Political Quotes

“it has been more than a week since Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, killing more than 1,400 people and wounding thousands more. But every day, still more horrifying stories and images emerge, depicting unspeakable atrocities. Just the other day, there was an interview with an Israeli father on CNN. The father said his 8-year-old daughter went missing during the attack. After 2 agonizing days, the father learned his little girl was dead. But it was his reaction that really hit me. When he heard the horrific news, the father said that he felt relieved because ``if you know anything about what they do to people in Gaza, that is worse than death.'' Can you imagine what it must be like to fear your loved ones--your sons, your daughters--could be suffering; that they could be enduring a fate that is worse than death? As a mother, I cannot even imagine what it must be like to lose a child, let alone in this way, to see loved ones slaughtered, mutilated, and burned. But to see them taken hostage or paraded through the streets, to worry that at any moment they could be enduring unspeakable horrors, it is a pain that is unconceivable and seems impossible to bear. On Long Island, we have a family whose son was taken hostage. His name is Omer Neutra. He is just 22 years old--not much older than my eldest. Omer was an honors student in high school, and he loves the New York Knicks.…”