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[H. Con. Res. 152 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 152


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 2007

      Received and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Relating to the 40th anniversary of the reunification of the City of 
                               Jerusalem.

Whereas June 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War and the 
        reunification of the city of Jerusalem;
Whereas Israel has, since its founding, sought peace with its Arab neighbors;
Whereas in the weeks leading up to the Six Day War, Israel's neighbors, without 
        provocation, called for and implemented a blockade of Israel's critical 
        outlet to the Red

              

Sea, ordered United Nations peace-keeping forces out of the Sinai desert, 
massed their forces with apparent hostile intent in the Sinai and in the 
Golan Heights, and publicly threatened to destroy Israel;

Whereas in six days of war, Israel defeated those forces seeking its destruction 
        and reunited the city of Jerusalem which had been artificially divided 
        for 19 years;
Whereas Jerusalem has been the focal point of Jewish religious devotion and the 
        site of a continuous Jewish presence for over three millennia, with a 
        Jewish majority since at least 1896;
Whereas Jerusalem is a holy city for the Christian and Muslim faiths;
Whereas the vibrant Jewish population of the historic Old City of Jerusalem was 
        driven out by force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War;
Whereas from 1948 to 1967 Jerusalem was a divided city, and Israeli citizens of 
        all faiths as well as Jews of all nationalities were denied access to 
        holy sites in eastern Jerusalem, including the Old City, in which the 
        Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are located;
Whereas this year marks the 40th year that Jerusalem has been administered as a 
        unified city in which the rights of all faiths have been respected;
Whereas the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-45), which became law 
        on November 8, 1995, states as a matter of United States policy that 
        Jerusalem should remain the undivided capital of Israel in which the 
        rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected; and
Whereas it is the policy of the United States to support a peaceful, two-state 
        solution to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) congratulates the citizens of Israel on the 40th 
        anniversary of the Six Day War in which Israel defeated enemies 
        aiming to destroy the Jewish State;
            (2) congratulates the residents of Jerusalem and the people 
        of Israel on the 40th anniversary of the reunification of that 
        historic city;
            (3) commends those former combatant states of the Six Day 
        War, Egypt and Jordan, who in subsequent years had the wisdom 
        and courage to embrace a vision of peace and coexistence with 
        Israel;
            (4) commends Israel for its administration of the undivided 
        city of Jerusalem for the past 40 years, during which Israel 
        has respected the rights of all religious groups;
            (5) reiterates its commitment to the provisions of the 
        Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 and calls upon the President and 
        all United States officials   to abide by its provisions; and
            (6) urges the Palestinians and Arab countries to join with 
        Israel in peace negotiations to resolve the Arab-Israeli 
        conflict, including realization of the vision of two democratic 
        states, Israeli and Palestinian, living side-by-side in peace 
        and security.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 2007.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.

                               By Deborah M. Spriggs,

                                                          Deputy Clerk.