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Jan 5, 2017viewing Engrossed in House See what changed
Jan 3, 2017 Introduced in House Mr. Royce of California (for himself, Mr. Engel, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Hudson, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Perry, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Nunes, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Zeldin, Ms. Meng, Mr. Yoho, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Chabot, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Sires, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Banks of Indiana, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Marino, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Soto, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Dunn, and Mr. Newhouse) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

H. Res. 11 — what changed

Objecting to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 as an obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace, and for other purposes.

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changed ~~That —~~That—

(1)

it is the sense of the House of Representatives that—

(A)

the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 undermined the long-standing position of the United States to oppose and veto United Nations Security Council resolutions that seek to impose solutions to final status issues, or are one-sided and anti-Israel, reversing decades of bipartisan agreement;

(B)

the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 undermines the prospect of Israelis and Palestinians resuming productive, direct negotiations;

(C)

the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 contributes to the politically motivated acts of boycott, divestment from, and sanctions against Israel and represents a concerted effort to extract concessions from Israel outside of direct negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians, which must be actively rejected;

(D)

any future measures taken in international or outside organizations, including the United Nations Security Council or at the Paris conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict scheduled for January 15, 2017, to impose an agreement, or parameters for an agreement including the recognition of a Palestinian state, will set back the cause of peace, harm the security of Israel, run counter to the enduring bipartisan consensus on strengthening the United States-Israel relationship, and weaken support for such organizations;

(E)

a durable and sustainable peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians will come only through direct bilateral negotiations between the parties resulting in a Jewish, democratic state living side-by-side next to a demilitarized Palestinian state in peace and security;

(F)

the United States should work to facilitate serious, direct negotiations between the parties without preconditions toward a sustainable peace agreement; and

(G)

the United States Government should oppose and veto future United Nations Security Council resolutions that seek to impose solutions to final status issues, or are one-sided and anti-Israel; and

(2)

the House of Representatives opposes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 and will work to strengthen the United States-Israel relationship, and calls for United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 to be repealed or fundamentally altered so that—

(A)

it is no longer one-sided and anti-Israel; and

(B)

it allows all final status issues toward a two-state solution to be resolved through direct bilateral negotiations between the parties.

H. Res. 11 — what changed

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