[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 112 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 112
Condemning attacks on United States citizens by Palestinian terrorists,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 25, 2003
Mr. Crane (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Ackerman, Mr.
Pence, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Ose, and Mr. Flake) submitted the following
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
International Relations
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Condemning attacks on United States citizens by Palestinian terrorists,
and for other purposes.
Whereas since Yasser Arafat renounced violence in the Oslo Peace Accords on
September 13, 1993, at least 41 United States citizens, including one
unborn child, have been murdered by Palestinian terrorists;
Whereas on December 1, 1993, in a drive-by shooting north of Jerusalem, Hamas
killed United States citizen Yitzhak Weinstock, 19, whose family came
from Los Angeles;
Whereas on October 9, 1994, Hamas kidnapped and murdered United States citizen
Nachshon Wachsman, 19, whose family came from New York City;
Whereas on April 9, 1995, an Islamic Jihad bomb attack on a bus near Kfar Darom
killed United States citizen Alisa Flatow, 20, from West Orange, New
Jersey;
Whereas on August 21, 1995, in a Hamas bus bombing in Jerusalem, United States
citizen Joan Davenny, from New Haven, Connecticut, was killed;
Whereas on September 9, 1995, Mara Frey of Chicago was stabbed in Ma'ale
Michmash resulting in her unborn child's death;
Whereas on February 25, 1996, three United States citizens, Sara Duker of
Teaneck, New Jersey, Matthew Eisenfeld of West Hartford, Connecticut,
and Ira Weinstein of New York City, were killed in a Hamas bus bombing
in Jerusalem;
Whereas on May 13, 1996, United States citizen David Boim, 17, of New York City,
was killed in a drive-by shooting near Beit El, north of Jerusalem;
Whereas on June 9, 1996, United States citizen Yaron Ungar was killed in a drive
by-shooting near Beit Shemesh;
Whereas on July 30, 1997, United States citizen Leah Stern of Passaic, New
Jersey, was killed in a Hamas bombing in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda
market;
Whereas on September 4, 1997, a Hamas bombing on Ben-Yehuda Street, Jerusalem,
killed Yael Botwin, 14, of Los Angeles;
Whereas on April 19, 1998, an attack near the Israeli town of Maon killed United
States citizen Dov Dribben, 28;
Whereas on October 8, 2000, Rabbi Hillel Lieberman, 36, of New York City, was
stabbed and killed near Nablus;
Whereas on October 30, 2000, United States citizen Esh-Kodesh Gilmore, 25, was
shot in Jerusalem;
Whereas on December 31, 2000, Rabbi Binyamin Kahane, 34, and his wife, Talia
Hertzlich Kahane, both formerly of New York City, were killed in a
drive-by shooting near Ofra;
Whereas on May 9, 2001, Jacob ``Koby'' Mandell, 13, of Silver Spring, Maryland,
was killed in an attack near Tekoah;
Whereas on May 29, 2001, Sarah Blaustein, 53, of Lawrence, New York, was killed
in a drive-by shooting near Efrat;
Whereas on August 9, 2001, two United States citizens, Judith L. Greenbaum, 31,
and Malka Roth, 15, were killed in the Jerusalem Sbarro pizzeria
bombing;
Whereas on November 4, 2001, Shoshana Ben-Yishai, 16, of New York City, was shot
and killed during an attack on a Jerusalem bus;
Whereas on December 18, 2001, David Rubin, 44, and Asher ``Ruby'' Rubin, 3, of
New York City, were shot and killed on the Jerusalem-Shilo road;
Whereas on January 15, 2002, Avraham Boaz, 72, of New York City, was killed in a
shooting near Bethlehem;
Whereas on January 18, 2002, United States citizen Aaron Elis, 32, was killed in
a shooting in Hadera;
Whereas on February 15, 2002, United States citizen Lee Akunis, was shot and
killed near Ramallah;
Whereas on February 16, 2002, Keren Shatsky, 14, of New York City and Maine, and
Rachel Thaler, 16, of Baltimore, Maryland, were killed in a bombing in
Karnei Shomron;
Whereas on February 19, 2002, Moshe Saperstein of New York City was killed in a
shooting near Neve Dekalim;
Whereas on February 25, 2002, United States citizen Moran Amit, 25, was stabbed
and killed in Abu Tor Peace Forest, Jerusalem;
Whereas on March 24, 2002, Esther Kleinman, 23, formerly of Chicago, was shot
and killed near Ofra;
Whereas on March 27, 2002, United States citizen Hannah Rogen, 90, was killed in
a bombing at a hotel Passover seder in Netanya;
Whereas on June 18, 2002, Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of Los Angeles, was killed in a
bus bombing in Jerusalem;
Whereas on June 19, 2002, United States citizen Gila Sara Kessler, 19, was
killed in a bombing at a Jerusalem bus stop;
Whereas on July 31, 2002, five United States citizens were killed in a bombing
of a Hebrew University cafeteria: Marla Bennett, 24, of San Diego,
Benjamin Blutstein, 25, of Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania, Janis
Ruth Coulter, 36, of Massachusetts, David Gritz, 24, of Peru,
Massachusetts (and of dual French-United States citizenship), and Dina
Carter, 37, of North Carolina;
Whereas on March 5, 2003, Abigail Leitel, 14, who was born in Lebanon, New
Hampshire, died in a bus bombing in Haifa;
Whereas at least another 74 United States citizens have been injured in
Palestinian terrorist attacks; and
Whereas the official Palestinian Authority television broadcast on March 14,
2003, of a live sermon calling for the destruction of the United States
and Israel was a blatant attempt to incite violence against United
States and Israeli citizens: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That Congress--
(1) condemns the attacks on United States citizens by
Palestinian terrorists and demands that the Palestinian
Authority work with Israel to protect all innocent individuals,
regardless of citizenship, from terrorist atrocities; and
(2) offers its condolences to the families and loved ones
of United States citizens who were killed by Palestinian
terrorist attacks.
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