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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. RES. 228

Condemning terror attacks in Israel.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 29 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 28), 1996

Mr. HELMS (for himself, Mr. PELL, Mr. DOLE, Mr. DASCHLE, Mr.

LIEBERMAN, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. DODD, Mr. MACK, Mrs. FEINSTEIN,

Mr. BIDEN, Mrs. KASSEBAUM, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. GRAMS,

Mr. LUGAR, Mr. D’AMATO, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. ASHCROFT, Mr. FEINGOLD,

Mr. MOYNIHAN, Mr. BRADLEY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. SPECTER, Mr.

SANTORUM, and Mr. WELLSTONE) submitted the following resolution;

which was considered and agreed to

RESOLUTION

Condemning terror attacks in Israel.

Whereas on February 25, 1996, two vicious terror attacks in

Jerusalem and Ashkelon killed two American citizens and

twenty-three Israelis, and wounded dozens more;

Whereas the Gaza-headquartered terrorist organization

‘‘Hamas’’ claimed credit for the attack;

Whereas in 1995, forty-seven innocent Israeli and American

citizens were killed in Palestinian terror attacks;

Whereas since the signing of the Declaration of Principles between Israel and the PLO on September 13, 1993, one

hundred and sixty-eight people have been killed in terror-
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ist acts, one hundred and sixty-three Israelis and five

American citizens;

Whereas the Gaza-based ‘‘Hamas’’ terror group and Damascus-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Popular Front

for the Liberation of Palestine terror groups have

claimed responsibility for the majority of those terror attacks;

Whereas the PLO, the Palestinian Authority, and Yasser

Arafat have undertaken on repeated occasions to crack

down on terror and bring to justice those in areas under

their jurisdiction who commit acts of terror;

Whereas notwithstanding such undertakings and some improvements in Palestinian efforts against terrorism, the

vast majority of terror suspects have not been apprehended, or if apprehended, not tried or punished, and no

terror suspects requested for transfer have been transferred to Israeli authorities by Palestinian authorities in

direct contravention of agreements signed between the

PLO and Israel;

Whereas the Governments of Iran, Syria, and Lebanon continue to provide safe haven, financial support and arms

to terror groups such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, or

Hezbollah among others, and have in no way acted to restrain such groups from committing acts of terrorism;

and

Whereas failure to act against terrorists by the Palestinian

Authority, Syria and others can only undermine the

credibility of the peace process: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the Senate—

2 (1) condemns and reviles in the strongest terms

3 the attacks in Jerusalem and in Ashkelon;
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1 (2) extends condolences to the families of all

2 those killed, and to the Government and all the peo3 ple of the State of Israel;

4 (3) calls upon the Palestinian Authority, the

5 elected Palestinian Council and Chairman Arafat to

6 act swiftly and decisively to apprehend the perpetra7 tors of terror attacks, to do more to prevent such

8 acts of terror in the future and to eschew all state9 ments and gestures which signal tolerance for such

10 acts and their perpetrators;

11 (4) calls upon the Palestinian Authority, and

12 Palestinian representatives in the elected Council to

13 take all possible action to eliminate terrorist activi14 ties by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popu15 lar Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and all

16 other such terror groups;

17 (5) urges all parties to the peace process, in

18 order to retain the credibility of their commitment to

19 peace, to bring to justice the perpetrators of acts of

20 terrorism, and to cease harboring, financing and

21 arming terror groups in all territories under their

22 control; and

23 (6) urges the Clinton administration to act de24 cisively and swiftly against those who continue to
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1 harbor, arm or finance terror groups seeking to un2 dermine the peace process.

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