Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY) said at the March for Israel rally in Washington: "We know that the narrative has shifted against Israel. Israel is the only country on Earth whose existence, whose legitimacy, whose right of self-defense is the target for both delegitimization and destruction."
"No one expected the United States to enter into a ceasefire with the Empire of Japan when the 2,400 Americans were murdered in Pearl Harbor. No one expected the United States to enter into a ceasefire with Al Qaeda and the Taliban when 3,000 Americans were murdered on 9/11. And so those who insist that Israel should no longer defend itself are holding the Jewish State to a dangerous double standard that no other country, including the United States, would ever impose on itself," he said.
"A ceasefire with a terrorist organization is not a peace agreement, it is a death sentence for Israelis," he continued. "Not everyone who's calling for a ceasefire wants Israel to cease to exist, but everyone who wants Israel to cease to exist is calling for a ceasefire."