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<dc:title>119 HRES 769 IH: Affirming the State of Palestine’s right to exist.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-09-26</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IV</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. RES. 769</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250926">September 26, 2025</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></action><legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type><official-title display="yes">Affirming the State of Palestine’s right to exist.</official-title></form><preamble>
<whereas><text>Whereas this resolution may be cited as the <quote>Original Resolution Affirming the State of Palestine’s Right to Exist</quote>;</text></whereas> <whereas><text>Whereas Palestinian people are inhabitants of the land of Palestine;</text></whereas>
<whereas><text>Whereas, in 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 181, which called for the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish States;</text></whereas> <whereas><text>Whereas, on May 14, 1948, President Harry Truman issued a statement recognizing Israel as an independent State; and</text></whereas>
<whereas><text>Whereas, on November 28, 2023, the House of Representatives agreed to House Resolution 888, Reaffirming the State of Israel’s right to exist, by a vote of 412 Yeas, one Nay, and one Present: Now, therefore, be it</text></whereas></preamble><resolution-body style="traditional" id="H766A8A82A8AC43979C3776F2C8FBD548"> <section display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section" id="HD14AC6FF06B042E7A71DF33D5CE0CC09"><text>That the House of Representatives—</text>
<paragraph id="H613A22C73DA947928BAC960355B98B39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>affirms Palestine’s right to exist and at a future time to become a nation State;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4ABF2CEEB2C54FE0A8BF0912ACD0193A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recognizes the two-state solution as the only solution that will secure a lasting peace in the region; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB403AFF0E084ADEA45068E913B472C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>rejects calls for Palestine’s destruction.</text></paragraph></section> </resolution-body></resolution>

