Political Quotes

“Well, the enormity of this, it is hard to appreciate unless you see the weapons. And the great variety, from brand-new modern weapons never used before seized from the Karin-A with an attempt to smuggle them in from Iran, to old battered, well-worn weapons that the Palestinians have obviously been using for years and years to homemade weapons, weapons made with sections of water pipe and slingshots for the firing pins to set off the ammunition put in these homemade weapons. An absolutely staggering commitment to mayhem, to using violent means to try to win their political goals. The enormity of the terror is hard to grasp unless you see the weapons, unless you talk to the families of the victims, unless you see the locations of the terror bombings in Jerusalem as we did on our walking tour. And when we hear the stories of the families and the human tragedies of innocents dying, not soldiers dying in combat for their country but innocents. We have heard the story of Michal and Malka, two 15-year-old friends, inseparable, went to school together, lived next door to each other, had known each other since both were babies, 15 years old. They snuck off to get some pizza last August at the Sbarro restaurant in downtown Jerusalem and got blown to kingdom come. Their parents buried them side by side where they will rest forever. That is hard to understand. It is hard to appreciate the horror for those families and hard to understand how anybody can justify such action.”