CAPITOL HILL PRO-ISRAEL MISSION 6 “I don’t know how you can make peace with those who want to murder you. Here’s what I’ve told the administration: No one wants peace more than Israel. But if you want peace, what will further peace is moving the embassy. The only thing the terrorists respect is strength. If the embassy is moved, Egypt, the Saudis, Jordan will make noise, but privately, they’ll breathe sighs of relief, because they will know that if the administration has the backbone to do that, then the administration will have the backbone to deal with Iran. “I wish that on January 20, the Iran deal had been ripped to shreds. But at a minimum, what I would suggest to ZOA is that you use your collective voice to submit the Iran deal to the Senate as a treaty, where we will vote it down. It’s amazing how following the Constitution resolves things. “UN Security Council Resolution 2334 is blatantly, nakedly anti-Israel. The UN declared that much of Israel is illegal and illegitimate, the Jewish control of the Western Wall, and the Jewish Quarter, and the Temple Mount, and the Mt. of Olives Cemetery is illegal and illegitimate. When running for president, Obama circulated widely a picture of himself wearing a yarmulke, standing at the Western Wall, which he now has allowed the UN to declare is illegally and illegitimately in Israel’s hands. “When Abbas came to Washington, D.C., I wish that Abbas had agreed to stop writing checks to pay terrorists. We have much to celebrate with the new administration, but there’s more to do. I thank you for your courage and dedication.” Sen. Tom Cotton Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) said: “We need to move our embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv…. It would be an important reminder to the Palestinian people that there are certain issues that are just not open to negotiation. The simple fact of the matter is that Jerusalem is and will be the capital of Israel. Israel should not return to the lines from over 50 years ago that are simply indefensible…. I support the Taylor Force Act…. We are simply saying that you need to cease paying terrorists to kill. connection with it…. Ninety-eight percent of Palestinian Arabs live in areas under Palestinian Arab control. Israel’s ongoing security presence in parts of Judea and Samaria is the primary reason there is far less terrorism in Israel.” Turning to misleading terminology, Klein observed: “This is an Arab-Islamic war against Israel…. Don’t use the term ‘Arab-Israeli conflict.’ Don’t just say that Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority is not a partner for peace. That’s too weak. Tell the truth: that they are an enemy regime. Stop using the term ‘two-state solution.’ Israel is already a state. No one is talking of creating two states, but of creating one state, a Palestinian Arab state. Call it what it is: the Palestinian State solution. Calling this a twostate solution diminishes Israel’s sovereignty…. Don’t use the term ‘West Bank.’ It was called Judea/Samaria for thousands of years until the 1960s. Calling Judea/Samaria the West Bank de-Judaizes it. Don’t use the term ‘settlements.’ They are Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, the biblical Jewish heartland, not foreign colonies in another country. Stop using the term ‘occupation,’ because there is no occupation. Our political, religious, and legal right is much greater than that of the Arabs.” Klein concluded with the words of Bob Dylan’s song, “Neighborhood Bully,” which expresses the absurdity of Israel being depicted as a regional bully. Sen. Ted Cruz Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX): “G-d bless ZOA. I’m here in the spirit of celebration and to say thank you. There is no organization in America like ZOA. There is no pro-Israel leader in America with the clarity and ferocity of Morton Klein. I’m glad that the people here speak truth to lies, bring light to darkness. What characterizes ZOA is a relentless commitment to the truth. “We have a lot to celebrate, in that Barack Obama is no longer president…. We no longer have an executive branch that is relentlessly hostile to Israel…. What a relief it is to have Nikki Haley at the UN. Isn’t it nice to have a UN ambassador who knows the difference between the IDF and Hamas? “I am not just honored. I am grateful for what this room represents. I am grateful to fighters like Mort Klein.” —Dr. Sebastian Gorka
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