[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 228 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

  2d Session
S. RES. 228

                  Condemning terror attacks in Israel.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            February 29 (legislative day, February 28), 1996

Mr. Helms (for himself, Mr. Pell, Mr. Dole, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Lieberman, 
  Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Mack, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Biden, Mrs. 
Kassebaum, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Grams, Mr. Lugar, Mr. D'Amato, 
 Ms. Snowe, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Bradley, Mr. 
  Levin, Mr. Specter, Mr. Santorum, and Mr. Wellstone) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
                  Condemning terror attacks in Israel.

Whereas on February 25, 1996, two vicious terror attacks in Jerusalem and 
        Ashkelon killed two American citizens and twenty-three Israelis, and 
        wounded dozens more;
Whereas the Gaza-headquartered terrorist organization ``Hamas'' claimed credit 
        for the attack;
Whereas in 1995, forty-seven innocent Israeli and American citizens were killed 
        in Palestinian terror attacks;
Whereas since the signing of the Declaration of Principles between Israel and 
        the PLO on September 13, 1993, one hundred and sixty-eight people have 
        been killed in terrorist acts, one hundred and sixty-three Israelis and 
        five American citizens;
Whereas the Gaza-based ``Hamas'' terror group and Damascus-based Palestinian 
        Islamic Jihad and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror 
        groups have claimed responsibility for the majority of those terror 
        attacks;
Whereas the PLO, the Palestinian Authority, and Yasser Arafat have undertaken on 
        repeated occasions to crack down on terror and bring to justice those in 
        areas under their jurisdiction who commit acts of terror;
Whereas notwithstanding such undertakings and some improvements in Palestinian 
        efforts against terrorism, the vast majority of terror suspects have not 
        been apprehended, or if apprehended, not tried or punished, and no 
        terror suspects requested for transfer have been transferred to Israeli 
        authorities by Palestinian authorities in direct contravention of 
        agreements signed between the PLO and Israel;
Whereas the Governments of Iran, Syria, and Lebanon continue to provide safe 
        haven, financial support and arms to terror groups such as Hamas, 
        Islamic Jihad, or Hezbollah among others, and have in no way acted to 
        restrain such groups from committing acts of terrorism; and
Whereas failure to act against terrorists by the Palestinian Authority, Syria 
        and others can only undermine the credibility of the peace process: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) condemns and reviles in the strongest terms the attacks 
        in Jerusalem and in Ashkelon;
            (2) extends condolences to the families of all those 
        killed, and to the Government and all the people of the State 
        of Israel;
            (3) calls upon the Palestinian Authority, the elected 
        Palestinian Council and Chairman Arafat to act swiftly and 
        decisively to apprehend the perpetrators of terror attacks, to 
        do more to prevent such acts of terror in the future and to 
        eschew all statements and gestures which signal tolerance for 
        such acts and their perpetrators;
            (4) calls upon the Palestinian Authority, and Palestinian 
        representatives in the elected Council to take all possible 
        action to eliminate terrorist activities by Hamas, Palestinian 
        Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of 
        Palestine, and all other such terror groups;
            (5) urges all parties to the peace process, in order to 
        retain the credibility of their commitment to peace, to bring 
        to justice the perpetrators of acts of terrorism, and to cease 
        harboring, financing and arming terror groups in all 
        territories under their control; and
            (6) urges the Clinton administration to act decisively and 
        swiftly against those who continue to harbor, arm or finance 
        terror groups seeking to undermine the peace process.
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