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Noninterventionist Policy — Part 4 19 July 2006 2006 Ron Paul 65:1 Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. 2006 Ron Paul 65:2 I just want to make a couple of comments before yielding. It has been well advertised about the three prisoners that have been taken, the three Israeli prisoners. Everybody in the country knows about it. What I find a bit interesting is that some people estimate between 8,000 and 10,000 Palestinians and Lebanese are in prisons and under the authority of the Israeli police and government. 2006 Ron Paul 65:3 It is also known that one-third of the Cabinet of Palestine have been arrested and held hostage by the Israeli Government, and once again, I think this is a distortion of what is going on. It is hard to get the information out to find out exactly what is happening in this area. 2006 Ron Paul 65:4 Also, I would like to make one additional point that it is very easy to criticize the Government of Lebanon for not doing more about Hezbollah. I object to everything Hezbollah does because I am a strong opponent to all violence on both sides. So I object, too, but I also object to the unreasonable accusations that the Government of Lebanon has not done enough, when we realize that Israel was there for 18 years, and Hezbollah did not get any weaker, and they are stronger than ever. So I think, again, a little bit of balance is worth considering. 2006 Ron Paul 65:5 Mr. Speaker, I yield 6 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. ISSA).

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