IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 68 

Condemning Palestinian incitement and reaffirming the special bond between 

Israel and the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 27, 2017 

Mr. HASTINGS (for himself and Mr. WOODALL) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning Palestinian incitement and reaffirming the 

special bond between Israel and the United States. 

Whereas since September 2015 a series of more than 300 

terrorist attacks have been carried out against citizens of 

Israel; 

Whereas these terror attacks are the direct result of incitement by radical Palestinian elements provoking violence 

and calling on Palestinian youth to murder Jews; 

Whereas Palestinian terrorist attacks are part of the Palestinian Authority’s strategy of ‘‘popular resistance’’ that 

was formally adopted by the Palestinian Authority and 

Fatah at the Sixth Fatah conference in August 2009; 

Whereas according to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 

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geted Israeli citizens in 169 stabbings, 124 shootings, 51 

vehicular attacks, and 1 vehicle bombing; 

Whereas it is appropriate to list these attacks, which include 

but are not limited to— 

(1) an attack on January 8, 2017, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram a group of Israel Defense 

Forces cadets at the Armon Hanatziv promenade in Jerusalem, killing 4 and injuring 17; 

(2) an attack on December 25, 2016, when terrorists fired shots at Israelis from a vehicle in Beit El; 

(3) an attempted attack on December 24, 2016, 

when Israeli security forces thwarted a stabbing attack 

by an Arab woman in the Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(4) an attack on December 24, 2016, when terrorists threw 6 Molotov cocktails at cars in Ofarim; 

(5) an attack on December 23, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed a 50-year-old man in Efrat; 

(6) an attack on December 14, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed two Israeli border police officers and a 13- 

year-old boy in Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(7) an attempted attack on December 8, 2016, when 

a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli border police 

officer at the Tapuah Junction; 

(8) an attack on November 26, 2016, when terrorists threw a Molotov cocktail at Israeli police officers in 

Jerusalem; 

(9) an attempted attack on November 25, 2016, 

when a 16-year-old Palestinian attempted to stab an 

Israeli officer in Jerusalem; 

(10) an attack on November 23, 2016, when terrorists threw five Molotov cocktails at a bus near Jerusalem; 


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(11) an attack on November 14, 2016, when terrorists threw stones and pipe bombs at Israel Defense 

Forces soldiers near Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem; 

(12) an attack on November 3, 2016, when a terrorist attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces soldiers 

stationed at a roadside bus stop near Ofra; 

(13) an attack on October 31, 2016, when a member 

of the Palestinian Authority’s security forces shot and 

wounded three Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Beit El; 

(14) an attack on October 30, 2016, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram and injure three Israeli 

border police officers near Hebron; 

(15) an attempted attack on October 29, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to use his vehicle to ram 

Israel Defense Forces soldiers, after which he exited the 

vehicle and attempted to stab them, near Ofra; 

(16) an attempted attack on October 19, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli border police officers at the Tapuah Junction; 

(17) an attack on October 9, 2016, when a Palestinian killed two Israelis in a triple shooting in Jerusalem; 

(18) an attack on September 30, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed a member of the Israeli security forces 

at the Qalandia crossing; 

(19) an attempted attack on September 20, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier near Kiryat Arba; 

(20) an attack on September 20, 2016, when two 

Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded by petrol 

bombs near Bethlehem; 


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(21) an attempted attack on September 19, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier in Hebron; 

(22) an attempted attack on September 19, 2016, 

when two Palestinians attempted to stab Israel Defense 

Forces soldiers in Hebron; 

(23) an attack on September 19, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed two Israeli police officers at Jerusalem’s 

Flower Gate; 

(24) an attack on September 18, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in 

Efrat; 

(25) an attack on September 17, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Hebron; 

(26) an attack on September 16, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Hebron; 

(27) an attempted attack on September 16, 2016, 

when two Palestinians attempted to use their vehicle to 

ram Israeli civilians in Kiryat Arba; 

(28) an attack on September 16, 2016, when a Jordanian attempted to stab Israeli police officers near Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(29) an attempted attack on September 5, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense 

Forces soldiers in Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(30) an attack on August 31, 2016, when an Israel 

Defense Forces soldier guarding Jewish worshippers at 

Joseph’s Tomb was shot by fire coming from Balata refugee camp in Nablus; 


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(31) an attack on August 24, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near 

Gilad; 

(32) an attack on August 18, 2016, when Israelis 

riding in a bus were injured after the vehicle was struck 

by stones; 

(33) an attack on August 14, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in 

Shaked; 

(34) an attack on August 11, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli citizen visiting the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem; 

(35) an attempted attack on July 31, 2016, when a 

Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Hawara; 

(36) an attack on July 18, 2016, when a Palestinian 

stabbed two Israel Defense Forces soldiers on the Gush 

Etzion-Hebron Highway; 

(37) an attempted attack on July 17, 2016, when a 

Palestinian was arrested carrying several pipe bombs and 

knives in Jerusalem; 

(38) an attack on July 9, 2016, when a Palestinian 

shot and wounded an Israeli motorist at the Tekoa Junction; 

(39) an attempted attack on July 5, 2016, when a 

Palestinian attempted to stab two Israel Defense Forces 

soldiers in Ariel; 

(40) an attack on July 1, 2016, when a Palestinian 

killed one and injured three in a drive-by shooting in 

Gush Etzion; 

(41) an attempted attack on July 1, 2016, when a 

Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli border police officer in Hebron; 


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(42) an attack on June 30, 2016, when a 13-yearold girl was stabbed to death in her bed by a Palestinian 

terrorist from a village near Kiryat Arba; 

(43) an attack on June 30, 2016, when two Israelis 

were stabbed near the Netanya market; 

(44) an attack on June 26, 2016, when a Molotov 

cocktail was thrown at an Israeli car on the Aboud bypass road; 

(45) an attack on June 26, 2016, when a Palestinian driver rammed her vehicle into a car at a hitchhiking stop, injuring two Israelis near Kiryat Arba; 

(46) an attack on June 21, 2016, when Palestinians 

threw stones at cars traveling on Route 443; 

(47) an attack on June 18, 2016, when Palestinians 

threw more than 20 Molotov cocktails at the Psagot Settlement; 

(48) an attack on June 17, 2016, when Palestinians 

threw four Molotov cocktails at an Israeli home in Jerusalem; 

(49) an attack on June 8, 2016, when two Palestinian men killed four and injured 17 in the Sarona Market in Tel Aviv; 

(50) an attack on June 6, 2016, when a Palestinian 

shot at vehicles on Route 465; 

(51) an attack on June 5, 2016, when Palestinians 

barraged a bus traveling on Road 437 with stones; 

(52) an attack on June 2, 2016, when Palestinians 

threw Molotov cocktails at Jewish worshippers in Nablus; 

(53) an attempted attack on June 2, 2016, when a 

Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces 

soldier near Einay; 

(54) an attack on June 1, 2016, when Palestinians 

threw stones at cars traveling on Route 443; 


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(55) an attack on May 30, 2016, when a Palestinian 

stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier with a screwdriver in Tel Aviv; 

(56) an attack on May 24, 2016, when Palestinians 

threw stones at a bus in Jerusalem; 

(57) an attempted attack on May 23, 2016, when a 

Palestinian attempted to stab two Israeli border police officers in Jerusalem; 

(58) an attack on May 22, 2016, when a Molotov 

cocktail was thrown at a bus in the village of Hawara; 

(59) an attack on May 22, 2016, when Palestinians 

threw stones at a bus on Highway 443; 

(60) an attack on May 21, 2016, when Palestinians 

shot at a passenger bus near Gush Etzion; 

(61) an attack on May 10, 2016, when multiple pipe 

bombs injured two Israel Defense Forces soldiers near 

Hizma; 

(62) an attack on May 10, 2016, when two Palestinians stabbed two Israeli women, aged 86 and 82, in Jerusalem; 

(63) an attack on May 3, 2016, a Palestinian driver 

rammed his vehicle into three Israel Defense Forces soldiers near Jerusalem; 

(64) an attack on May 2, 2016, when a Palestinian 

stabbed an Israeli man in Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(65) an attack on May 1, 2016, when Palestinians 

threw stones at a car traveling near Efrat, injuring two 

children; 

(66) an attack on April 19, 2016, when a bomb 

planted aboard a bus exploded, injuring 21 in Jerusalem; 

(67) an attack on April 14, 2016, when a Palestinian attacked a group of Israel Defense Forces soldiers 

with an axe near Gush Etzion; 


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(68) an attack on April 14, 2016, when stones were 

thrown at a car traveling on Highway 431; 

(69) an attempted attack on April 14, 2016, when 

two Palestinian children were arrested with knives in Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(70) an attack on March 25, 2016, when a Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces soldiers in 

Jerusalem; 

(71) an attack on March 24, 2016, when two Palestinians stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near 

Hebron; 

(72) an attack on March 18, 2016, when three Palestinians attacked Israel Defense Forces soldiers with 

knives; 

(73) an attack on March 17, 2016, when two Palestinians stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in 

Ariel; 

(74) an attack on March 14, 2016, when two Palestinians attempted to use their vehicle to ram Israelis, 

later opening fire on civilians and soldiers standing in a 

bus stop near the entrance to Kiryat Arba; 

(75) an attack on March 11, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli man in Jerusalem; 

(76) an attack on March 11, 2016, when a Palestinian shot two Israel Defense Forces soldiers near Beit 

Horon; 

(77) an attack on March 9, 2016, when two Palestinians opened fire on police officers and civilians near 

Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(78) an attempted attack on March 8, 2016, when 

a Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli border police officers in Jerusalem’s Old City; 


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(79) an attack on March 8, 2016, when a Palestinian opened fire on Israeli border police officers with an 

automatic weapon near Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(80) an attack on March 8, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli in Petah Tikva; 

(81) an attack on March 8, 2016, when a Palestinian went on a stabbing spree in Tel Aviv’s Jaffa Port, 

injuring 10 and killing American student Taylor Force; 

(82) an attack on March 3, 2016, when a Palestinian used her vehicle to ram an Israel Defense Forces 

soldier at the Gush Etzion junction; 

(83) an attack on March 3, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed a police officer in the Jordan Valley; 

(84) an attack on March 3, 2016, when a Palestinian shot and injured a police officer in Rahelim; 

(85) an attack on March 2, 2016, when two Palestinians attacked an Israeli man in his home in Eli; 

(86) an attack on March 2, 2016, when two Palestinians stabbed two police officers in Har Brakha; 

(87) an attack on February 26, 2016, when a Palestinian critically wounded an Israeli with an axe near 

Ma’ale Adumin; 

(88) an attempted attack on February 26, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense 

Forces soldiers near Ramallah; 

(89) an attack on February 24, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces reservist near 

Gush Etzion; 

(90) an attempted attack on February 24, 2016, 

when two Palestinians were arrested with pipe bombs 

near Jerusalem’s Old City; 


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(91) an attempted attack on February 21, 2016, 

when a Palestinian was arrested with a large knife prior 

to attacking Israeli civilians; 

(92) an attempted attack on February 21, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier in Hebron; 

(93) an attack on February 21, 2016, when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 

near Nablus; 

(94) an attempted attack on February 20, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier outside of Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(95) an attack on February 19, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed two Israeli border policemen outside of Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(96) an attempted attack on February 19, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to use her vehicle to ram 

Israel Defense Forces soldiers; 

(97) an attack on February 18, 2016, when two Palestinians stabbed shoppers at a supermarket in Sh’ae 

Binyamin; 

(98) an attempted attack on February 15, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier outside of Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(99) an attack on February 14, 2016, when two Palestinians shot at Israel Defense Forces soldiers outside of 

Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(100) an attempted attack on February 14, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier in Hebron; 

(101) an attempted attack on February 19, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier outside of Tekoa-Har Homa; 


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(102) an attack on February 19, 2016, when two 

Palestinians shot at Israel Defense Forces soldiers near 

Hinanit; 

(103) an attack on February 13, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier and a 

Palestinian man in Hebron; 

(104) an attack on February 9, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier in Hebron; 

(105) an attack on February 6, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli woman in Rahat; 

(106) an attack on February 4, 2016, when two Palestinians stabbed a mall security guard in Ramle; 

(107) an attack on February 3, 2016, when three 

Palestinians killed one Israeli border police officer and 

wounded two others outside of Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(108) an attempted attack on February 1, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Sal’it; 

(109) an attack on January 31, 2016, when a Palestinian opened fire on three Israel Defense Forces soldiers, wounding three near Beit El; 

(110) an attack on January 30, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli outside of Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(111) an attack on January 27, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli in Givat Ze’ev; 

(112) an attack on January 25, 2016, when two 

Palestinians stabbed two Israeli women at a supermarket 

in Beit Horon; 

(113) an attack on January 24, 2016, when a Palestinian gunman opened fire at a vehicle driving near the 

community of Dolev; 

(114) an attack on January 18, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed a pregnant Israeli woman in Tekoa; 


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(115) an attempted attack on January 17, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in the 

West Bank; 

(116) an attack on January 17, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli woman to death outside of her 

home in Otniel; 

(117) an attack on January 14, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near 

Nablus; 

(118) an attempted attack on January 14, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli near Beit 

Anoun; 

(119) an attack on January 13, 2016, when an 

Israeli bus driver was injured after his bus was damaged 

by a rock thrown by a Palestinian near Jerusalem; 

(120) an attempted attack on January 12, 2016, 

when two Palestinians attempted to stab Israelis near 

Kiryat Arba; 

(121) an attempted attack on January 9, 2016, 

when two Palestinians attempted to stab Israelis in the 

Jordan Valley; 

(122) an attempted attack on January 7, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli near 

Kiryat Arba; 

(123) an attempted attack on January 7, 2016, 

when three Palestinians attempted to stab an Israeli near 

Gush Etzion; 

(124) an attack on January 5, 2016, when an 

Israeli bus driver was injured after his bus was damaged 

by a rock thrown by a Palestinian on Highway 79; 

(125) an attempted attack on January 4, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab Israelis outside of 

the National Police Headquarters in Jerusalem; 


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(126) an attempted attack on January 3, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Jerusalem; 

(127) an attack on January 3, 2016, when a Palestinian opened fire on an Israel Defense Forces soldier in 

the South Hebron Hills; 

(128) an attack on January 3, 2016, when Palestinian snipers shot an Israel Defense Forces soldier in 

Hebron; 

(129) an attack on January 2, 2016, when a Palestinian opened fire on Israeli vehicles near Jerusalem; 

(130) an attack on January 1, 2016, when a Palestinian killed two and injured 8 in a shooting attack in 

Tel Aviv; 

(131) an attack on January 1, 2016, when a Palestinian shot and killed an Israeli taxi driver in Tel Aviv; 

(132) an attack on December 31, 2015, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram an Israel Defense Forces 

soldier in the West Bank; 

(133) an attack on December 27, 2015, when two 

Palestinians stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in 

Hawara; 

(134) an attempted attack on December 27, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Hebron; 

(135) an attempted attack on December 27, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in the 

West Bank; 

(136) an attempted attack on December 27, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Jerusalem’s Old City; 


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(137) an attack on December 27, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(138) an attack on December 26, 2015, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram an Israel Defense Forces 

soldier in the West Bank; 

(139) an attempted attack on December 26, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(140) an attack on December 25, 2015, when Palestinians attacked the vehicle of the Latin Patriarch in 

Bethlehem; 

(141) an attempted attack on December 25, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to use his vehicle to ram 

an Israeli in Silwad; 

(142) an attempted attack on December 24, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier in Hebron; 

(143) an attack on December 24, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed two Israel Defense Forces soldiers in 

Ariel; 

(144) an attack on December 23, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed and killed a rabbi outside of Jerusalem’s 

Old City; 

(145) an attempted attack on January 20, 2016, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Hebron; 

(146) an attack on December 19, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed three Israelis in Raanana; 

(147) an attempted attack on December 18, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to use his vehicle to ram 

Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the West Bank; 


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(148) an attack on December 14, 2015, when three 

Israelis were injured after a rock was thrown through the 

windshield of their car in Beit Aryeh; 

(149) an attack on December 14, 2015, when 14 

Israelis were injured in a vehicular ramming attack at a 

bus stop in Jerusalem; 

(150) an attempted attack on December 13, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli civilian 

in Kiryat Arba; 

(151) an attempted attack on December 11, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to use his vehicle to ram 

Israel Defense Soldiers near Kiryat Arba; 

(152) an attack on December 11, 2015, when a Palestinian opened fire on Israel Defense Forces soldiers in 

Gilboa; 

(153) an attack on December 10, 2015, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram Israel Defense Soldiers 

in the West Bank; 

(154) an attempted attack on December 9, 2015, 

when three Palestinians were apprehended with butcher 

knives in Afula; 

(155) an attack on December 9, 2015, when Palestinians opened fire on an Israeli family in a drive by 

shooting, injuring two in the West Bank; 

(156) an attack on December 9, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed a civilian and a member of the Israel 

Defense Forces soldiers in Hebron; 

(157) an attack on December 7, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli civilian in Hebron; 

(158) an attack on December 6, 2015, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram and subsequently stab 

Israelis in Jerusalem; 


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(159) an attack on December 4, 2015, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram two Israel Defense 

Forces soldiers in Ofra; 

(160) an attack on December 4, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in in 

Abud; 

(161) an attack on December 4, 2015, when two 

Palestinians stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in 

Hebron; 

(162) an attack on December 3, 2015, when a Palestinian shot an Israel Defense Forces soldier and an 

Israeli civilian north of Jerusalem; 

(163) an attack on December 3, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near 

Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(164) an attempted attack on December 3, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli at the 

Gush Etzion junction; 

(165) an attempted attack on December 3, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier in the West Bank; 

(166) an attack on November 29, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli border police officer near Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(167) an attack on November 29, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed a foreign worker from Nepal in Jerusalem; 

(168) an attack on November 27, 2015, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram two Israel Defense 

Forces soldiers in Kfar Adumim; 

(169) an attack on November 27, 2015, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram six Israel Defense Forces 

soldiers in the West Bank; 


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(170) an attack on November 25, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in the 

West Bank; 

(171) an attack on November 24, 2015, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram three Israel Defense 

Forces soldiers and one border police officer in the West 

Bank; 

(172) an attack on November 23, 2015, when two 

Palestinians stabbed an elderly Palestinian man from 

Bethlehem near Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market; 

(173) an attack on November 23, 2015, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram an Israeli near Shavei 

Shomron; 

(174) an attempted attack on November 23, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense soldiers in the West Bank; 

(175) an attack on November 23, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed and killed an Israel Defense Forces soldier and wounded two others near Modi’in; 

(176) an attempted attack on November 22, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli civilian 

in the West Bank; 

(177) an attempted attack on November 22, 2015, 

when a Palestinian taxi driver attempted to use his vehicle to ram a group of Israeli pedestrians in Kfar 

Adumim; 

(178) an attack on November 22, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed and killed an Israeli civilian in Gush 

Etzion; 

(179) an attack on November 21, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed four people in Kiryat Gat; 


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(180) an attack on November 19, 2015, when a Palestinian killed two Israelis and wounded one in a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv; 

(181) an attack on November 19, 2015, when a Palestinian gunman opened fire and killed three, including 

one American, sitting in a traffic jam south of Jerusalem; 

(182) an attack on November 13, 2015, when a Palestinian gunman opened fire and killed two and wounded 

four in Otniel; 

(183) an attack on November 10, 2015, when two 

Palestinian youth stabbed an Israeli security guard on 

the Jerusalem light rail; 

(184) an attempted attack on November 10, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli police officer outside of Jerusalem’s Old City; 

(185) an attempted attack on November 10, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli border 

police officer near Abu Dis; 

(186) an attempted attack on November 9, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli police officers in the West Bank; 

(187) an attack on November 8, 2015, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram four Israelis at a hitchhiking stop at the Tapuah Junction in the West Bank; 

(188) an attack on November 8, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli security guard near Jerusalem; 

(189) an attack on November 8, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli man in the West Bank; 

(190) an attack on November 6, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli man near Jerusalem; 


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(191) an attack on November 6, 2015, when two 

Palestinians opened fire and wounded two Israelis in Hebron; 

(192) an attack on November 6, 2015, when a Palestinian opened fire and wounded an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier near Hebron; 

(193) an attempted attack on November 5, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Gush 

Etzion; 

(194) an attack on November 4, 2015, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram three Israeli border police officers, killing one and wounding two near Hebron; 

(195) an attack on November 2, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed a 71 year-old Israeli man in Netanya; 

(196) an attack on November 2, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed three Israelis, including an 80-year-old 

woman, in Tel Aviv; 

(197) an attempted attack on November 2, 2015, 

when a two Palestinians attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier in the West Bank; 

(198) an attack on November 1, 2015, when a Palestinian used his vehicle to ram three Israel border police 

officers in Hebron; 

(199) an attack on October 31, 2015, when a 17- 

year-old Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense 

Forces soldiers near the Gilboa crossing; 

(200) an attack on October 30, 2015, when two Palestinians attempted to stab Israeli border police officers 

near the Tapuach Junction; 

(201) an attack on October 30, 2015, when an 

Israeli was stabbed by a Palestinian near the French Hill 

light rail station in Jerusalem; 


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(202) an attack on October 29, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near the 

Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron; 

(203) an attempted attack on October 29, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier in the neighborhood of Beit Hadassah; 

(204) an attack on October 29, 2015, when shots 

were fired from a vehicle towards a bus stop near Jerusalem; 

(205) an attack on October 28, 2015, when an 

Israeli woman was stabbed by a Palestinian outside of 

the Rami Levy supermarket near Gush Etzion; 

(206) an attempted attack on October 28, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier near the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron; 

(207) an attack on October 27, 2015, when two Palestinians stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near 

Gush Etzion; 

(208) an attempted attack on October 27, 2015, 

when two Palestinian teenagers were apprehended with a 

knife and an axe in Jerusalem; 

(209) an attack on October 26, 2015, when an 

Israel Defense Forces soldier was stabbed by two Palestinians near Gush Etzion; 

(210) an attack on October 26, 2015, when an 

Israel Defense Forces soldier was stabbed and seriously 

wounded near Hebron; 

(211) an attempted attack on October 26, 2015, 

when a Palestinian assailant attempted to stab an Israel 

Defense Forces soldier outside of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron; 


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(212) an attack on October 25, 2015, when an 

Israeli man was wounded in a stabbing attack after his 

car was stoned by Palestinian assailants near Metzad; 

(213) an attempted attack on October 25, 2015, 

when a 17-year-old female Palestinian assailant attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier near 

Hebron; 

(214) an attack on October 25, 2015, when an 

Israeli man was stabbed near Ariel; 

(215) an attempted attack on October 24, 2015, 

when a 16-year-old Palestinian posing as a candy vendor 

attempted to stab a security guard near the Gilboa crossing; 

(216) an attack on October 23, 2015, when an 

Israel Defense Forces soldier was stabbed in Gush 

Etzion; 

(217) an attack on October 23, 2015, when an 

Israeli couple and their three young children were wounded when a firebomb was thrown at their car near Beit 

El; 

(218) an attempted attack on October 22, 2015, 

when a student was stabbed and moderately injured while 

waiting for the bus in Bet Shemesh; 

(219) an attempted attack on October 22, 2015, 

when two Palestinian terrorists attempted to board an 

Israeli school bus to carry out a knife attack in Bet 

Shemesh; 

(220) an attempted attack on October 21, 2015, 

when a 15-year-old Palestinian attempted to attack 

Israeli security forces with a knife in Yitzhar; 

(221) an attack on October 21, 2015, when an 

Israeli policeman was injured in a car-ramming attack in 

Ofra; 


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(222) an attack on October 21, 2015, when an 

Israel Defense Forces soldier was critically wounded in a 

stabbing attack near at the Adam Junction near Jerusalem; 

(223) an attempted attack on October 21, 2015, 

when two Palestinians were apprehended by Israeli security forces who found homemade explosive devices in their 

vehicle; 

(224) an attack on October 21, 2015, when five 

Israel Defense Forces soldiers were injured after their vehicle was attacked with stones, and, after exiting the vehicle in order to apprehend the stone-throwers, were 

rammed by a vehicle near Beit Ummar; 

(225) an attack on October 20, 2015, when an 

Israeli man was killed after his vehicle was stoned, and, 

after escaping the vehicle, was struck and run over in a 

vehicular attack; 

(226) an attack on October 20, 2015, when an 

Israel Defense Forces soldier was injured in a stabbing 

attack in Hebron; 

(227) an attack on October 20, 2015, when two 

Israelis were wounded in a vehicular attack and attempted stabbing at a bus stop at the Gush Etzion Junction; 

(228) an attack on October 18, 2015, when an 

Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed and 10 civilians 

and police officers wounded after a Palestinian terrorist 

entered the Central Bus Station of Be’er Sheva and 

opened fire; 

(229) an attempted attack on October 17, 2015, 

when a 16-year-old Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli 

border police officers in Jerusalem; 


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(230) an attempted attack on October 17, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli civilian 

in Hebron; 

(231) an attack on October 17, 2015, when a 16- 

year-old Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli border police officer in Hebron; 

(232) an attack on October 17, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier at a police checkpoint in Hebron; 

(233) an attempted attack on October 17, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli police officer and bomb squad officer at the Kalandiya Checkpoint near Jerusalem; 

(234) an attack on October 16, 2015, when Palestinian rioters set fire to Joseph’s Tomb, a Jewish Holy 

site in Nablus; 

(235) an attempted attack on October 16, 2015, 

when Israeli border police detected an explosive device at 

a checkpoint near Hebrew University’s Campus at Mount 

Scopus in Jerusalem; 

(236) an attack on October 16, 2015, when a Palestinian disguised as a photojournalist stabbed an Israel 

Defense Forces soldier near Hebron; 

(237) an attempted attack on October 14, 2015, 

when Israeli border police discovered a knife hidden 

under the assailant’s seat in Jerusalem; 

(238) an attack on October 14, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed two people by the Damascus Gate in the 

Old City of Jerusalem; 

(239) an attack on October 14, 2015, when an 

Israeli woman was stabbed by a Palestinian while waiting 

for a bus near the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem; 


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(240) an attack on October 13, 2015, when an 

Israeli man was stabbed in the center of Raanana; 

(241) an attack on October 13, 2015, when four 

Israelis were wounded in a stabbing attack in Raanana; 

(242) an attack on October 13, 2015, when two 

Israelis were killed and 15 wounded when two Palestinians boarded a bus and began to attack passengers in Jerusalem; 

(243) an attack on October 13, 2015, when an 

Israeli man was killed and five wounded by a Palestinian 

in a vehicle attack in Jerusalem; 

(244) an attempted attack on October 12, 2015, 

when a stabbing attack was foiled outside of the Lion’s 

Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem; 

(245) an attack on October 12, 2015, when an 

Israeli border police officer was stabbed by a 16-year-old 

Palestinian in Jerusalem; 

(246) an attack on October 12, 2015, when two Palestinian stabbed two Israeli civilians, including a 13-yearold Israeli boy riding his bicycle, in Jerusalem; 

(247) an attack on October 12, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier on a bus 

in Jerusalem; 

(248) an attack on October 11, 2015, when an 

Israeli police officer was injured after the driver of the 

car he pulled over set off an explosive device in Ma’ale 

Adumim; 

(249) an attack on October 10, 2015, when a 16- 

year-old Palestinian stabbed two Israelis near the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem; 

(250) an attack on October 10, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed two Israeli police officers near the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem; 


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(251) an attack on October 9, 2015, when a 16- 

year-old Israeli boy was stabbed by a Palestinian in Jerusalem; 

(252) an attack on October 9, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed a police officer in Kiryat Arba; 

(253) an attempted attack on October 9, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli security 

guard at the Central Bus Station of Afula; 

(254) an attack on October 8, 2015, when an Israel 

Defense Forces soldier and three others were stabbed by 

a Palestinian in Tel Aviv; 

(255) an attack on October 8, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli civilian near the light rail in Jerusalem; 

(256) an attack on October 8, 2015, when a man 

was stabbed and seriously wounded by a Palestinian in 

Kiryat Arba; 

(257) an attack on October 8, 2015, when an Israel 

Defense Forces soldier was wounded in a stabbing attack 

in Afula; 

(258) an attack on October 7, 2015, when a Palestinian wounded an Israeli man in a stabbing attack in 

Petach Tikva; 

(259) an attack on October 7, 2015, when an 18- 

year-old Palestinian stabbed an Israeli man near the 

Lion’s Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem; 

(260) an attack on October 7, 2015, when a Palestinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Kiryat 

Gat; 

(261) an attack on October 4, 2015, when a 15- 

year-old Israeli boy was stabbed by a Palestinian in Jerusalem; 


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(262) an attack on October 3, 2015, when two 

Israelis were stabbed to death and two others injured by 

a Palestinian in Jerusalem; 

(263) an attack on October 1, 2015, when two 

Israelis traveling with their four children were killed in 

a drive-by shooting near Nabulus; 

(264) an attempted attack on September 22, 2015, 

when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 

Forces soldier in Hebron; 

(265) an attempted attack on September 21, 2015, 

when an Israel Defense Forces soldier was injured by a 

firebomb near Joseph’s Tomb; and 

(266) an attack on September 13, 2015, when an 

Israeli was killed after his vehicle was struck by rocks 

near Jerusalem; 

Whereas the international community has remained nearly silent in response to these attacks and attempted attacks; 

Whereas Palestinian violence is driven by anti-Jewish incitement and delegitimization of Israel’s right to exist; 

Whereas Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in 

addressing the Arab League in Cairo, Egypt, stated on 

May 28, 2016, that ‘‘we [the Palestinian Authority] incite [against Israel] in the media and in educational institutions’’; 

Whereas Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas 

said on July 30, 2013, that ‘‘in a final resolution, [the 

Palestinian Authority] would not see the presence of a 

single Israeli’’ in the state of Palestine; 

Whereas Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas 

stated on a September 16, 2015, television broadcast that 

‘‘We welcome every drop of blood spilled in Jerusalem. 


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This is pure blood, clean blood, blood on its way to Allah. 

With the help of Allah, every martyr will be in heaven, 

and every wounded will get his reward’’; 

Whereas the Palestinian Government praises Palestinian terrorists as heroes to be commended and emulated; 

Whereas Palestinians in Hamas-controlled Gaza routinely distribute sweets to celebrate successful terrorist attacks; 

Whereas on September 30, 2015, Palestinian Authority 

President Mahmoud Abbas said during a speech to the 

United Nations that the Palestinian Authority is no 

longer bound to the 1995 Oslo Accords which established 

the two-state solution for peace; 

Whereas in a November 2014 address commemorating the 

10th anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death, President 

Abbas said that as Israel has no claim to Jerusalem, he 

will not allow the Temple Mount to be ‘‘contaminated by 

Jews’’, and threatened that Jewish prayer at the site 

would cause a ‘‘devastating religious war’’; 

Whereas in June 2013, Palestinian Authority President 

Mahmoud Abbas referenced Israeli acts which ‘‘indicate 

an evil and dangerous plot to destroy Al-Aqsa and build 

the alleged temple’’; and 

Whereas Israelis and Palestinians alike have the right to live 

in safety and dignity; Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that the United States— 

3 (1) condemns incitement and acts of violence 

4 against Israeli citizens; 


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1 (2) calls on Palestinian Authority President 

2 Mahmoud Abbas to publically condemn incitement 

3 and acts of violence against Israeli citizens and to 

4 discontinue incitement in Palestinian Authority-con5 trolled media outlets; 

6 (3) calls on the international community to con7 demn incitement and acts of violence against Israeli 

8 citizens; 

9 (4) believes that any chance at lasting peace 

10 can only happen through peaceful, bilateral, discus11 sions and sound consultation with peaceful allies, not 

12 calls for bloodshed; 

13 (5) expresses support for individuals and orga14 nizations working to encourage cooperation between 

15 Israelis and Palestinians, and the many activists 

16 within Israel and the Palestinian territories working 

17 to bring an end to the conflict; and 

18 (6) reaffirms the friendship between Israel and 

19 the United States. 

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