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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 152 

Relating to the 40th anniversary of the reunification of the City of Jerusalem. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2007 

Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. WEXLER, 

Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. 

BERMAN, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, and Mr. BURTON of Indiana) submitted 

the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Relating to the 40th anniversary of the reunification of the 

City of Jerusalem. 

Whereas June 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the Six 

Day War and the reunification of the city of Jerusalem; 

Whereas Israel has, since its founding, sought peace with its 

Arab neighbors; 

Whereas in the weeks leading up to the Six Day War, Israel’s 

neighbors, without provocation, called for and implemented a blockade of Israel’s critical outlet to the Red 

Sea, ordered United Nations peace-keeping forces out of 

the Sinai desert, massed their forces with apparent hostile intent in the Sinai and in the Golan Heights, and 

publicly threatened to destroy Israel; 


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Whereas in six days of war, Israel defeated those forces seeking its destruction and reunited the city of Jerusalem 

which had been artificially divided for 19 years; 

Whereas Jerusalem has been the focal point of Jewish religious devotion and the site of a continuous Jewish presence for over three millennia, with a Jewish majority 

since at least 1896; 

Whereas Jerusalem is also a holy city for the Christian and 

Muslim faiths; 

Whereas the vibrant Jewish population of the historic Old 

City of Jerusalem was driven out by force during the 

1948 Arab-Israeli War; 

Whereas from 1948 to 1967 Jerusalem was a divided city, 

and Israeli citizens of all faiths as well as Jews of all nationalities were denied access to holy sites in eastern Jerusalem, including the Old City, in which the Western 

Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are located; 

Whereas this year marks the 40th year that Jerusalem has 

been administered as a unified city in which the rights 

of all faiths have been respected; 

Whereas the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 

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

as a matter of United States policy that Jerusalem 

should remain the undivided capital of Israel; and 

Whereas it is the policy of the United States to support a 

peaceful, two-state solution to end the conflict between 

Israel and the Palestinians: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 


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1 (1) congratulates the citizens of Israel on the 

2 40th anniversary of the Six Day War in which Israel 

3 defeated enemies aiming to destroy the Jewish 

4 State; 

5 (2) congratulates the residents of Jerusalem 

6 and the people of Israel on the 40th anniversary of 

7 the reunification of that historic city; 

8 (3) commends those former combatant states of 

9 the Six Day War, Egypt and Jordan, who in subse10 quent years had the wisdom and courage to embrace 

11 a vision of peace and coexistence with Israel; 

12 (4) commends Israel for its administration of 

13 the undivided city of Jerusalem for the past 40 

14 years, during which Israel has respected the rights 

15 of all religious groups; 

16 (5) reiterates its commitment to the provisions 

17 of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 and calls 

18 upon the President and all United States officials

19 to abide by its provisions; and 

20 (6) urges the Palestinians and Arab countries 

21 to join with Israel in peace negotiations to resolve 

22 the Arab-Israeli conflict, including realization of the 

23 vision of two democratic states, Israeli and Pales24 tinian, living side-by-side in peace and security. 

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