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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 201 

Expressing support to the Government of Argentina for its investigation 

into the terrorist bombing of the Embassy of Israel in Buenos Aires 

on March 17, 1992. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2017 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. ROYCE of California, Mr. 

ENGEL, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, and Mr. SIRES) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support to the Government of Argentina for its 

investigation into the terrorist bombing of the Embassy 

of Israel in Buenos Aires on March 17, 1992. 

Whereas twenty-five years ago, on March 17, 1992, the Embassy of Israel in Buenos Aires was the site of a barbaric 

terrorist bombing; 

Whereas 29 people lost their lives in this attack, among them 

Israeli diplomats and their spouses, as well as Argentinian citizens; 

Whereas this attack also seriously wounded 242 individuals, 

some of whom have never recovered from their injuries; 


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Whereas in 1999, the Supreme Court of Argentina, after conducting the investigation, found that the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah was responsible for the 

bombing; 

Whereas evidence shows that the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, directed, financed, and assisted 

Hezbollah in the execution of this terrorist attack; 

Whereas two years after the bombing of the Embassy of 

Israel in Argentina, on July 18, 1994, 85 people were 

killed in a similar terrorist attack on the ArgentineIsraeli Mutual Association (AMIA) building in Buenos 

Aires; 

Whereas in 2006, Argentina issued international arrests warrants against nine Iranian officials in connection with the 

AMIA atrocity; 

Whereas the culprits of these heinous crimes have never been 

brought to justice; 

Whereas the House of Representatives commends President 

Mauricio Macri of Argentina for appointing a Special Investigator to examine the AMIA terrorist attack; 

Whereas the Government of Argentina and the former Special Prosecutor in charge of investigating the AMIA terrorist attack, Alberto Nisman, determined the bombing 

was conducted by Iranian proxy Hezbollah; and 

Whereas, on January 19, 2015, Alberto Nisman was found 

dead in his apartment in Argentina under suspicious circumstances, the reason for his death has not been determined yet: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) calls on the United States Government to 

2 assist the Government of Argentina in any possible 

3 way so that the perpetrators of these horrific atroc4 ities, the attacks on the Embassy of Israel in Bue5 nos Aires in 1992 and the Argentine-Israeli Mutual 

6 Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires in 1994, finally 

7 be brought to justice; 

8 (2) determines that the murderous terrorist at9 tacks upon Israel’s Embassy in Argentina and the 

10 AMIA constitute an affront to humanity, and the 

11 values of civilized society, and reminds us that the 

12 international community must cooperate and work 

13 together to combat and defeat international ter14 rorism and its state sponsors, such as Iran; and 

15 (3) urges the Government of Iran to take mean16 ingful steps towards fully complying with investiga17 tions by the Government of Argentina, including im18 mediately providing all available information from all 

19 entities of the Government of Iran regarding the at20 tacks against Israel’s Embassy in Buenos Aires in 

21 1992 and the AMIA in Buenos Aires in 1994. 

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