House Proceeding 11-03-09 on Nov 3rd, 2009 :: 3:31:05 to 3:35:45
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Keith Ellison: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time and i will continue on in a few minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance gentleman from minnesota. mr. ellison: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i would like to thank chairman

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Speech By: Keith Ellison

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Keith Ellison: berman and ranking member ros-lehtinen for their openness and professionalism debate. i ask for unanimous consent to insert extraneous material into the record. i urge my colleagues to oppose house resolution 867, a resolution that condemns the goldsto report regarding the conflict in gaza.

3:31:50 to 3:32:11( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: it should be opposed because it suppresses inquiry that is the hallmark of dwem chiropractic societies. the resolution contains factual errors and undermines's israel's ability to conduct its own investigation and goes against president obama foreign policy

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Keith Ellison: first, what is there to fear about judge goldstone? he has a stellar reputation and famous for apprehending nazi criminals in argentina and serving as a chief prosecutor in tribunals and self-dcribed zionist. judge goldstone has said that

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Keith Ellison: bringing war criminals to justice stems from the lessons of the holocaust. the debate about the report has been diverted by serious problems with the original u.n. resolution called for in the report. i agree that the first u.n. resolution calling for an investigation of gaza war was

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Keith Ellison: one-sided and focused unfairly on israel. let me repeat, i gee with the original resolution that was unfair, but judge goldstone pushed back and exceeded the scope of the mission to include an examination of both hamas and israel. what does the report really say?

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Keith Ellison: reports that deal with abuses by hamas including the launching of rockets. the report states these rocket attacks are war crimes. the report recounts actions by israel in separation that harms civilians in gaza. i repeat the point i started

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Keith Ellison: with, inquiry is the essential hallmark odemocracy and israel can defend its actions. hamas should investigate its actions as well and be held to account. what if israel participated in the review from the beginning? it could have pointed out the united nations human rights council has a history of singling out israel for

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Keith Ellison: criticism and pointed out the consequences of the hamas rocket attacks. let's consider the following question, why are we going to pass a resolution without holding a single hearing? why is the house condemning the report that members have not read.

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Keith Ellison: the deputy prime minis called for israel to conduct its own investigation. i urge members to oppose this resolution because it will undermine president obama's commitment that all countries should be accountable for their actions. this resolution complicates the president's current middle east

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Keith Ellison: initiative. . we are concerned that h.res. 867 may unveil an israeli investigation. resolution 867 contains factual accuracy, the goldstone report and the other.

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Keith Ellison: we urge interested parties and members of the house to show the support of the conversation taking place in israel today and to call on israel to demonstrate that it can ensure general accountability at home, end quote. when the united states, south africa, israel and others have chosen to investigate, however

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Keith Ellison: comfortable, their people have emerged stronger. the house of rep poised to condemn the goldstone report today because the report says that both parties to the conflict engaged of possible violations of international law. how does it advance the cause of peace in the middle east? i urgey colleagues to look