Mr. Speaker, if my neighbour said “Look I trust you but I`m going to have soldiers watch you all the time with armed helicopters overhead”, I think I would wonder what was going on.
Not just standing with our U.S. allies, but it is very important at this time to stand with Israel. People in Israel have lived for too long in fear of their children being blown up on buses and in fear of their young people being literally blown up while they go to restaurants and bars.
Will the government, though it has properly condemned these acts as it should have and we agree with that, say unequivocally that Yasser Arafat must take all measures to stop this devastation and that we stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel in whatever measures it takes to defend itself? Will he say that right here?