[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 340 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 340

Expressing the appreciation of the House of Representatives to the King 
of Jordan for his efforts to support the Middle East peace process and 
     to condemn efforts within Jordan to further hostility between 
Jordanians and Israelis by ostracizing and boycotting those individuals 
       who have had any contact with Israel or Israeli citizens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 1999

 Mr. Hastings of Florida submitted the following resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the appreciation of the House of Representatives to the King 
of Jordan for his efforts to support the Middle East peace process and 
     to condemn efforts within Jordan to further hostility between 
Jordanians and Israelis by ostracizing and boycotting those individuals 
       who have had any contact with Israel or Israeli citizens.

Whereas Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994;
Whereas King Hussein of Jordan made the establishment of peace in the Middle 
        East a priority for his country and worked to secure peace up until his 
        death;
Whereas King Abdullah, since assuming the throne in February 1999, has continued 
        the peacemaking efforts of his late father;
Whereas King Abdullah has worked to strengthen Jordan's trade and investment 
        with Israel;
Whereas there is an ``anti-normalization'' movement in Jordan which seeks to 
        boycott any Jordanian who has had social, business, academic, or 
        cultural exchanges with Israel or the Palestinian Authority;
Whereas the proponents of ``anti-normalization'' have as a goal to boycott 
        products of ``collaborators'', ruin their businesses, and force them out 
        of government service and union membership;
Whereas a ``collaborator'' may be a government employee who may have traveled to 
        Israel for work purposes, a businessman who traded with Israel, a 
        journalist who wrote about Israel, or even an Israeli-born Arab who has 
        an Israeli passport;
Whereas the opponents of normalized relations with Israel have reportedly 
        assembled a list of ``collaborators'', and have said that they will 
        begin publishing names from the list in the near future;
Whereas the publication of this list is an effort to prevent, through 
        intimidation and fear, the ``normalization'' of ties between Jordan and 
        Israel; and
Whereas supporters of the anti-normalization movement have as their stated goal 
        the establishment of a ``psychological barrier of hostility between 
        Arabs and the Jewish State'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports the efforts of 
King Abdullah of Jordan to further the Middle East peace process and 
condemns efforts within Jordan to oppose normalization of ties with 
Israel by ostracizing and boycotting those individuals who have had any 
contact with Israel or Israeli citizens.
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