Senate Proceeding on May 24th, 2011 :: 7:50:05 to 7:52:49
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Jerry Moran: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. a senator: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. moran: mr. president, on thursday, in a speech on the middle east, president obama

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Speech By: Jerry Moran

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Jerry Moran: said while we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the 1967 lines, with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states. while the president has since sought to revise or clarify his remarks, it is valuable to remind ourselves what a retreat to the pre-1967 boundaries would

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Jerry Moran: mean for the security of israel. after israel declared independence in 1948, it was invaded by five neighboring armies and an arm cities line was subsequently established in 1949. this line is known as the green line, and while some refer to it as a border, it was never officially recognized as an international border.

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Jerry Moran: if israel was forced to retreat to the green line, its pre-1967 boundary, exactly will be only nine miles wide at its narrowest point. such close borders are untenable today and would subject israel's population to great and grave danger. following the six-day war, u.n. security council resolution 242

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Jerry Moran: affirmed israel's right to secure and recognize borders. as robert satlof of the washington institute for near east policy points out, calls for israel to withdraw to those secure and recognized borders have never been interpreted as being synonymous with 1967 boundaries. a quick look at a map of israel

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Jerry Moran: will explain while these boundaries -- why these boundaries cannot be secure. prime minister netanyahu today in a joint session of congress reminded us that -- quote -- "israel needs unique security arrangements because of its unique size." two-thirds of israel's population and infrastructure lie within 60-mile strip along the mediterranean coastline. tel aviv would only be 11 miles

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Jerry Moran: away from a palestinian state with its border as the green line and the bengerien airport, israel's largest and bussiest, would be a mere four miles away. it would only take one rocket fired at the airport for the entire airport to shut down, isolating israel from the rest of the world. with the green line as its border, the dangers to israel

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Jerry Moran: come not only because of the short distances between major israeli cities and the palestinian state but also from the geography of the land. the 60-mile strip along israel's coastline lies below the hilly heights of the west bank. with control of that high terrain, terrorists could easily

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Jerry Moran: target and terrorize much of israel's population, just as they have from gaza, but with even more deadly accuracy. when israel unilaterally