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Supporting the announcements of the establishment of full diplomatic relations between the State of Israel and the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain, and for other purposes.

H. Res. 1110 · 116th Congress · Sep 15, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—
(1)
supports the August 13, 2020, announcement of the establishment of full diplomatic relations between the State of Israel and the United Arab Emirates and suspension of Israeli actions to apply sovereignty in parts of the West Bank;
(2)
supports the September 11, 2020, announcement of the establish of full diplomatic relations between the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain;
(3)
calls on the governments of the State of Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the Kingdom of Bahrain to encourage greater people-to-people normalization in order to facilitate sustainability of the 2020 state-to-state normalization agreements;
(4)
calls on other Arab and Muslim countries to establish full relations with Israel with the vision of realizing full peace between Israel and all of its neighbors;
(5)
reaffirms its strong support for the United States requirement that a proposed sale or export of defense article or defense services must be determined not to adversely affect Israel’s ability to counter and defeat any credible conventional military threat from any individual state or possible coalition of states or from non-state actors, while sustaining minimal damages and casualties, through the use of superior military means possessed in sufficient quantity, including weapons, command, control, communication, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities that in their technical characteristics are superior in capability to those of such other individual or possible coalition states or non-state actors, consistent with section 36(h) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(h)); and
(6)
reaffirms its strong support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict resulting in two states—a democratic Jewish State of Israel, and a viable, democratic Palestinian state—living side-by-side in peace, security, and mutual recognition.