[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 146 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 146


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 8, 1997

      Received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the terrorist bombing in 
                    Jerusalem on September 4, 1997.

Whereas on September 4, 1997, three terrorist bombs exploded almost 
        simultaneously on the Ben Yehuda Street pedestrian mall in Jerusalem, 
        killing at least four innocent people and wounding over 190 others;
Whereas Hamas claimed responsibility for this bombing;
Whereas despite a clear United States call that Palestinian commitment to fight 
        terror must be constant and abso- 

lute, PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat convened a national unity conference on 
August 20, 1997, in which he embraced leaders of the Hamas and Islamic Holy 
War movements;

Whereas in the four years that the Oslo process has been in effect, it is clear 
        that the leaders of the Palestinian Authority have yet to implement in 
        any sustained manner the specific pledges they made in numerous 
        agreements to: (1) prevent incitement and hostile propaganda; (2) combat 
        terrorist organizations and their infrastructure systematically and 
        effectively; (3) apprehend and punish terrorists; and (4) confiscate 
        illegal firearms: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) expresses its outrage at this latest attack on civilian 
        Israelis, extends the deepest sympathies of the Congress and 
        the American people to the families of the victims and to the 
        people and government of Israel at this tragic loss of innocent 
        human life, and expresses the commitment of the American people 
        to remain dedicated to Israel's security in the face of this 
        brutal and heinous act of terrorism;
            (2) demands that Chairman Arafat and the Palestinian 
        Authority systematically and comprehensively eliminate the 
        terrorist infrastructure and combat terrorist activities of 
        members of all terror groups operating in areas under its 
        control, and fulfill the commitments the PLO made to Israel, 
        the United States, and the world;
            (3) informs PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and the leaders of 
        the Palestinian Authority in the strongest possible terms that 
        choices must now be made: either they do what they solemnly 
        pledged to do as part of the Oslo process to fight terror and 
        the terrorist infrastructure in a consistent, serious and 
        sustained manner, or the entire peace process, relations with 
        America, and the hopes of the Palestinian people for a better 
        future will be seriously jeopardized;
            (4) urges Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to 
        underscore to the Palestinians one distinct message: the 
        Palestinian Authority must fulfill its most important single 
        obligation of fighting terrorism relentlessly with all the 
        means at its disposal; and
            (5) believes that all United States assistance to the 
        Palestinian Authority, whether direct or indirect, should be 
        suspended until such time as substantive compliance with its 
        commitments under the Oslo agreements is achieved.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 5, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.