On the recordJune 9, 2010
I rise in support of everything that my colleagues have said. The U.S.-Israel relationship is a special relationship, and it's a relationship that needs to be strengthened. The United States is Israel's only true friend. In fact, when you look at the United Nations or the so-called Human Rights Council in the United Nations, it's really a kangaroo court stacked up against Israel. No wonder Israel doesn't accept what the so-called 'international body' says about them, because they can never do anything right. They're always condemned no matter what they try, no matter what they do. My colleagues have pointed out that Israel, like every other sovereign nation, has the right to defend itself, that Israel has at least twice seized large caches of arms aboard Iranian ships bound for Hamas and Hezbollah, and a blockade is an appropriate security measure when employed in the face of hostility such as that directed by Hamas against Israel. Hamas doesn't recognize Israel's right to exist, has vowed to destroy Israel, won't abide by any agreements that have been signed by Israel and the previous Palestinian governments, and so Israel has to make sure that terrorist attacks don't come from Gaza into Israel as they have for such a long time.
