Political Quotes

“from time to time, I've heard some of our colleagues wondering why there are so many resolutions about Israel, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Why, they may wonder, do we have to take up these issues? Doesn't everyone already know that the Congress supports Israel? And it's true, American support for Israel is overwhelming, it is bi-partisan, and it is nearly universal in Congress. But sadly, we are the exception in the world. Around the globe, there have been protests going on about the situation in Gaza. What may not be known is that these demonstrations are not about the rockets that have been falling on Israeli civilians. These protests are not against Hamas. These protests are not about the absurdity of expecting Israel to provide electricity and fuel to the people attacking them. These protests are against Israel and its right of self-defense. They are against demanding that Hamas stop the terror. They are against putting responsibility on the shoulders of Hamas for the welfare of the people in Gaza. To us, in the United States, such protests seem perverse. People who intentionally fire artillery rockets at civilians are properly called 'war criminals.' People who deliberately seek the death of the innocent are not called 'militants,' or 'activists,' or 'guerillas.' They are properly called 'terrorists,' and it is hard for us to imagine that these are not universal beliefs. But they're not.…”