[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 479 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 479
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding fighting
terror and embracing efforts to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 8, 2003
Mrs. Capps (for herself, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Markey, Mr. Leach, Mr.
McGovern, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Simmons, Mr.
Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Farr, Ms. Eddie
Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Lee,
Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Moran
of Virginia, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Rahall, Ms. McCollum, Mr. DeFazio, Mr.
Delahunt, Mr. Kind, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Kaptur, Mr.
McDermott, Mr. Baird, and Ms. Baldwin) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International
Relations
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding fighting
terror and embracing efforts to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Whereas ending the violence and terror that have devastated Israel, the West
Bank, and Gaza since September 2000 is in the vital interests of the
United States, Israel, and the Palestinians;
Whereas ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict strengthens extremists and
opponents of peace throughout the region, including those who seek to
undermine efforts by the United States to stabilize Iraq and those who
want to see conflict spread to other nations in the region;
Whereas more than 3 years of violence, terror, and escalating military
engagement have demonstrated that military means alone will not solve
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict;
Whereas despite mutual mistrust, anger, and pain, courageous and credible
Israelis and Palestinians have come together in a private capacity to
develop serious model peace initiatives, like the People's Voice
Initiative, One Voice, and the Geneva Accord;
Whereas those initiatives, and other similar private efforts, are founded on the
determination of Israelis and Palestinians to put an end to decades of
confrontation and conflict and to live in peaceful coexistence, mutual
dignity, and security, based on a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace
and achieving historic reconciliation;
Whereas those initiatives demonstrate that both Israelis and Palestinians have a
partner for peace, that both peoples want to end the current vicious
stalemate, and that both peoples are prepared to make necessary
compromises in order to achieve peace;
Whereas each of the private initiatives addresses the fundamental requirements
of both peoples, including preservation of the Jewish, democratic nature
of Israel with secure and defensible borders and the creation of a
viable Palestinian state; and
Whereas such peace initiatives demonstrate that there are solutions to the
conflict and present precious opportunities to end the violence and
restart fruitful peace negotiations: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) applauds the courage and vision of Israelis and
Palestinians who are working together to conceive pragmatic,
serious plans for achieving peace;
(2) calls on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to capitalize
on the opportunity offered by these peace initiatives; and
(3) urges the President of the United States to encourage
and embrace all serious efforts to move away from violent
military stalemate toward achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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