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On the recordNovember 2, 2023
I thank my good friend for yielding and for her leadership on protecting Israel and providing them the means to protect themselves. Mr. Speaker, our great friend and ally, Israel, with assistance from the U.S., continues to respond to the cowardly Hamas invasion that includes psychotic terrorists butchering innocent civilians, rape, hostage-taking, the beheading of babies, and the daily indiscriminate missile attacks that are reminiscent of Nazi buzz bombs and V-2 rockets. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he would never allow a second Holocaust, nor should we. Anti-Semitism, as we all know, is at the root of Hamas violence against Israel. Mr. Speaker, I ask Members to read the charter that was put out by Hamas in 1988. They call for killing Jews--slaughtering Jews. I ask every Member to read it. They demand the destruction of Israel--that there be no Israel--that they eviscerate it from planet Earth. This important bill provides $14.3 billion to provide military assistance to Israel, including $4 billion to replenish Iron Dome and David's Sling, $3.5 billion for foreign military financing, $1.2 billion for the continuing development of the Iron Beam system, and so much more. Mr. Speaker, like the Nazis before them, Hamas and its chief terrorism sponsor, Iran, are committing genocide against the Jews. Can you believe that Iran is now chairing the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva as of today? That is absurd.…
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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