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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 176 

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2017 

Mr. MCCONNELL (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. HELLER, Mr. GRAHAM, 

Mr. NELSON, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the reunification 

of Jerusalem. 

Whereas June 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Six 

Day War and the reunification of the city of Jerusalem; 

Whereas there has been a continuous Jewish presence in Jerusalem for 3 millennia; 

Whereas Jerusalem is a holy city and the home for people of 

the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian faiths; 

Whereas, for 3,000 years, Jerusalem has been Judaism’s 

holiest city and the focal point of Jewish religious devotion; 

Whereas, from 1948 to 1967, Jerusalem was a divided city, 

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tionalities were denied access to holy sites in eastern Jerusalem, including the Old City, in which the Western 

Wall is located; 

Whereas, in 1967, Jerusalem was reunited by Israel during 

the conflict known as the Six Day War; 

Whereas, since 1967, Jerusalem has been a united city, and 

persons of all religious faiths have access to holy sites 

within the city; 

Whereas this year marks the 50th year that Jerusalem has 

been administered as a united city in which the rights of 

all faiths have been respected and protected; 

Whereas the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 

104–45), which became law on November 8, 1995, states 

that Jerusalem should remain the undivided capital of 

Israel in which the rights of every ethnic and religious 

group are protected; and 

Whereas it is the longstanding policy of the United States 

Government that a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can only be achieved through direct, bilateral negotiations without preconditions for a sustainable 

two-state solution: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the re3 unification of Jerusalem and extends its friendship 

4 and hopes for peace to the residents of Jerusalem 

5 and the people of Israel; 

6 (2) reaffirms its support for Israel’s commit7 ment to religious freedom and administration of holy 

8 sites in Jerusalem; 


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1 (3) continues to support strengthening the mu2 tually beneficial American-Israeli relationship; 

3 (4) commends Egypt and Jordan, former com4 batant states of the Six Day War, who in subse5 quent years embraced a vision of peace and coexist6 ence with Israel and have continued to uphold their 

7 respective peace agreements; 

8 (5) reaffirms that it is the longstanding, bipar9 tisan policy of the United States Government that 

10 the permanent status of Jerusalem remains a matter 

11 to be decided between the parties through final sta12 tus negotiations towards a two-state solution; and 

13 (6) reaffirms the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 

14 1995 (Public Law 104–45) as United States law, 

15 and calls upon the President and all United States 

16 officials to abide by its provisions. 

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