FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Geoff Embler
July 13, 2006 (202) 225-2815
Cantor Statement on Attacks Against Israel


WASHINGTON, DC - Chief Deputy Majority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) released the following statement today regarding the recent terrorist attacks against Israel:

“These attacks are an act of war against the state of Israel. Israel has the right and the duty to defend its citizens and itself from aggression.

“Israel has acted in the strategic interests of its security by pushing Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon.”

“The Hezbollah and Hamas terrorists should know that America stands by its ally Israel as it fights in the same war we fight against the Islamic fascists.

“America also will hold accountable the state sponsors of these groups in Damascus and Tehran.

“The governments of Syria and Iran are as responsible for these atrocities as the terrorists themselves.”

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