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<dc:title>117 HRES 429 IH: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the value of Palestinian and Israeli lives and urging an immediate cease-fire and diplomatic efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2021-05-21</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IV</distribution-code><congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. RES. 429</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20210521">May 21, 2021</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001223">Mr. Bowman</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="M000312">Mr. McGovern</cosponsor>) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HFA00">Committee on Foreign Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type><official-title display="yes">Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the value of Palestinian and Israeli lives and urging an immediate cease-fire and diplomatic efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.</official-title></form><preamble><whereas><text>Whereas every Palestinian life matters; and</text></whereas><whereas><text>Whereas every Israeli life matters:</text></whereas><whereas><text>Now, therefore, be it</text></whereas></preamble><resolution-body style="traditional" id="H0143E585F00B4E7BA74145531F190476"><section display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section" id="H658820E2DE5A49239C1E6DF32A2E9057"><enum/><text>That the House of Representatives—</text><paragraph id="H9F551199DD2148C797C5EDD6EC5FA27F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>urges an immediate cease-fire to prevent—</text><subparagraph id="HCC261B61C7B040D48857E65E8A889BBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any further loss of life; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC76CEDC0F82242998E558521D08ABACC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>further escalation of conflict in Israel and the Palestinian territories; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H399D3B3DB2F34144B2E2E25834F53F16"><enum>(2)</enum><text>supports diplomatic efforts—</text><subparagraph id="HCB539FC267584B4199CF613172865214"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5D0D1F5C24D486FBD09B1BCC5493CD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to uphold international law; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H036F963F1A874C9EAF4C12ED17C9E163"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to protect the human rights of Israelis and Palestinians. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section></resolution-body></resolution> 

