[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 326 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 326

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United 
 States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a 
                     negotiated two-state solution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2019

 Mr. Lowenthal (for himself, Ms. Bass, and Mr. Connolly) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United 
 States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a 
                     negotiated two-state solution.

Whereas the special relationship between the United States and Israel is rooted 
        in shared national security interests and shared values of democracy, 
        human rights, and the rule of law;
Whereas the United States has worked for decades to strengthen Israel's security 
        through assistance and cooperation on defense and intelligence matters 
        in order to enhance the safety of United States and Israeli citizens;
Whereas the United States remains unwavering in its commitment to help Israel 
        address the myriad challenges it faces, including threats from anti-
        Israel terrorist organizations, regional instability, horrifying 
        violence in neighboring states, and hostile regimes that call for its 
        destruction;
Whereas the United States has long sought a just and stable future for 
        Palestinians, and an end to the occupation, including opposing 
        settlement activity and moves toward unilateral annexation in 
        Palestinian territory;
Whereas for more than 20 years, Presidents of the United States from both 
        political parties and Israeli Prime Ministers had supported reaching a 
        two-state solution that establishes a Palestinian state coexisting side 
        by side with Israel in peace and security;
Whereas United States administrations from both political parties have put 
        forward proposals to provide a framework for negotiations toward a two-
        state solution, including the parameters put forward by President Bill 
        Clinton in December 2000, the Road Map proposed by President George W. 
        Bush in April 2003, and the principles set forth by President Barack 
        Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry in December 2016;
Whereas ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is vital to the interests of 
        both parties; and
Whereas delays to a political solution to the conflict between Israelis and 
        Palestinians pose a threat to the ability to maintain a Jewish and 
        democratic state of Israel: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) only the achievement of a two-state solution that 
        enhances stability and security in the Middle East can both--
                    (A) ensure the State of Israel's survival as a 
                secure Jewish and democratic state; and
                    (B) fulfill the legitimate aspirations of the 
                Palestinian people for a state of their own;
            (2) while the United States remains indispensable to any 
        viable effort to achieve that goal, only the Israelis and the 
        Palestinians can make the difficult choices necessary to end 
        their conflict;
            (3) the United States, with the support of regional and 
        international partners, can play a constructive role toward 
        ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by putting forward a 
        proposal for achieving a two-state solution that is consistent 
        with the broadly held consensus positions for resolving the 
        conflict's final status issues as reflected in previous United 
        States proposals; and
            (4) a United States proposal that fails to expressly 
        endorse a two-state solution as its objective, that expressly 
        or tacitly encourages unilateral annexation of territory, or is 
        otherwise inconsistent with the broadly held consensus 
        positions for resolving the conflict's final status issues as 
        reflected in previous United States proposals is likely to put 
        a peaceful end to the conflict further out of reach.
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