Tom Lantos: “I rise with a sense of profound outrage and steely determination to denounce the murderous terrorist attack against…”

“I rise with a sense of profound outrage and steely determination to denounce the murderous terrorist attack against children, women, and elderly men in Jerusalem's open marketplace by the assassins of Arab extremism, who are hell-bent on destroying the peace process so desperately craved by millions of decent Israelis and Arabs in the region. It is long past time for Arafat to order his huge police force to destroy the countless terrorist nests scattered through the territory under his control. Until Arafat focuses his vast resources on destroying terrorism, there can be no progress toward peace in the region. This morning I am introducing a resolution condemning today's terrorist attack in Jerusalem, expressing the solidarity of the Congress and the American people with the grieving families and people of Israel and calling on Arafat to begin in earnest a war against the assassins of people and peace in the Holy Land.”