[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 951 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 951

Condemning the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2008

Mr. Garrett of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Engel, Mr. Hensarling, and 
Ms. Berkley) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Condemning the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians, 
                        and for other purposes.

Whereas more than 4,000 rockets and mortar shells have been fired at Israel from 
        the Gaza Strip by Hamas and other terrorist organizations since Israeli 
        forces withdrew from there in 2005;
Whereas, since January 1, 2008, terrorists have fired more than 420 rockets and 
        mortar shells into Israel;
Whereas the near-daily rocket fire has been targeted primarily and intentionally 
        at civilian communities in Israel, such as Sderot and Ashkelon, making 
        life in such areas agonizing;
Whereas the terrorist rockets have hit homes, buildings, roads, power lines, and 
        other such infrastructure in Israel;
Whereas these rocket attacks have forced Israel to suffer dozens of casualties, 
        hundreds of shock victims, thousands of traumatized children, and severe 
        disruption of daily life;
Whereas military intelligence reports indicate that the rockets used in the 
        attacks on Israel are made in Iran and often smuggled into Gaza through 
        Egypt;
Whereas Haaretz has reported that no fewer than 1,650 rockets and 6,000 bombs, 
        as well as millions of bullets for light weapons and tons of potassium 
        for manufacturing bombs, were smuggled into Gaza through Egypt in 2007 
        alone; and
Whereas the launching of the rockets by Hamas is made possible largely by 
        technical expertise provided by the Iranian and Syrian Governments: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the ongoing 
        Iranian-enabled rocket attacks on Israeli civilians;
            (2) supports the sovereign right of the Government of 
        Israel to defend its territory and stop the rocket attacks on 
        its citizens;
            (3) recognizes the difficult balance Israel faces as the 
        competing pressures of being the primary supplier of numerous 
        necessities for Palestinian civilians, such as fuel, 
        electricity, and medicine, even while rockets are being fired 
        at Israel from Palestinian areas;
            (4) supports Palestinian civilians who reject Hamas and all 
        forms of terrorism, desiring to live in peace with their 
        Israeli neighbors;
            (5) places responsibility for launching the rocket attacks 
        on Hamas and other terrorist organizations, such as Islamic 
        Jihad, in Gaza;
            (6) regards these rocket attacks and the fostering of 
        terrorism in the Palestinian territories as direct hindrances 
        to the peace process in the region;
            (7) recognizes that the rocket attacks against Israel would 
        not be possible without the material support of the Governments 
        of Iran and Syria;
            (8) calls on all nations, including Egypt, to take 
        affirmative, transparent, verifiable steps to stop the flow of 
        rockets and other terrorism-enabling materials (including human 
        resources) to the Palestinian territories; and
            (9) reaffirms the strong and unyielding friendship between 
        the governments and the people of Israel and the United States.
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