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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) delivered a severe rebuke to Palestinians on Thursday, linking their culture to terrorism and questioning their worthiness to have an independent state.
Speaking to a conference of Reform Jews, Cantor told of a Palestinian woman treated for burns at an Israeli hospital who tried to return for a follow-up visit wearing a suicide belt.
“What kind of culture leads one to do that? Sadly, it is a culture infused with resentment and hatred,” Cantor said.
“If the Palestinians want to live in peace in a state of their own, they must demonstrate that they are worthy of a state,” said Cantor, one of the highest-profile Jewish Republicans and a staunch Israel supporter.