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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 523 

Condemning Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threats against 

Israel. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 28, 2005 

Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. PENCE, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. ROSLEHTINEN, Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania, Mr. NEY, Mr. SHERMAN, 

Mr. ISSA, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. KIRK, Mr. DELAY, Mr. ROHRABACHER, 

Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. TERRY, 

Ms. HARMAN, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. GREEN of 

Wisconsin, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. BROWN

of Ohio, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CARDOZA, 

Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. HONDA, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Ms. 

MATSUI, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. GENE GREEN

of Texas, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. HOYER, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, 

Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. POE, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. COSTA, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 

Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. DENT, 

Mr. NADLER, Mr. WELLER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. 

FILNER, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. LEACH, Mr. MICHAUD, 

Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, and Mrs. TAUSCHER) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 

threats against Israel. 

Whereas on October 26, 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, declared that 
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‘‘Israel must be wiped off the map’’, described Israel as 

‘‘a disgraceful blot [on] the face of the Islamic world’’, 

and declared that ‘‘[a]nybody who recognizes Israel will 

burn in the fire of the Islamic nation’s fury’’; 

Whereas Iran funds, trains, and openly supports terrorist 

groups that are determined to destroy Israel; 

Whereas on December 14, 2001, the President of Iran’s highly influential Expediency Council, Ali Akbar HashemiRafsanjani, threatened Israel with nuclear attack, saying, 

‘‘[i]f one day, the Islamic world is also equipped with 

weapons like those that Israel possesses now, then the 

imperialists’ strategy will reach a standstill because the 

use of even one nuclear bomb inside Israel will destroy 

everything [in Israel], while it will merely harm the Islamic world’’; 

Whereas Iran has aggressively pursued a clandestine effort to 

arm itself with nuclear weapons; and 

Whereas the longstanding policy of the Iranian regime aimed 

at destroying the democratic state of Israel, highlighted 

by statements such as those by Ahmadinejad and 

Rafsanjani, underscores the danger of an Iran armed 

with nuclear weapons: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns, in the strongest terms, 

3 Ahmadinejad’s outrageous and despicable threats 

4 and demands that he repudiate them; 

5 (2) calls on the United Nations Security Coun6 cil and all civilized nations to condemn and reject 
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1 these statements and to censure Iran for its state2 ments and for its policies aimed at destroying Israel; 

3 (3) further calls on the United Nations Security 

4 Council and all civilized nations to consider meas5 ures to deny Iran the means to carry out its threats 

6 and to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons; 

7 and 

8 (4) reaffirms the unwavering alliance between 

9 the United States and Israel and reasserts the com10 mitment of the United States to defend the right of 

11 Israel to exist as a free and democratic state. 

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