[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 369 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 369

 Calling upon Yasser Arafat and the leaders of other countries in the 
             Middle East to accept the existence of Israel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2002

  Mr. Saxton submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Calling upon Yasser Arafat and the leaders of other countries in the 
             Middle East to accept the existence of Israel.

Whereas the United States seeks peace with security for Israel and the 
        Palestinian people;
Whereas ongoing terrorist attacks against Israel have created conditions that 
        threaten both the Jewish State and regional peace;
Whereas Israel currently relies upon territories captured in the course of 
        previous defensive wars to protect itself against renewed attacks;
Whereas in the absence of a genuine commitment to peaceful coexistence with 
        Israel on the part of the Palestinian people and Israel's historic 
        enemies, the relinquishing of such territories by Israel could give rise 
        to new and potentially mortal threats to the Jewish State;
Whereas under Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization, at the 12th 
        Session of the Palestinian National Council held in Cairo, Egypt in 
        1974, adopted a ``Plan of Phases'' which envisioned a 3-step approach 
        for the destruction of the State of Israel; and
Whereas the Palestinian National Authority routinely uses a map of ``Palestine'' 
        in its offices, on the uniforms of its personnel, on its web site, and 
        in the textbooks used to teach Palestinian children, in which Israel 
        does not exist but is represented as part of the nation of 
        ``Palestine'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) calls upon Yasser Arafat to embrace a vision for a 
        genuine and just peace in the Middle East by formally 
        renouncing any map of Palestine that denies the existence of 
        the State of Israel; and
            (2) calls upon the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, 
        Syria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, and other nations that have 
        historically been enemies of Israel, many of whom will be 
        meeting in Beirut on March 27, and 28, 2002, to express their 
        commitment to peaceful coexistence with Israel through a 
        similar public expression of accepting the existence of Israel.
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