[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 815 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 815

 Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the State of 
   Israel and the opening of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 11, 2018

Mr. Wilson of South Carolina submitted the following resolution; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the State of 
   Israel and the opening of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem.

Whereas the United States was the first country to recognize the State of Israel 
        in 1948;
Whereas Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion proclaimed Jerusalem as the 
        capital of Israel in 1949;
Whereas the United States stood behind Israel during the Six Day War in 1967;
Whereas the United States rushed military aid in an airlift called ``Operation 
        Nickel Grass'' to help Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973;
Whereas in 1979, President Carter hosted the signing of the peace treaty between 
        Israel and Egypt;
Whereas the United States and Israel entered into an early free trade agreement 
        in 1985;
Whereas in 1991 during the Gulf War, Israel bravely sustained consistent 
        bombardment, with United States assistance;
Whereas in 1993, President Clinton hosted Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin 
        and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for the signing of a Declaration of 
        Principles on Interim Palestinian Self-government;
Whereas the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, enacted on November 8, 1995, 
        recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and
Whereas in 2009, President Bush addressed the Israeli Knesset, noting that 
        Israel has ``raised a modern society in the Promised Land, a light unto 
        the nations that preserves the legacy of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob'', 
        and ``built a mighty democracy that will endure forever and can always 
        count on the United States of America to be at your side'': Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) commends the State of Israel for maintaining friendly 
        and meaningful relations with the United States over the past 
        70 years;
            (2) recognizes Israel as a strong and stable democracy in 
        the region;
            (3) salutes the deep security relationship between the 
        United States and Israel;
            (4) encourages other countries with diplomatic relations 
        with Israel to move their embassies to Jerusalem; and
            (5) commends the Trump Administration for its December 6, 
        2017, proclamation recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of 
        Israel and relocating the United States embassy to Jerusalem on 
        the anniversary of Israeli independence.
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