NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “just a few short weeks ago, the Prime Minister of Israel addressed a joint session of Congress. He said, in part, and I…”

“just a few short weeks ago, the Prime Minister of Israel addressed a joint session of Congress. He said, in part, and I quote, ``There has not been 1 year, 1 week, or even 1 day of peace in our tortured land.'' He went on to say, Madam Speaker, ``Over the past 6 years, more than 20,000 attempted terrorist attacks have been initiated against the people of Israel.'' Madam Speaker, less than 2 weeks ago, the war which has gone on for more than a half century was rekindled with the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, with the strategy manipulated by Iran and Syria, by a cynical, sick, cycle of violence that diplomacy has not cured. I listened with great interest to my friend from Ohio who preceded me, who again said that diplomacy was the solution. Madam Speaker, Israel was told by the international community, you must give up land for peace, land for peace. Israel gave up land, and there is no peace. Madam Speaker, my colleagues, I rise in strong support of this resolution, not to embrace war or violence for its own sake, but instead to pursue a true peace and to reaffirm. Madam Speaker, I stand in this well at this hour to reaffirm the basic truth of this resolution and the right of the sovereignty and existence of the State of Israel from a historical, from a legal and, yes, from a scriptural perspective.…”