[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1359 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 1359

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                         June 24, 2010.
Whereas Congress previously expressed its concern for missing Israeli soldiers 
        in Public Law 106-89 (113 Stat. 1305; November 8, 1999), which required 
        the Secretary of State to raise the status of missing Israeli soldiers 
        with appropriate government officials of Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian 
        Authority, and other governments in the region, and to submit to 
        Congress reports on those efforts and any subsequent discovery of 
        relevant information;
Whereas the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 107 on March 13, 2007, 
        regarding Gilad Shalit and other Israeli soldiers attacked and captured 
        by terrorists;
Whereas Israel completed its withdrawal from Gaza on September 12, 2005;
Whereas on June 25, 2006, contrary to international humanitarian standards and 
        the most basic standards of humanitarian conduct, the Foreign Terrorist 
        Organization Hamas, together with allied terrorists, crossed into Israel 
        to attack a military post, killing two soldiers and wounding and 
        kidnapping a third, Gilad Shalit, in a blatantly extortionate effort to 
        coerce the Government of Israel;
Whereas Hamas, contrary to international humanitarian standards and the most 
        basic standards of humanitarian conduct, has prevented access to Gilad 
        Shalit by competent medical personnel and representatives of the 
        International Committee of the Red Cross;
Whereas Hamas, contrary to international humanitarian standards and the most 
        basic standards of humanitarian conduct, has failed to provide Gilad 
        Shalit the humane treatment to which all captives are entitled as a 
        fundamental human right;
Whereas Hamas, contrary to international humanitarian standards and the most 
        basic standards of humanitarian conduct, has refused to provide Gilad 
        Shalit with regular contact with his family or any other party, or to 
        allow his family to know where he is being held;
Whereas Hamas, contrary to international humanitarian standards and the most 
        basic standards of humanitarian conduct, has compelled Gilad Shalit to 
        appear in video and voice recordings intended to extort and coerce the 
        Government of Israel;
Whereas Hamas, contrary to the most basic standards of humanitarian conduct, has 
        staged plays and produced cartoons and animated movies that have mocked 
        Shalit, his captivity, and his family, and have promised further 
        kidnappings of Israeli soldiers; and
Whereas Gilad Shalit has been held in captivity by Hamas for almost 4 years: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) demands that--
                    (A) Hamas immediately and unconditionally release Israeli 
                soldier Gilad Shalit; and
                    (B) Hamas accede to international humanitarian standards and 
                the most basic standards of humanitarian conduct by--
                            (i) allowing prompt access to Gilad Shalit by 
                        competent medical personnel and representatives of the 
                        International Committee of the Red Cross;
                            (ii) providing Gilad Shalit the humane treatment all 
                        captives are entitled to as a fundamental human right;
                            (iii) facilitating regular communication by Gilad 
                        Shalit with his family and allowing his family to know 
                        where he is being held; and
                            (iv) ceasing to compel Gilad Shalit to appear in 
                        video and voice recordings intended to extort and coerce 
                        the Government of Israel;
            (2) expresses--
                    (A) its vigorous support and unwavering commitment to the 
                welfare, security, and survival of the State of Israel as a 
                Jewish and democratic state within recognized and secure 
                borders;
                    (B) its strong support and deep interest in achieving a 
                resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the 
                creation of a democratic, viable, and independent Palestinian 
                state living in peace alongside of the State of Israel;
                    (C) its ongoing concern and sympathy for the family of Gilad 
                Shalit and the families of all other missing Israeli soldiers; 
                and
                    (D) its full commitment to continue to seek the immediate 
                and unconditional release of Gilad Shalit and other missing 
                Israeli soldiers;
            (3) recalls--
                    (A) the barbaric attack on and kidnapping of the bodies of 
                Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev on July 12, 2006, by the Iran-
                supported terrorist group Hezbollah; and
                    (B) the missing Israeli soldiers Zecharya Baumel, Zvi 
                Feldman, and Yehuda Katz, missing since June 11, 1982, Ron Arad, 
                who was captured on October 16, 1986, Guy Hever, last seen on 
                August 17, 1997, and Majdy Halabi, last seen on May 24, 2005; 
                and
            (4) condemns--
                    (A) Hamas for the grossly immoral cross-border attack and 
                kidnapping of Gilad Shalit; and
                    (B) Iran and Syria, the primary state sponsors and patrons 
                of Hamas, for their ongoing support for international terrorism.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.