo…

Israel wants a peace partner. Israel wants to have peace. Israel offered what we have discussed previously. They have negotiated with Chairman Arafat. But I think what has occurred in the present time is not that Arafat might or might not…

I think there has been a misplaced emphasis in many ways by this administration on calling Chairman Arafat the leader of the Palestinians. Let us be very specific. I think most Americans need to really understand this, that Chairman Arafat…

I think by definition every day we wake up we live in historical times. In this Chamber where we speak, it is the oldest. We are as America the oldest democracy literally in the history of the world. Many people do not know, but the law…

the topic we are going to speak about this evening is, in a sense, a response to what is going on in the Middle East today; and specifically a response in terms of being not just sensitive, but supportive of what the Israelis are trying to…

And let me go through the chart, which I think is interesting. Chairman Arafat is part of the Fatah organization. Actually, I believe the gentleman has a chart, as well, which is very interesting and relevant to this. The Fatah…

One of the things which has been pointed out by several of my colleagues is the Camp David agreement, where literally, Israel put on the table an offer which was far beyond any of the so-called red lines that Israel had ever talked about…

For the last several days every day there have been artillery attacks from Lebanon to northern Israel. When Colin Powell and the President are calling for a cease fire, that is a cease fire they should be calling for. That is a border that…