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<dc:title>118 HRES 1546 IH: Seeking additions to the resolved text of H. Res. 1537.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-10-18</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IV</distribution-code>
<congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress>
<session display="yes">2d Session</session>
<legis-num display="yes">H. RES. 1546</legis-num>
<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber>
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<action-date date="20241018">October 18, 2024</action-date>
<action-desc><sponsor name-id="G000553">Mr. Green of Texas</sponsor> submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HFA00">Committee on Foreign Affairs</committee-name></action-desc>
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<legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type>
<official-title display="yes">Seeking additions to the resolved text of H. Res. 1537.</official-title>
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<whereas commented="no"><text>Whereas this resolution may be cited as the <quote>Original resolution calling for, among other things, the inclusion of peace with a two state solution in H. Res. 1537 by way of a manager’s amendment or amendment in the Committee on Rules</quote>;</text></whereas> <whereas><text>Whereas H. Res. 1537 condemns the atrocities Hamas committed on October 7, 2023, and calls for the release of hostages, however it does not address the longstanding policy of a peaceful two-state solution nor fully address the ongoing suffering of innocent Palestinian civilians and especially children;</text></whereas>
<whereas><text>Whereas, on July 17, 2024, the Knesset of Israel passed a resolution by a vote of 68 to 9 that declared, <quote>The Knesset of Israel firmly opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state west of Jordan. The establishment of a Palestinian state in the heart of the Land of Israel will pose an existential danger to the State of Israel and its citizens, perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and destabilize the region.</quote>;</text></whereas> <whereas><text>Whereas, with its July 17, 2024, Knesset resolution, the Knesset of the State of Israel declared that no state of Palestine should be established between Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea;</text></whereas>
<whereas><text>Whereas, with its July 17, 2024, Knesset resolution, the State of Israel declared that Gaza and the West Bank will not become a Palestinian state;</text></whereas> <whereas><text>Whereas, with its July 17, 2024, Knesset resolution, the State of Israel in effect declared that what was once the land of Palestine will not have a Palestinian state within it; and</text></whereas>
<whereas><text>Whereas, with its July 17, 2024, Knesset resolution, the State of Israel, by indicating that <quote>the establishment of a Palestinian state in the heart of the land of Israel</quote>, supra, is in effect declaring that all of what was less than 80 years ago the land of Palestine is now the land of Israel: Now, therefore, be it</text></whereas></preamble> <resolution-body style="OLC" id="HBCB4E6DFB42344D182935FFFA3375E29"> <section id="HF50BC316D68B40619C29D4D0DC40C960" display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section" commented="no"><text>That the House of Representatives—</text>
<paragraph id="H058D6F66C7814CC588A0C0C625A89956" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">respectfully seeks the following additions to the resolved text of H. Res. 1537—</text> <subparagraph id="HDD004319FADC42438BF1A95377048D7C" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourages the Knesset of Israel to rescind its resolution passed on July 17, 2024, declaring, <quote>The Knesset of Israel firmly opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state west of Jordan</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9733763419F547C7A94FA6CCFBD5BD96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>encourages the State of Israel to seek peace with a two-state solution on the day after; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H92886BF138A2453F87BEF0EFE1D85BCA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>encourages the State of Israel to take greater care for the lives of innocent Palestinian men, women, and especially children in the recovery of hostages; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B2D524C0A1B4AC9BE6B4F4B8F1C9A19" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourages this resolution to be considered in the House of Representatives at such time as H. Res. 1537 is considered in the House of Representatives. </text></paragraph></section> </resolution-body> </resolution> 

