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personal relationship with the country and those of jewish faith. she gave the speech before it was announced that the international criminal court was seeking arrest warrants for israeli leaders. this is about 20ut.laus nik: tha. thank you, speaker of anna for your kind introduction and inviting me here today. mr. speaker, distinguished guests, dear friends, i am profoundly honored to speak in the hallowedalls of your knesset. in your internal capital, the holy city of jerusalem. at this time of historic consequence for israel and the jewi today i stand before you not just as a leader in united states congress, but as a lifelong admirer, supporter and true friend of israel and the jewish people.

i am lucky to have hadhepriviley times before. but i must confess tthtime feel. the stakes are higher. our sense of moral, patriotic duty feelsan renewed. 226 we witnessed the most vicious brutal attack on the jewish people since the holocaust. a barbaric terrorist attack that claimed more than 1,200 innocent lives. civilian■qen children, and the elderly were ripped from raped, beheaded. jewish families were bound together and burned. bned alive. atrocities of humanity. we must never forget and we must never relent. israelis, americans and others were savagely kidnapped from their homes.

beaten and taken hostage to the terrorist tunnels beneath gaza. we must remind the world every day that there are still over 120 souls held hostage. 226 days of captivity, including americans held by hamas terrorist thugs. me be very clear. we will not restntes are back h. this period calls to mind the many times forces of people have tried to destroy israel and the wi since israel's first day of existence, there have been those who thought out its destruction. we saw the same elimination goal in 1948, during the fedayeen raids in the 60's and the successive wars against hamas iy oc what we are witnessing today is

a story of the forces of good versus evil. the forces of civilization against the forces of barbarism. of humanity versus depravity. witnessed here these past few days. "israel cho life." murray is right, but let me go further. in choosing life, israel fulfills isaiah's prophecy to be a light unto nations fighting for its survival in future in one very tough neighborhood. and i the sense, and i know that the people of israel know this,, 360,000 israelis reported for military duty. flyingome om around the world. that is the equivalent of 20 million americans. americans thn world war ii. many of these cous

fighters are but of college-age in america. a strike and comparison. young israelis heeding the call of duty fighting for their families, people and homeland while the pro-hamas apologists on;t so-called elite campuses across america are in a car oxygen him of -- in a paroxysm blood lth signs saying final solution, chanting death to israel and death to america. we know what it must look like, but i want you to know those views, though given airtime by some radical limit that memrs of congress, do not reflect the views of the american people. the american people stand firmly behind you. we are seeing the majority in the body on which i served, the united states congress, fight back and turn the tide.

america is firmly behind israel and the jewish pplthis goes ba's founding. in 1790, america's founding father george washington wrote a letter to the jews of newport, rhode island expressin's foundi. a devotion to religious pluralism. he wrote the united states would "gift to bigotry no sanction and persecution no a he further wrote "n of the stock of abraham who rit and enjoy the goodwill of the other inhabitants, while everyone shait under his own vine and victory, and thall none to make him afraid, may the father of all mercy scatter light and not darkness in our path, and make usll in our several locations useful here, in his own due time

everlastingly happy." long as they serve the american people, i will defend george washington's religious pluralism and freedom. today th anti-semitism at home. and supplying the state of israel with what it needs, when it needs it, without conditions, to achieve total victory in the face of evil. for all ofctory needs no explanation. but total victory is something too many others throughout the free world fail to understand. total victory starts, but only startshose responsible for october 7 off the face of the earth. there can be no retrievable dignity for hamas and its backers. when they chose raped, the torture of civilians the meat elation of infants as weapons of terrorism, they left noel turned up to this just war. when -- no alternative to

this just war. when the genocidal -- doubt as to their hideous intentions. chance of death to america are not holl slogans. they are a promise that what happened on october 7 it happened in un unless hamas and its jihadist accomplices are eliminated. my country andntri must say or truth in the face. this is no'fight alone, it is also our fight, the west's. in total victory is about more than responding to one attack, it is about restoring a way of life, securing the jewish state, so that it no longer faces threats of annihilation from a actor, whether iran, hezbollah, hamas or any other. and is the united states' support israel's effort.y

been clear at home and i will be clear here. there iscuseor an american president to blockade to israel. aid that was duly passedy congress. there was no excuse to ease sanctions on iran, paying a $6 billion ransom to the leading terror, or to did there and hide while our friends fighr lives. no excuse, full stop. that's why i am proud to have backed everysure to aid israel that has come before congress. everything a one. that's why i as a senior member of the intelligence committee have helped secure billions of dollars for iron dome, david slane, anti-tunneling technology, and further emerging technologies most recently in the supplemental aidackage passed just last month. that's why let calls for the white house to speak out against

the corrupt icc. his wife for y, a leading partnt trump in his historic support for israeli independence and security. including moving the u.s. embassy to its rightful place in jerusalem. the negotiation of the historic abraham accords. the greatest stride towards peace normalization in more than a quarter century. adopting the strategy to align u.s. central command with israel. a change that foster daily communications with the idf. joint exercises and crucial coordination with british an pad against the iranian attack. president trump's wise decision to call out -- for what it is, a hive of anti-semitism. when the enemy is inside the gates of the united nat,a must l

it by its name, and destroy it. es trump under stood and we will return to that strategy soon. you know as wel i the enemy is inside more than just the gates of the united nations. it is a powerful western institution to my country and beyond, where the viral virus of anti-semitism is spreading. this is why total victory is not just physicalel, but ideological self-defense. of the house republicans conference, i'm proud houseub passed bipartisan resolution in support of israel, called out anti-semitism in the halls of congress, and brought transparency to the anti-semitic began to -- propaganda push paid for by foreign adversaries. we have determined action to ensure foreign enemies cannot p american students.

iver of the education and workforce committee but i lead the charge to expose this moral rot of anti-semitism, exposing the most institutions.educa when we heard from jewish students, faculty members and staff anti-semitic attacks on their campuses, i demanded congress hearing es accountable for their failure to protect jewish members of their community. i know you also that hearing. because the world saw that hearing. i want to take you into that moment. my question was the last question of the hearing. the most junior member of the it -- yielded hoeven meaning 30 ted asked quer with the presidentf rvard, now former president, and i was

not getting direct answers. throh the last question, which was not prewritten, i wrote down in pencil ahead of time and thought to myself, how can i ask this in a straightforward moral weight to force them to answer correctly? that question was "does calling foe jews violate your university'sode of conduct on bullying and harassment?" her ter the other answered "it depends on the context," and the world heard. let me tell you, it does not depend on the context. [applause] and over the years, i have been at a lot of high-profile committee hearings, and i have never witnessed the moral depravity of witnessesin one wee

billions. there is a reason it is the most viewed testimony in the history of united states congress. that is because it exposed the mora rot at the highest levels of the so-called elite over -- universities. after the as i said, two down so many to go. that hearing set off an earthquake. their disgraceful attempts to contextualize genocide of jews is a symptom of decades of moral decay, intellectual laziness and dangerous radical groupthink at so-called elite institutions across society. t colleges and universities on notice and expanded this investign ensure i student, faculty member and staff member is protected on campus. we are looking at foreign donations to universities.

the failure to protect jewish students. the federal accreditation system. the assault on diversity and free speech, the anti-semitism inherent in "wokec integrity, and the extent to which.staxpayers have bankrolled the political indoctrination of young americans. of unchecked anti-semitism, anti-jewish racism mbewe will hold the purvf the oldest hatred accoblladies t has renewed my sense of the stakes of the battle we are in. i want to leave you with one message today, it is this. the majority of americans support you and we always will. since president truman's recognition of israel 11 minutes after david ben-gurion decladi'6 years in five days stands with israel.

we must not let the extremi in so-calledli corners and the deep abiding love for israel amth most americans feel a strong connection to your people. they have opened their heights to you in the start our and i have seen it inrsations -- dark hour and i have seen on business people,h hard-working veterans, seniors and students alike. the reason for this love is no mystery to me. i was raised in upstate ne girly school next door to a synagogue. i grew up attending [indiscernible] and have been welcomed in many homes for shabbat dinner. i celebrated with my friends the birth of their children. attending baby naming's and finding a a tuba a friend's wedding. my respect for the people of israellip. i have been to israel many times

ev of congress. as a harvard undergraduate, i made my first trip to israel to study national security possibly -- policy. and i am pleased to say that i have been many times since. most recently, returning as a number of congressof last year to help lead an intelligence committee delegation meetinge minister netanyahu. during each and every visit to israel, i am reminded of the fundamentalac that our people share a limit during bond, forged over centuries. both jefferson and lincoln called america, in one way or r, the last best hope on earth. when i come toerusalem, i senseharedestiny. one embedded in your national anthem. hatik "the hope." is miracle, an outpost of freedom, of western values,

civi a striking example of human potential. the physical embodiment of the maxim, if you will it, it is no it is the same eco-that we prize in america. the american dream which says that with hard work, the right can build a life for yourself, your family and community. these cherish, protect and fight for them. we know we have difficult days ahead to ensure this always ma prime minister netanyahu recently said that if israel must stand alone, it will. i am here to tell you that it is our dus that israel does not stand alone. we must never let israel stand alone. i am confident in the end that our relationship will not just endure, but emerge stronger than ever before.

israel, keep gh we are with you. god bless israe bless ca thank you for this tremendous honor. [applause] >> allege. >> the innational criminalts chk arrest warrants against the leader of israel hamas on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. applications pretrial chamber one of the international criminal court in the situation in the state palestine. these applications are the outcome of independent investigations investigations conducted by my office under the direction of the two