[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 121 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 121

 Urging the discontinuance of financial assistance to the Palestinian 
  Authority unless and until the Palestinian Authority demonstrates a 
            100-percent maximum effort to curtail terrorism.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 10, 1997

 Mr. Specter submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Urging the discontinuance of financial assistance to the Palestinian 
  Authority unless and until the Palestinian Authority demonstrates a 
            100-percent maximum effort to curtail terrorism.

Whereas United States law requires the Palestinian Authority to exert a maximum 
        100-percent effort to fight terrorism in order to continue to receive 
        United States foreign assistance;
Whereas the Palestinian Authority has failed to make that 100-percent maximum 
        effort as evidenced by Chairman Yassir Arafat's open embrace of Hamas 
        leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi on August 20, 1997;
Whereas a Palestinian terrorist bombed a Tel Aviv restaurant on March 21, 1997, 
        killing 3 Israelis and wounding 12 others;
Whereas 2 Hamas suicide bombers attacked a crowded outdoor market in Jerusalem 
        on July 30, 1997, killing 13 Israelis and wounding over 150 others;
Whereas 3 Hamas suicide bombers detonated their bombs in a popular pedestrian 
        mall in Jerusalem on September 4, 1997, killing 5 Israelis and wounding 
        approximately 170 others;
Whereas Secretary of State Madeleine Albright conceded in testimony before the 
        Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations on May 22, 1997, that 
        Chairman Arafat had not given a red light to stop Palestinian terrorism;
Whereas in fact the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian 
        Authority are at war with Israel;
Whereas the PLO has built up a police force of more than 30,000 men and armed it 
        with sophisticated weapons; and
Whereas continued United States assistance and assistance from allies of the 
        United States will only strengthen the ability of the PLO to continue 
        terrorism and ultimately wage an all-out war: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the United States should discontinue all financial 
assistance to the Palestinian Authority, and the United States should 
urge allies of the United States to do the same, unless and until the 
Palestinian Authority demonstrates a 100-percent maximum effort to 
curtail terrorism.
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