[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 418 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 418

  Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the current level of 
          violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 2000

  Mr. Lazio (for himself, Mr. Gilman, and Mr. Reynolds) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the current level of 
          violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Whereas the United States has consistently supported the peaceful resolution of 
        the Arab-Israeli conflict;
Whereas the current level of violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians 
        is the worst in years;
Whereas the current round of violence comes at a time when the Israeli 
        Government is prepared to make historic compromises towards peace;
Whereas there is clear evidence that this violence was a premeditated and 
        coordinated action by the Palestinian Authority;
Whereas the active participation of armed uniformed Palestinian police in 
        attacks against Israelis is an indication of the unwillingness of the 
        Palestinian Authority to work towards a halt to this violence;
Whereas the Palestinian Authority's encouragement of violence is a violation of 
        the underlying basis on which the entire Oslo peace process has been 
        built, particularly the incitement by Palestinian television;
Whereas the Palestinians are mounting a concerted international campaign to 
        justify the violence by blaming Israel; and
Whereas the Palestinian renunciation of violence in the Oslo peace process does 
        not provide any basis for the justification of the resumption of 
        violence: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, statements 
        and actions by Palestinians designed to inflame and encourage 
        violence;
            (2) demands that Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser 
        Arafat make a public appeal on Palestinian television for the 
        public to cease further acts of violence;
            (3) urges the President to use all of the diplomatic means 
        available to the United States Government to seek an end to the 
        violence and return the Palestinians to the negotiating table;
            (4) strongly supports actions by the Israeli Government 
        designed to bring this current round of violence to a peaceful 
        conclusion;
            (5) urges the Administration to oppose--
                    (A) any United Nations effort to put forward one-
                sided anti-Israel resolutions or statements; and
                    (B) the establishment of any international 
                commissions of inquiry; and
            (6) will consider the response of Palestinians to the 
        escalation of violence in their future relations with the 
        United States.
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