Here is the statement of support for Israel from 136 former state Attorneys General from
throughout the country compiled over the past several days.
136 FORMER ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL
FORMER ATTORNEYS GENERAL STATEMENT
47 states and the District of Columbia, Guam & Puerto Rico
As former Attorneys General of the states and jurisdictions, both Democrats and Republicans, we
stand united with the National Association of Attorneys General and the AG Alliance in our
unqualified support for Israel as it fights back against the savage attack which killed and
wounded innocent men, women, and children. The pure evil that we watched unfolding defies all
concepts of decency. The constant barbaric barrage of thousands of rockets fired into Israel
population centers, sending residents into safe rooms/bomb shelters, is inhumane and must be
halted.
We condemn Hamas, the terrorist organization for its grotesque and brutal murder of innocent
civilians who were doing nothing more than going about their daily lives. Hundreds of innocent
young people were massacred at a dance festival as well as mothers, fathers, and children in their
homes, playing with their children or outside waiting for a bus. We unconditionally support
Israel’s right to defend itself. The actions of Hamas, including the use of innocent residents of
Gaza as human shields, violate every standard of international law and basic morality. We
demand that all hostages, including Americans, be released immediately, many of whom need
medical attention. The world must stand united in condemning these atrocities. If terrorism is
allowed to fester and grow, it will spread and take the lives of more innocent women, men, and
children throughout the world.
Israel is a small country. Everyone has lost family members or knows someone who has been
slaughtered in this massacre. The grief and shock of these experiences is devastating, not only to
the people of Israel, but also to those all around the world who are watching these events unfold
on television. We share this pain and stand united in our support for Israel.
Alabama
William J. Baxley
Troy King
Don Siegelman
Luther Strange
Alaska
Doug Baily
Jahna Lindemuth
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
Janet Napolitano
2
Arkansas
Steve Clark
Dustin McDaniel
Leslie Rutledge
Jim Guy Tucker
California
Bill Lockyer
Dan Lungren
Colorado
Cynthia Coffman
Gale Norton
John Suthers
Connecticut
Joe Lieberman
Clarine Nardi Riddle
Delaware
Jane Brady
Charles M. Oberly, Jr.
Richard Wier
District of Columbia
Fred Cooke, Jr.
Irvin B. Nathan
Karl Racine
Robert J. Spagnoletti
Florida
Pam Bondi
Bob Butterworth
Richard Doran
Bill McCollum
Jim Smith
Georgia
Thurbert Baker
Sam Olens
Guam
Richard Opper
3
Hawaii
Marjorie S. Bronster
Michael A. Lilly
David Louie
Robert Marks
Idaho
Jim Jones
Idaho
David H. Leroy
Lawrence Wasden
Illinois
Ty Fahner
Neil Hartigan
Lisa Madigan
Indiana
Pam Carter
Steve Carter
Jeff Modisett
Greg Zoeller
Iowa
Bonnie Campbell
Kansas
Derek Schmidt
Kentucky
Fred Cowan
Chris Gorman
Ben Chandler
Maine
Drew Ketterer
William Schneider
Maryland
J. Joseph Curran Jr.
Doug Gansler
4
Massachusetts
Francis X. Bellotti
Martha Coakley
Scott Harshbarger
Tom Reilly
Jim Shannon
Michigan
Bill Schuette
Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey, III
Mississippi
Jim Hood
Mike Moore
Montana
Steve Bullock
Tim Fox
Nebraska
Jon Bruning
Doug Peterson
Nevada
Richard Bryan
Frankie Sue Del Papa
Robert List
New Hampshire
Mike Delaney
Joe Foster
Tom Rath
New Jersey
John Degnan
Peter Harvey
Deborah Poritz
Peter Veneiro
Jim Zazzali
New Mexico
Paul Bardacke
Patricia Madrid
Hal Stratton
5
New York
Robert Abrams
Oliver Koppel
Dennis Vacco
North Carolina
Mike Easley
Rufus Edmisten
North Dakota
Heidi Heitkamp
Bob Wefald
Ohio
Marc Dann
Lee Fisher
Betty Montgomery
Jim Petro
Oklahoma
Drew Edmondson
Robert Henry
Mike Hunter
Scott Pruitt
Mike Turpen
Oregon
Ted Kulongoski
Pennsylvania
Tom Corbett
Walter Cohen
D. Michael Fisher
Ernie Preate
LeRoy S. Zimmerman
Puerto Rico
Hector Reichard
Rhode Island
Peter Kilmartin
Patrick Lynch
Jeffrey Pine
6
South Carolina
Charlie Condon
Travis Medlock
South Dakota
Roger Tellinghuisen
Tennessee
W.J. Michael Cody
Robert E. Cooper, Jr.
Herbert Slatery, III
Paul G. Summers
John Knox Walkup
Utah
Mark Shurtleff
Vermont
Jeff Amestoy
Jerry Diamond
Josh Diamond
John Easton
William Sorrell
Virginia
Richard Cullen
Mark Earley, Sr.
Judith Williams Jagdmann
Jerry Kilgore
Robert McDonnell
Anthony F. Troy
Mary Sue Terry
Washington
Chris Gregoire
West Virginia
Charlie Brown
Wisconsin
Jim Doyle
Wyoming
Steve Freudenthal
V. Frank Mendicino
