Mr. Speaker, this week a historic agreement was signed in Cairo between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Israeli troops are now free to pull out of the Gaza strip and the west bank. After 27 years of strife peace in the Middle East is at last at hand.
A few weeks ago the children of Beth Jacob Hebrew School in my riding gave me a poem they had written. I would like to share their words:
Peace is special, it means love The symbol of peace is the dove Peace means to hope and care And make new friends everywhere There has been a lot of wars We don't need this anymore Enough of all the fighting, killing Too much blood is all we are spilling.
The prayer of these children, all between 10 and 11 years old, has been answered. The dove of peace flies over Jerusalem.