Political Quotes

“I oppose this amendment for several different reasons. First of all, it is not 100 percent clear what exactly constitutes funds to build or rebuild. This body did just approve, a month or so ago, a large package that included humanitarian assistance to deal with the war in Gaza. I would not want this to restrict that. If it is not meaning to restrict that, there are no funds in the FY25 budget to rebuild in Gaza, so it is restricting something that isn't happening. More broadly, I think the entire argument behind this amendment is misplaced. We have to have a future for the Palestinian people if there is going to be peace in the region and, crucially, for the purpose of this debate, if there is going to be any sort of peace for the people of Israel. I do not believe it should be our policy to simply destroy Gaza and leave it in a state of absolute disrepair. I don't think that will serve anybody's interests, certainly not the Palestinian people living in Gaza but also not Israel. There has to be a future here. There has to be an alternative to Hamas and all the terror organizations that the maker of this motion lists. If you don't create that, if you don't create some kind of future for the Palestinian people, then you will have a perpetual conflict not just between the people of Gaza but between the large number of people who support them.…”