S5496 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 11, 1997 Even the Clinton administration has COMMEMORATING THE 30TH ANNI- My is the tears of the para- recognized the value of promoting en- VERSARY OF THE REUNIFICA- troopers at the in 1967 and the vironmental self-auditing when it TION OF JERUSALEM flag which once more waved above the rem- nant of the Temple. issued a policy statement in December Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I rise My Jerusalem is the changing colors of its of 1995. It was a good first step forward, today to commemorate the 30th anni- walls, the smells of its markets and the faces but in 2 years, we’ve seen only intimi- versary of the reunification of Jeru- of the members of every community and dation. salem and to congratulate the people of every faith, where all have freedom of thought and freedom of worship in the city Basically, the administration policy on their commitment to free- says that if companies come forward where holiness envelops every stone, every dom. word, every glance. and voluntarily disclose violations, Jerusalem, Mr. President, is a city And my Jerusalem is the City of Peace, then EPA will not prosecute them as unique in all the world. We know much which will bear great tidings to all faiths, to aggressively as they could otherwise. of its 3,000 year history. We know that all nations, ‘‘For the Torah shall come forth Not a real bonus. No evidentiary pro- Jerusalem has been a great city for from Zion and the word of the Lord from Je- tection, no protection against citizen many people; we know that it remains rusalem . . . Peace be within thy walls and prosperity within thy palaces.’’ suits, and it is only a policy, not a rule, a holy city for people throughout the so it does not have the force of law nor We differ in our opinions, left and right. world; we know that it is an insepa- We disagree on the means and the objective. does it have any impact on what the rable part of the Jewish state, a funda- In Israel, we all agree on one issue: the Justice Department or the FBI can do. mental part of Jewish identity; and we wholeness of Jerusalem, the continuation of And this policy can and will vary from know that it is the undivided capital of its existence as capital of the State of Israel. State to State and company to com- the State of Israel. There are no two . There is only one Jerusalem. For us, Jerusalem is not sub- pany. It was on the hill which we call the It is now time for legislation. Sen- ject to compromise, and there is no peace that overlooked the Je- without Jerusalem. ator KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON has accept- rusalem of Abraham, where God called Jerusalem, which was destroyed eight ed the challenge and introduced a upon Abraham to bring his son to be times, where for years we had no access to sound bill yesterday. This bill fully sacrificed; it was here that God made the remnants of our Temple, was ours, is recognizes the sovereignty of the His covenant with man. Jerusalem ours, and will be ours—forever. State. Mr. President, Senator holds the remains of the first and sec- ‘‘Here tears do not weaken eyes,’’ wrote the Jerusalem poet Yehuda Amichai. ‘‘They HUTCHISON’s bill, S. 866, will encourage ond temples including the Western only polish and shine the hardness of faces environmental self-auditing by setting Wall of the temple’s courtyard, Juda- like stone.’’ Jerusalem is that stone. up incentives at the Federal level for ism’s holiest site. It is to Jerusalem those States with the provision. Noth- Mr. President, Jerusalem is more that everywhere in the world turn than the heart of the Jewish people. It ing more. in prayer and, no matter where they is sacred throughout the world. Jesus Americans get better environmental live, they conclude their celebrations was crucified inside today’s city, and compliance. I urge my colleagues to with the refrain ‘‘next year in Jeru- Mohammed was said to have ascended give serious consideration to the pro- salem.’’ into Heaven from the Temple Mount. posal being advanced by Senator Mr. President, I would like to read Mr. President, Jerusalem indeed is a HUTCHISON. from perhaps the most moving descrip- great city; it is a city of the world, a tion of this great city delivered by one city revered by the world, and a city f of Israel’s greatest leaders and states- for the world. Its freedom is invaluable. men. In 1995, the late Prime Minister Unfortunately, from 1948 to 1967, be- Yitzak Rabin delivered the following THE VERY BAD DEBT BOXSCORE ginning with the war waged against the remarks here in the U.S. Capitol: new State of Israel and ending with Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, at the Jerusalem is the heart of the Jewish people Israel’s victory in the Six-Day War, Je- close of business yesterday, Tuesday, and a deep source of our pride. On this fes- rusalem was a divided city. During this June 10, 1997, the Federal debt stood at tive occasion, thousands of miles from home, time, Israelis of all faiths and Jews $5,351,973,547,710.08. (Five trillion, three here and now, we once again are raising Je- from around the world were prohibited hundred fifty-one billion, nine hundred rusalem above our highest joy, just like our from entering the eastern part of the seventy-three million, five hundred fathers and our fathers’ fathers did. city and from praying at the holy sites forty-seven thousand, seven hundred Jerusalem has a thousand faces—and each there. Jerusalem had lost its freedom, one of us has his own Jerusalem. ten dollars and eight cents.) My Jerusalem is Dr. Moshe Wallach of Ger- and the world had lost its Jerusalem. One year ago, June 10, 1992, the Fed- many, the doctor of the sick of Israel and Je- This week, Mr. President, marks the eral debt stood at $5,134,653,000,000. rusalem, who built Sha’arei Zedek hospital anniversary of the liberation of the (Five trillion, one hundred thirty-four and had his home in its courtyard so as to be holy city and its return to freedom. billion, six hundred fifty-three mil- close to his patients day and night. I was That is why we are congratulating the lion.) born in his hospital . . . people of Jerusalem. My Jerusalem is the focus of the Jewish Five years ago, June 10, 1992, the Fed- Today, Jerusalem is a city of growth, people’s yearnings, the city of its visions, prosperity, and freedom. Upon their eral debt stood at $3,939,456,000,000. the cradle of its prayers. It is the dream of (Three trillion, nine hundred thirty- victory in 1967, those denied the city the return to Zion. It is the name millions for so long did not deny it to the de- nine billion, four hundred fifty-six mil- murmur, even on their death bed. It is the feated. To this day, perhaps the most lion.) place where eyes are raised and prayers are holy site for all three major religions Ten years ago, June 10, 1987, the Fed- uttered. My Jerusalem is the jerrycan of water of the city remains housed in a Moslem eral debt stood at $2,294,202,000,000. mosque, the . But it (Two trillion, two hundred ninety-four measured out to the besieged in 1948, the faces of its anxious citizens quietly waiting is a place which can be visited by any- billion, two hundred two million.) in line for bread, the sky whose blackness one who desires. Fifteen years ago, June 10, 1972, the was torn by flares. So, beyond honoring the freedom of Federal debt stood at $1,073,704,000,000 My Jerusalem is Bab el-Wad—the road to this great city, I want to congratulate (One trillion, seventy-three billion, the city—which cries out, ‘‘Remember our the people of Jerusalem and of Israel seven hundred four million) which re- names forever.’’ It is the ashen faces of dead for their commitment to religious free- flects a debt increase of more than $4 comrades from the War of Independence, and dom and the principle that religious trillion—$4,278,269,547,710.08 (Four tril- the searing cold of the rusting armored cars faiths should not pay the price of polit- among the pines on the side of the road. lion, two hundred seventy-eight billion, My Jerusalem is the great mountain, the ical disputes. The Jews of Israel know two hundred sixty-nine million, five military cemetery on Mount Herzl, the city very well the importance of religious hundred forty-seven thousand, seven of silence whose earth holds the treasured freedom, and the pain of its denial. hundred ten dollars and eight cents) thousands of those who went to bitter bat- Today, as we remember Jerusalem’s during the past 15 years. tle—and did not return. proud and turbulent past, and honor its

VerDate Mar 15 2010 22:04 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S11JN7.REC S11JN7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY June 11, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S5497 freedom-loving residents, we must ap- United Nations became a chamber of The world was silent while the his- preciate the continuing threat to the hypocrisy and proxy aggression.’’ toric Jewish Quarter of the city was city’s future. Those who had failed to destroy sacked and razed to the ground, syna- Thirty years ago today, Mr. Presi- Israel on the field of battle joined those gogues and schools were destroyed, and dent, Israel was at war, fighting for the who wished to discredit all Western 3,000 years of history were denied. This freedom and indivisibility of Jeru- democratic governments in an unprece- bizarre anomaly only ended on June 5, salem. I submit that today, Israel re- dented, sustained attack on the very 1967, when Israel faced renewed aggres- mains at war. We must remember, as right of a U.N. member state to exist sion from Egypt and Syria, both then the peace which seeks to end this war within the family of nations. close friends of, and dependents of the ebbs and flows, that many people in The efforts in the 1970’s to Soviet Union. As hostilities com- and around Israel are trying to accom- delegitimize Israel came in many menced, Israeli Prime Minister Levi plish through other means what they forms. None more insidious than the Eshkol sent a message to King Hussein failed to do in 1967—push Israel into twin campaigns to declare to of Jordan promising that, if Jordan re- the Mediterranean Sea. In this environ- be a form of racism and to deny Israel’s frained from entering the war, Israel ment, we must not assume all parties ties to Jerusalem. Those who ranted would not take action against it. Jor- are equally right and equally wrong. against the ‘‘racist Tel Aviv regime’’ dan, however, attacked Israel that The middle of a dispute is usually not were spewing two ugly lies. Both had same day. Within the week, Israeli halfway in between the belligerents. at their heart a denial of Israel’s right forces had captured all of Jerusalem, as Treating bombs in cafes and on buses to exist. well as other territories west of the The first lie, the infamous Resolution as morally equivalent to bulldozers on Jordan River. The was 3379, was finally repealed on December deserted hilltops jeopardizes peace. once again united, and has remained so The Senate, on May 20, passed Senate 16, 1991, after the cold war had ended since 1967. Under Israeli rule Jerusalem Concurrent Resolution 21, marking the and as the Soviet Union was dissolving. anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunifica- The second we are still dealing with has flourished as it did not under Jor- tion and congratulating the people of today. danian occupation, and the religious Israel. The measure had 88 initial co- That Jerusalem is, and should re- shrines of all faiths have been meticu- sponsors and passed unanimously. This main Israel’s undivided capital would lously protected. clear message cannot be misunder- seem an unremarkable statement, but Having made the odious link between stood. There is only one Jerusalem and for the insidious campaign—begun in Zionism and racism, the Soviet in- it is the undivided capital of Israel. As the 1970’s—to delegitimize Israel by de- spired coalition now set its sights on the peace process continues there nying her ties to Jerusalem. For far the heart of Israel: Jerusalem. The should be no doubt about where the too long the United States acquiesced Seventh Conference of Heads of State U.S. Senate stands. The Senate strong- in this shameful lie by refusing to lo- of Government of Non-Aligned Coun- ly believes that Jerusalem must re- cate our embassy in Israel’s capital tries, which convened in New Delhi, main an undivided city in which the city. As long as Israel’s most impor- India, March 7 through 11, 1983, devoted rights of every ethnic and religious tant friend in the world refused to ac- several lengthy passages of its Final group are protected as they have been knowledge that Israel’s capital city is Declaration to excoriating Israel and by Israel during the past 30 years and its own, we lent credibility and dan- its ally, the United States. Special at- calls upon the President and Secretary gerous strength to the lie that Israel is tention was devoted to the question of of State to publicly affirm as a matter somehow a misbegotten, illegitimate Jerusalem’s status. And not just East of United States policy that Jerusalem or transient state. Jerusalem as had become the practice must remain the undivided capital of This suggestion is all the more un- of such fora. tenable when you consider that no the State of Israel. I happened to be in New Delhi in the Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, other people on this planet have been days before the summit began and was today the Senate joins the people of identified as closely with any city as shown a draft of the Final Declaration. Israel as they celebrate the 30th anni- the people of Israel are with Jerusalem The draft passage of Israel read: ‘‘Jeru- versary of the reunification of Jeru- —a city which recently celebrated the salem is part of the occupied Pales- salem. The Six-Day War began after 3000th anniversary of King David de- tinian territory and Israel should with- Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nas- claring it his capital. No Jewish reli- draw completely and unconditionally ser, spurred on by the Soviet Union, gious ceremony is complete without conspired with Syria, Jordan, and Iraq mention of the Holy City. And twice a from it and restore it to Arab sov- to have the people of Israel ‘‘thrown year, at the conclusion of the Passover ereignty.’’ into the sea.’’ Nasser persuaded U.N. Seder and the Day of Atonement serv- While surely this can be read as a Secretary General U Thant to with- ices, all assembled repeat one of man- provocative statement that all of Jeru- draw peacekeeping forces from the kind’s shortest and oldest prayers, salem is occupied Palestinian terri- Gaza strip which for 10 years had acted ‘‘Next Year in Jerusalem.’’ tory, when pressed on the point, my In- as a buffer between Israel and Egypt. Throughout the centuries Jews kept dian hosts assured me that by Jeru- The Egyptians began amassing troops this pledge, often sacrificing their very salem they really only meant east Je- in the Sinai. Israel, surrounded by lives to travel to, and live in, their rusalem, which is to say the , 250,000 Arab troops preparing for war, holiest city. It should be noted that the or perhaps the Arab section. Hence, the launched a devastating pre-preemptive first authoritative Turkish census of significance of the revised final text of strike on June 5. 1844 reported that Jews were by far the the declaration of some 101 nations. The war was a significant event in largest ethnic group in Jerusalem— This is what the nonaligned declared Israeli history and resulted in the re- long before there was a West Jeru- in that session in 1983: unification of Jerusalem, which before salem, or even any settlements outside the war had been divided with all ac- the ancient walled city. is part of the occupied Pal- cess to the Old City and its holy sites When the modern State of Israel de- estinian territory and Israel should with- clared independence on May 14, 1948, draw completely and unconditionally from it denied to Jews. and restore it to Arab sovereignty. West I have been involved with this par- Jerusalem was the only logical choice Jerusalem! ticular issue in some measure since my for the new nation’s capital, even if it tenure as the U.S. Permanent Rep- was only a portion of Jerusalem—the The 101 nations of the Non-Aligned resentative to the United Nations in Jordanian Arab Legion having occu- Movement declared that the Israeli 1975. By the early 1970’s, a Soviet-led pied the eastern half of the city and ex- Parliament and government buildings, coalition wielded enormous power in pelled the Jewish population of the Old , memorial, the U.N. General Assembly and used it City. Jerusalem was sundered by the King David Hotel, the whole of the in an assault against the democracies barbed-wire and cinderblock and new city, did not belong to Israel. The of the world. In that regard, I cite an Israelis of all faiths and Jews of all State of Israel is not a nation. It has no editorial in the New Republic which citizenship were barred from even vis- capital, or so said the nonaligned. has said of the United Nations in that iting the section under Jordanian occu- What was the response from Wash- time that ‘‘During the Cold War, the pation. ington to such polemics? Not a word.

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On Octo- May 20, 1997, which commemorates the became the symbol of the desire of ber 31, 1983, I introduced S. 2031 which reunification of Jerusalem and states Jews everywhere to return to their required the relocation of our Embassy that: homeland. It was invoked by the proph- from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. [The Senate] strongly believes that ets, enshrined in daily prayer, and sung Official documents published by the Jerusalem must remain an undivided city by Hebrew poets in far-flung lands. United States Government at the time, in which the rights of every ethnic and reli- As a Christian, Jerusalem is a holy such as the State Department’s ‘‘Key gious group are protected as they have been city for me. Jerusalem is the place by Israel during the past 30 years; where Jesus lived, preached, died, and Officers of Foreign Service Posts: [and] Guide for Business Representatives,’’ Calls upon the President and Secretary of was resurrected. I went to Jerusalem in listed Jerusalem separate from Israel. State to publicly affirm as a matter of 1994 and visited various holy sites in- The guide listed countries alphabeti- United States policy that Jerusalem must cluding the Church of the Holy Sep- cally, under each of which in subscript remain and undivided capital of the state of ulcher, the Garden of Gethsemane, and was enumerated the various diplomatic Israel. the Via Dolorosa. For me there is posts the United States Government Mr. President, I thank my colleagues something very special about this an- maintained in that country. for their strong support of this meas- cient city and I am glad I was able to There was Ireland, with the one post ure, and again wish to congratulate our visit these sites unencumbered, as are in Dublin; then came Israel, with one friends in Israel on this important oc- all persons. diplomatic office listed, its address in casion. For Islam, the prophet Mohammed Tel Aviv; then curiously several pages Mr. KEMPTHORNE. Mr. President, was miraculously transported from later, after Japan, there was listed a today I join my colleagues in congratu- Mecca to Jerusalem, and it was from Consulate General in a country called lating the residents of Jerusalem and there that he made his ascent to heav- Jerusalem. Then came Jordan and the people of Israel on the 30th anni- en. The Dome of the Rock built in the Kenya. versary of the reunification of their seventh century, is built over the site That was how the ‘‘Key Officers of capital. of Mohammed’s ascent. Foreign Service Posts’’ was organized Christianity, Islam, and Judaism Every year Jerusalem plays host to until the end of 1994, when Secretary hold Jerusalem sacred, and the many hundreds of thousands of Christian pil- Christopher published the document holy sites of all faiths make a city a grims who come to walk in the foot- with Jerusalem listed under the Israel world spiritual and religious center. steps of Jesus and pray at the shrines heading. This is a welcome change. With the reunification of Jerusalem in and churches throughout the city. That simple refusal by the United 1967, Israel ensured the freedom of wor- Thousands of worshipers pray at the States Government to associate our ship for all faiths and access to holy Mosques on the Temple Mount, with consulate in Jerusalem with the State places of all religions with the enact- their numbers swelling into the hun- of Israel carried much greater weight ment of the Protection of Holy Places dreds of thousands during Moslem holy month of Ramadan. with the Non-Aligned countries than Law, 1967. Jerusalem is a special city for me, we realized. Today, Jerusalem is a mosaic of my fellow Christians, Moslems, and They would not have acted as they many cultures, religions, and nation- Jews. For the United States, Jerusalem had done in 1983 if they did not think alities, of peoples and neighborhoods, is the recognized undivided capital of at some measure we were not in dis- of old and new. It is a union of con- Israel, and the United States embassy agreement. Our documents have so im- trasts with a unique character. Last will be established in the city by 1999. plied. year Israel celebrated the Mr. President, again, I want to con- While my legislation did not pass in Trimillennium of Jerusalem, the City gratulate the citizens of Jerusalem and 1983, the drive to clarify the status of of David. And for the past 3,000 years Israel on this special occasion. As I Jerusalem began to gain momentum in there has been a continuous Jewish wish them all my best for the next 3,000 the Senate in 1990 when I submitted presence in the city. In fact, ever since years, I am reminded of Psalms 122:2–3. Senate Concurrent Resolution 106, King David made Jerusalem the capital Our feet stood within thy gate, which states simply: ‘‘Jerusalem is and of his kingdom, Jerusalem has become O Jerusalem, should remain the capital of the State a center of Jewish existence. Jerusalem built up, of Israel.’’ A simple declarative sen- No other nation has ever made Jeru- a city knit together. tence which gained 85 cosponsors and salem its capital in such an absolute Congratulations, Jerusalem. was adopted unanimously by the Sen- and binding fashion. The Temple was Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I am ate and by an overwhelming majority built in Jerusalem, and to it the reli- proud to rise as a cosponsor of Senate in the House. gious made their pilgrimages. Chapters Concurrent Resolution 21 and commend On November 8, 1995, the Dole-Moy- of the Bible were written within its the people of Israel on the 30th anni- nihan became walls, and there the prophets preached versary of the reunification of Jeru- the law of the United States. The law their prophesies. The city’s ancient salem. states, as a matter of United States stones, imbued with millennia of his- Jerusalem is and always will be the Government policy, that Jerusalem tory, and its numerous historical, capital of Israel. For thousands of should be recognized as the capital of sites, shrines, and places of worship at- years the Jewish people prayed, ‘‘next the State of Israel, and should remain test to its meeting for Jews, Chris- year in Jerusalem.’’ This prayer helped an undivided city in which the rights of tians, and . Sanctified by reli- to sustain Jews even through the dark- every ethnic and religious group are gion and tradition, by history and the- est days of the diaspora. protected as they are today. ology, by holy places and houses of After Israeli independence, Jews were In the winter of 1981, I wrote an arti- worship, Jerusalem is a city revered by forced out of Jerusalem—where they cle in Commentary entitled ‘‘Joining Jews, Christians, and Muslims. It re- had lived for three millennia. The holy The Jackals’’ in response to the Carter flects the fervor and piety of the three sites of Jerusalem were closed to Chris- administration’s disastrous support for major monotheistic faiths, each of tians and Jews. The Jewish quarter of a resolution challenging Israel’s rights which is bound to Jerusalem by vener- the old city was destroyed. But since in Jerusalem. Sixteen years later, we ation and love. Jerusalem was unified in 1967, it has find that the jackals are in retreat. The Jewish bond to Jerusalem was been open to all religions for the first Israelis and Palestinians are negoti- never broken. For three millennia, Je- time in its history. ating the details of their future. And rusalem has been the center of the I have visited Israel with Jews who the United States can make a simple Jewish faith, retaining its symbolic were there for the first time. When we

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Undivided access to its holy sites is a will further complicate the already Jerusalem is the capitol of Israel— promise made in the tumult of war and tense negotiations. though the world ignores this fact. kept in the name of peace. Those who Let the message be clear: A united Why is Israel the only nation that is made it and those who keep it are Jerusalem is off limits to negotiation. not allowed to chose its own capital? rightly remembered by us today. Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise There is much talk about building in Jerusalem also is a national city. It today in support of Senate Concurrent Jerusalem. Well, there is a building is the undivided capital of Israel—the Resolution 21 of which I am a proud co- project that I particularly look forward political and cultural center of one of sponsor. This resolution congratulates to. America will build its Embassy in America’s staunchest, most important the residents of Jerusalem and the peo- Jerusalem by 1999. We should have allies. The continued unity of Jeru- ple of Israel on the 30th anniversary of moved our Embassy long ago. salem under Israel’s flag is not an issue Mr. President, This year, as we cele- the reunification of that historic city. for debate. It is our best assurance that This resolution also expresses our brate the 30th anniversary of the unifi- America’s most cherished values, in- cation of Jerusalem, let us mark this strong belief that Jerusalem must re- cluding the rule of law and basic main an undivided city in which the great event by reaffirming that Jeru- human freedoms, will be preserved and salem is and always will be the capital rights of every ethnic and religious protected in a region critical to our group are protected as they have been of the State of Israel. own national interest. Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, this past by Israel during the past 30 years. Fur- Thirty years ago, the people of Israel Saturday, June 7, marked the 30th an- thermore it calls upon the President reunified Jerusalem. But for more than niversary of the reunification of the and the Secretary of State to publicly 3,000 years, Jerusalem has endured as city of Jerusalem. Prior to 1967, Jeru- affirm as a matter of United States the city on the hill. Geography and pol- salem was a city divided, its center policy that Jerusalem must remain the itics alone do not being to explain its scarred by concrete and barbed wire, undivided capital of the State of Israel. significance. It is a place where God with many of its residents displaced. There has been a continuous Jewish touches us and unifies our histories; it Israel’s recovery of Jerusalem during presence in Jerusalem for three mil- is where the privilege and responsi- the Six-Day War ended that ugly parti- lennia and a Jewish majority in the bility of Abraham’s heritage becomes tion and restored the ability of visitors city for the past 150 years. Jerusalem and residents of all religions to worship our own. Peace with justice in Jeru- has been, throughout these years, the freely and visit important holy sites in salem is a measure of our integrity as holiest of cities and the focal point of Jerusalem. people of faith; and the best hope for Jewish devotion. Jerusalem remains a For my part, I am convinced that Je- peace with justice in Jerusalem is con- unique and critically important city to rusalem should remain the unified cap- tinued undivided sovereignty. the Jewish people. Jerusalem is also I urge my colleagues to pass this res- ital of the State of Israel. I have con- the only city in the world which serves olution congratulating the residents of sistently supported measures before as the capital of the same country, in- Jerusalem and the people of Israel on the Congress expressing opposition to habited by the same people, speaking the 30th anniversary of that city’s re- the division of the holy city. the same language, and worshipping unification. The Jerusalem Embassy Relocation the same God as was the case 3,000 Mr. D’AMATO. Mr. President, I rise Act, passed in 1995, definitively ex- years ago. today to commemorate the 30th anni- pressed Congress’ heartfelt belief that During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the Jerusalem should not only remain the versary of the reunification of Jeru- salem. Jewish people were driven out of the capital of the State of Israel, but that Old City of Jerusalem and denied ac- the United States should recognize it Jerusalem is and shall remain the undivided capital of the State of Israel. cess to holy sites in the area controlled as such. by Jordan. For 19 years Israelis of all Jerusalem occupies a central place in The facts are simple: Jerusalem be- faiths and Jews from all around the the Christian, Islamic, and Jewish longs to Israel for the simple reason world were prevented from visiting faiths and I believe it is crucial to each that for three millennia, it has been their holiest sites by the barbed wire of these great traditions that Jeru- the spiritual, historical, cultural, and which divided Jerusalem. Today we salem remain undivided and its holy moral capital of the Jewish people. In commemorate 30 years of unrestricted sites open. recognition of this fact, the relocation I urge that the President and the of our Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jeru- access to these holy sites. Since the State Department declare their sup- salem should take place as called for in Israeli Government reunified Jeru- port for a free, united Jerusalem, and the Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act salem under its control, the rights of to avoid interfering in negotiations be- of 1995. all religious and ethnic groups have tween Israelis and Palestinians on the Thirty years after reuniting the city been restored and vigilantly protected. status of the holy city. after preempting another attack by her The protection of the rights of every Mr. President, in these last 30 years, surrounding Arab neighbors, Israel has ethnic and religious group is critical to the holy city of Jerusalem has flour- sought to make the city open to people the maintenance of peace in such a di- ished, not just for Israel, but for all of all faiths and to make the holy sites verse and religiously significant re- people. Nobody can claim complete available to all who come. The fact re- gion. We are here today to commend ownership of one of the spiritual cen- mains, that Jerusalem has never been the Israeli people and their government ters of the world. But we can all con- the capital of any nation but that of for restoring full access for all people gratulate the State of Israel on its ex- the Jews. That is the way it should re- to their holy sites. Today we again cellent stewardship. main. lend our support to continued Israeli Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I Mr. President, Jerusalem has been control of a unified Jerusalem. rise today to add my voice to those central in the thoughts and minds of Support for a strong, independent, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the the Jewish people for 3,000 years. As and undivided Israel is the keystone of reunification of Jerusalem. The Senate the holy city, Jerusalem is the spir- our policy in the Middle East. Israel is has before it a resolution commemo- itual and religious center of Judaism not only the sole democracy in the re- rating this occasion. Its passage will be and is an indivisible part of the State gion, but also a country with which we an appropriate and fitting testimony to of Israel. share cultural and historical ties. Our the courage of those who reunited and While I understand that the present continued support of Israel, and of Je- reopened the city, and to the wisdom of Middle East peace negotiations are rusalem as its undivided capital, is es- those who have maintained it that way both complicated and delicate, I do not pecially important in this crucial point for the last three decades. want anyone to fall under the impres- in the peace process.

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Senate takes a moment to reflect upon salem must remain an undivided city The King failed to heed the warning. the importance of Jerusalem as a sym- in which the rights of every ethnic reli- He attacked Israel, and in the ensuing bol to people of diverse faiths and as a gious group are protected.’’ In 1992, the fighting lost and the unified city open to all. Mr. President, Congress adopted resolutions to com- West Bank. I yield the floor. memorate the 25th anniversary of the When the holy city was reunified Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I have reunification of Jerusalem, addition- after the war, Israel, under Labor sought recognition today to commemo- ally reaffirming congressional senti- Party leadership at the time, declared rate the 13th anniversary of the reuni- ment that Jerusalem must remain an that Jerusalem will remain undivided fication of Jerusalem during the Six- undivided city. forever as Israel’s capital and that all Day War. I congratulate the residents Congress’ most forceful and symboli- people will have free access to their of Jerusalem and the people of Israel cally consequential actions in recogni- holy places. All people of all faiths are on this important anniversary day. tion of the importance of a unified Je- welcome to worship in the holy city. On June 5, 1967, the Israelis re- rusalem have been part of its system- Former Israeli Foreign Minister sponded to threats from their Arab atic rebuke of its previous policy of said it this way: ‘‘Jeru- neighbors and 6 days later the war maintaining the U.S. Embassy in Tel salem is closed politically and open re- ended with a reunified Jerusalem that Aviv. For some time the United States ligiously. This mean that it will re- once again gave Jews access to the old has conducted its official meetings and main unified, and only as Israel’s cap- city and its holy sites. Some called this other business in the city of Jerusalem ital, not two capitals. It will remain unexpected price of war a miracle; it is in de facto recognition of its status as under Israeli sovereignty.’’ indeed an issue of great importance for the capital of Israel. The Jerusalem I agree with Shimon Peres. Jeru- the Jewish people. salem is, and should remain, a united Embassy Act of 1995 stated as a matter Jerusalem holds a special place in city—the capital of Israel. I urge the of policy that Jerusalem should remain Jewish history. Since King David, Je- immediate adoption of this resolution. the undivided capital of Israel. Funds rusalem has been at the center of Jew- As the 1995 act did before, Senate Con- for the building of the U.S. Embassy in ish traditions and the very core of Jew- current Resolution 21 will send a prin- Jerusalem were recently appropriated ish faith. The very city itself, not just cipled and constructive signal to all in the fiscal year 1998 appropriations the sites of religious significance, is the parties in the Arab-Israeli negotia- bill, H.R. 1486. considered hallowed by those of the tions that the United States recognizes As a Member of this Senate and a Jewish faith. This issue has personal long-time supporter of Israel, I am Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Mr. BRYAN. Mr. President, I rise significance to me as well, as members proud to stand with many of my distin- of my own family live and worship in guished colleagues as a cosponsor of today to join my colleagues in observ- ing the 30th anniversary of the reunifi- Jerusalem. this important resolution. Jews have long been the majority of Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I rise in sup- cation of the city of Jerusalem. Al- residents of Jerusalem. However, Jeru- port of Senate Concurrent Resolution though the modern State of Israel was salem is not only important for the 21, commemorating the 30th anniver- founded almost 50 years ago, in 1948, Jewish faith, but for Islam and Christi- sary of the reunification of Jerusalem the city of Jerusalem was at that time anity as well. I am a cosponsor of the as the capital of Israel. still divided between Israel and Jordan, It is an honor to be a cosponsor of and its holy sites were not open to all sense-of-the-Congress resolution that this resolution, as it was to be a co- religious groups. After Jerusalem be- recognizes the significance of a unified sponsor of the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy came one again in 1967, these impor- Jerusalem to the people of Israel and Relocation Act. The 1995 act declared tant historical and religious sites were reiterates the Senate’s position that that the holy city should remain ‘‘un- opened to Christians, Jews, Muslims, Jerusalem must remain an undivided divided’’ and be ‘‘recognized as the cap- and all others who wished to worship or city in which the rights of every ethnic ital of the State of Israel.’’ simply spend some time in the Old City and religious group are protected. Mr. President, for 3,000 years there or at the Western Wall. This resolution also calls on the has been a continuous Jewish presence I have long supported an undivided President to publicly affirm as a mat- in the city of Jerusalem. No other city Jerusalem in which the rights of every ter of United States policy that Jeru- on Earth is the capital of the same ethnic and religious group will be pro- salem must remain the undivided cap- country, inhabited by the same people, tected and respected. Jerusalem is not ital of Israel. Since coming to the Sen- speaking the same language and wor- only the capital of Israel, but also the ate, I have supported initiatives that shipping the same God, for a span of home of more than 40 Christian de- recognize Jerusalem as the capital of three centuries as has been the case nominations and the home of the Mos- Israel. I also supported the Jerusalem with Jerusalem. lem religion. It is imperative that we Embassy Relocation Implementation In 1948, the Arab legion conquered work to preserve this city’s unity and Act of 1995, legislation that will move East Jerusalem, including the Old City, prevent any actions that would threat- the United States Embassy in Israel to as part of the general Arab military of- en this status. At the same time, we Jerusalem. I will continue to work to fensive to prevent Israel from coming must ensure that our efforts to main- ensure that never again will access to into being. Israel retained control over tain unity in the holy city do not di- the old city and its holy sites be denied West Jerusalem. It is important to vide those working toward a lasting to Jews or to persons of any faith. note, Mr. President, that when East Je- peace in the Middle East. Jerusalem is Mr. President, I join my colleagues rusalem was under Arab or Muslim holy to many people in many different on this momentous day in celebrating rule, it never served as a capital city ways, and its future has understand- the triumph of Israel in the Six-Day for the rulers. Between 1948 and 1967, ably been a sensitive issue in the ongo- War and the reunification of Jeru- when East Jerusalem was under Jor- ing peace process. Unfortunately, some salem. danian control, Jordan’s capital re- have used the issue of a unified Jeru- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I join mained in Amman. I would also note salem to divide those who share in the my colleagues in paying tribute to the that during this time, the holy city city’s heritage. Our support today for nation of Israel and its courageous peo- was closed to other religions. Jews unity in Jerusalem does not in any way ple on the 30th anniversary of the re- were prevented from visiting their holy detract from our support for peace in unification of Jerusalem. places, all the synagogues in the Old the Middle East. The peace process, Today, this remarkable city, with its City were razed and Jewish burial with our unqualified support, must proud history in both the ancient and places were desecrated. move forward. the modern worlds, stands as a center

VerDate Mar 15 2010 22:04 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S11JN7.REC S11JN7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY June 11, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S5501 of diverse religious and cultural inter- tent on revenge, including the ground. I continue to encourage the ad- ests. Three of the world’s great reli- virulently anti-Israel governments of ministration to join us in correcting a gions—Christianity, Islam, and Juda- Saddam Hussein and Hafez Assad who diplomatic anomaly that we have vis- ism—consider Jerusalem to be a holy came to power over the next couple of ited on our closest ally in the Middle city, and all three have holy sites in years. The United States, quick to rec- East for too long. the city. ognize Israel’s declaration of independ- Mr. President, I offer my deepest con- In 1967, following 20 years of division, ence almost 20 years before, stood by gratulations to the residents of Jeru- Israel reunited Jerusalem during the our Democratic friend, as we would salem, to the citizens of Israel, and to course of its heroic victory in the Six- during the 6 years all who appreciate the peace and open- Day War. As the capital of Israel, Jeru- later, and as we have ever since. ness that has reigned over that city salem today is a haven for persons of But there was consequences even since it was reunited 30 years ago. all ethnic and religious groups. As we more profound than the geopolitics. join in commending Israel on this im- The city of David was in Jewish hands. Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I rise portant anniversary, we also reaffirm Whereas the Jewish graves and syna- today to celebrate the 30th anniversary our commitment to an undivided Jeru- gogues had been desecrated since the of the reunification of Jerusalem and salem. partitioning in 1948, Israel opened the support the resolution offered by my Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, 30 years city to the faithful of the three mono- distinguished colleagues from New ago a singular, unexpected and star- theistic religions. The Muslim leaders York and Florida in marking this aus- tling event reshaped the world. I am re- retained control of al-Aqsa Mosque and picious occasion. Psalm 122 admonishes ferring to the conclusion of the Six- the Dome of the Rock. Hundreds of us to ‘‘pray for the peace of Jeru- Day War of 1967, when the young Jew- thousands of Muslims and Christians salem.’’ This biblical verse is as apt ish state was faced with the amassed have joined Jews since then in pilgrim- now, on the 30th anniversary of the forces of the Arab world, bent on its de- ages to holy Jerusalem. Jerusalem Holy City’s reunification, as it was struction, but prevailed against all today is a city for all faithful. 3,000, years ago. odds and concluded the short but It is also, as so befits the sadness of Jerusalem knew little peace in the 19 bloody war with the victorious forces this bloody 20th century, the center of years before 1967. The end of Israel’s of Israel reclaiming and reuniting the unresolved political disputes. War of Independence left an obscene holy city of Jerusalem. Mr. President, if you look back at no-man’s land of barbed wire, tank It was the first time since the fall of the history of the 1967 war, you see traps, sniper posts, and minefields. Jerusalem in 70 C.E. that the city was that among the Israeli leadership, the Israel’s former adversary left almost entirely in Jewish hands. One of the ac- possibility of exchanging land for a no vestige of Jewish history in the his- counts of the first paratroopers and permanent peace was being considered toric old city untouched, including the soldiers to reach the wall spoke of Gen. within days after the Six-Day war. destruction of 58 synagogues; Jewish Shlomo Goren, then the chief rabbi of This was a radical notion in that part gravestones from the the Israeli Army, who raced to join the of the world—and the years it took be- were used to build roads and latrines first to reach the wall. Last week’s Je- fore the Sinai was returned was a nec- for occupying troops. rusalem Post recounted that he was essary period when facing hostile re- gimes on every border of a narrow Mr. President, Israel’s foes had as armed only with a Bible and a shofar, much regard for the rights of religious and that as they ran through the nar- state. But Israel has always dem- onstrated its willnessness—in fact, its pilgrims as they did for religious sites: row streets of Old Jerusalem Jews could not visit the Western Wall, Goren did not stop blowing the shofar and insistence—on cohabiting in the re- gion, and cooperating to do so—as long and Israeli Muslims were denied access reciting prayers. His enthusiasm infected the to the Dome of the Rock and the Al soldiers, and from every direction came cries as its sovereignty and right to exist are of ‘‘Amen!’’ The paratroopers burst out in recognized. These notions were at the Aqsa Mosque. During the occupation, song. heart of an unformulated peace process the Christian population of Jerusalem The Jewish author Abraham Joshua then as they are in a more formal declined from 25,000 to 10,000. Heschel wrote movingly of this pivotal peace process now. On the morning of June 7, 1967, our event: It is up to the democratically elected entire world changed. Israeli com- In its solitude the Wall was forced into the government of Israel to determine the mandos stormed through St. Stephen’s role of an unreachable tombstone for the direction and content of that process Gate on the northeast side of the old nameless dead. Suddenly the Wall, tired of today, as it is up to Israel’s Arab city walls and took control over the tears and lamentations, became homesick neighbors to accept the reality of the old city and its centerpiece, the Tem- for song. ‘‘O Come, let us sing to the Lord, Jewish state. ple Mount. They discovered that occu- let us chant in joy to the rock of our salva- But one issue has been left more pying troops had used the Temple tion!’’ (Psalm 95:1) It will be called the Re- muddled than it should be: the status joicing Wall. Mount area, including the Dome of the of Jerusalem. This issue has been de- It was the first time since the parti- Rock and the Al Aqsa mosque, as a bated on this floor for over a decade. I huge ammunition dump. Mr. President, tion of Jerusalem that Jews could pray believe that Jerusalem is the capital of at the Western Wall. In fact, after the what might have happened if the am- Israel, and I have joined many col- munition would have exploded, de- Israeli paratroopers and soldiers liber- leagues in expressing that it should be ated the city, many flocked to the wall stroying the Temple Mount and per- the policy of the United States to rec- haps the nearby Church of the Holy even before the mines left by the Jor- ognize Jerusalem as the undivided cap- danians had been removed. A few days Sepulcher? How great would our spir- ital of Israel, and to cease the artificial itual loss have been? later, the headline of the Jerusalem posturing that has kept our Embassy Post read: ‘‘200,000 at Western Wall in For the first time since the Romans in Tel Aviv. This is what we declared leveled the city in AD 70, Jews con- first pilgrimage since Dispersion’’. when we passed the Jerusalem Em- Heschel wrote: trolled the Western Wall—the sur- bassy Act of 1995, and what we reiter- viving remnant of Herod’s Temple. July, 1967 * * * I have discovered a new ated in our recent resolution, Senate land. Israel is not the same as before. There Concurrent Resolution 21, congratu- Mr. President, shortly after the end is great astonishment in the souls. It is as if of the Six Day War, Israel did some- the prophets had risen from their graves. lating the residents of Jerusalem on Their words ring in a new way. Jerusalem is the 30th anniversary of reunification. thing astonishing for a victorious everywhere, she hovers over the whole coun- With these acts, Congress recognized a power. Israeli officials assured Arab try. There is a new radiance, a new awe. geopolitical reality. There are times leaders that the Muslims would keep Mr. President, the conclusion of this when doing so can enhance the man- control of the Islamic holy places on war had profound geopolitical con- agement of peace, by declaring, once the Temple Mount. That inspired deci- sequences—for the Mideast, and for the and for all, what are the feasible pa- sion began Jerusalem on the road to re- world, as the superpowers responded to rameters of a negotiated peace. These unification and began to heal the the consequences of the defeat of the acts of Congress were such times. If the wounds of centuries. Arab armies. The Soviets increased peace process continues, it will Mr. President, I traveled to Israel their support to the Arab regimes in- progress more certainly on solid with my father when I was 21 and saw

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I saw a rebuilt Jewish diate consideration under the following I also indicate to our colleagues that Quarter in the old city. But Mr. Presi- limitation: one substitute amendment there are a lot of discussions underway, dent, most importantly, I saw for my- be in order to be offered by Senator a lot of meetings underway. Today, we self that free and open access to their BOND; that no other amendments be in have been in direct contact with the holy places for people of all faiths was order to the bill; and that there be 30 White House on how some of these not merely the goal in Jerusalem, it minutes equally divided for debate, issues can be resolved. I have had con- was the rule. with Senator BOND in control of 15 versations with Senator DASCHLE. We The city’s parks were revitalized. minutes and the ranking member in are communicating with the House Schools and museums and hospitals control of 15 minutes. Further, fol- leadership to see exactly how they plan sprang up. Music and poetry once again lowing the disposition of the amend- to proceed and when that would be. I rose into Israel’s evening sky. The peo- ment and the expiration or yielding understand perhaps there is a meeting ple came together as artists, archi- back of time, the bill be read a third right now at the White House on some tects, lawyers, and theologians in an time and the Senate proceed to vote on of the provisions of this issue. So I effort that resulted in a city that no passage of the bill, as amended, with no think and I hope that we are making longer just survived but lived and intervening action or debate. some progress and that we can find breathed. The Talmud proclaims that Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, reserv- some way to bring this issue to fruition ‘‘of the 10 measures of beauty that ing the right to object, the majority in the next few hours. Hopefully, we came down to the world, Jerusalem leader propounded a similar unani- can have some action on it before we took nine.’’ Mr. President, for the first mous-consent request yesterday. As he go out this week. time since those prophetic words were recalls, I noted that we have not seen But I think while we are doing that, first formed, those ‘‘measures of beau- the amendment proposed by Senator we should be doing the business of the ty’’ saw the light of day. BOND, nor has this legislation had the Senate, having hearings or markups in Mr. President, the question that opportunity to be the subject of hear- committees, particularly the Armed those brave, industrious people tried to ings or markup in the committee. Most Services Committee, which is working answer is one that we still ask today: importantly, however, since we still on the defense authorization bill which How can Jerusalem, which means ‘‘city have not been able to resolve the mat- we hope to have up next week in the of peace,’’ an ancient symbol of human- ter pertaining to disaster relief, I am Senate, and also so that we can con- ity’s aspirations for redemption, be- compelled to object. tinue our efforts to come to an agree- come a living city that does not betray The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- ment on how we deal with the supple- the promise of its name? An answer tion is heard by the Chair. The major- mental appropriations, the Govern- tragically eludes us, still today, 30 ity leader is recognized. ment shutdown provision language, the years after Jerusalem’s reunification. f census language, to try to see how we The United States Congress has a can work out an agreement and what UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUESTS— long-standing commitment to a united that language might be. It is very im- SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIA- Jerusalem governed by Israel. Seven portant we have an opportunity to do TIONS BILL AND AUTHORITY years ago, Congress declared that Jeru- that this very afternoon. That is why I FOR COMMITTEE TO MEET salem ‘‘must remain an undivided make the request. I urge it be consid- city’’ and the Jerusalem Embassy Act Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unan- ered and that it not be objected to. of 1995 unequivocally stated that Jeru- imous consent that at the hour of 2:05 Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, reserv- salem should remain the undivided p.m., the Senate begin 3 hours 55 min- ing the right to object. capital of Israel as a matter of U.S. utes for debate only, to be divided The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there policy. The resolution introduced by equally between the two leaders or objection? my friends Senator MOYNIHAN and Sen- their designees, for discussions with re- Mr. DASCHLE. Reserving the right ator MACK clearly expresses our con- spect to the supplemental appropria- to object. viction that it should be so. tions bill, and that there be no motions The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mi- Mr. President, it is said that ‘‘one in order during the approximately 4 nority leader is recognized. prayer in Jerusalem is worth 40,000 hours of debate, other than a motion to Mr. DASCHLE. I concur with the dis- elsewhere.’’ This resolution offers the adjourn by the majority leader or his tinguished majority leader about the voice of Congress to those voices com- designee. efforts now underway and his hope and ing from all over our Nation and the I further ask unanimous consent that expectation that at some point these world praying for peace and prosperity it not be in order for the Chair to en- efforts could lead to further success in for this most special city of all cities tertain any unanimous-consent re- resolving the impasse that we have on this truly important day. quests with respect to consideration of faced now for some time. I appreciate Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the any supplemental appropriations bill his leadership and his personal involve- floor. during the 4-hour period described ment in making that effort. above. I also have to note that there are f And, finally, I ask unanimous con- many on our side of the aisle who have AUTHORITY FOR RECORD TO sent that the Armed Services Com- indicated strong objections to commit- REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 5 P.M. mittee be permitted to meet during the tees meeting during such time, so as Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unan- session of the Senate today, Wednes- not to lose the focus that we currently imous consent that the Record remain day, June 11. have. There are those who are involved open until 5 p.m. today for Members to In support of that unanimous-con- in these efforts who need to be at these submit statements or for the introduc- sent request, before the Chair puts the committee markups who would other- tion of legislation. request, I would just like to observe wise be occupied if they are prevented The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that I know there are Senators who from participating in the discussions objection, it is so ordered. would like to be heard on this issue, on involving the disaster assistance legis- f the supplemental appropriations bill, lation. about what is in it, the importance of I would amend the unanimous-con- UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST— it, how it can be resolved, comments on sent request propounded by the major- S. 419 language that is included, a whole vari- ity leader simply to suggest and pro- Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unan- ety of statements that I am sure Sen- pose a unanimous-consent agreement imous consent that at the hour of 2 ators would like to make to show their that would allow debate on the floor on

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