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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 60

Relating to the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the city of Jerusalem.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 10, 1997

Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr.

YATES, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mrs.

MEEK of Florida, Mr. SABO, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. REYES, Mr.

PASCRELL, Mr. MATSUI, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr.

SKAGGS, Mr. GORDON, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr.

MILLER of California, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. VENTO, Mr.

DOOLEY of California, Mr. ROEMER, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. MCHALE, Mr.

WHITE, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. BARCIA, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. SANCHEZ, Ms.

STABENOW, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. KIND, Mr.

HAYWORTH, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. LEWIS of

Georgia, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. COYNE, Mr. MANTON, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr.

FORBES, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. EVANS, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. KING, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. ARCHER, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. CHABOT,

Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms. DUNN, Mr.

FOLEY, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. HILL, Mr. HORN, Mr.

HOSTETTLER, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma,

Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. REGULA, Mr.

SALMON, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. THUNE, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, and Mr.

YOUNG of Alaska) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which

was referred to the Committee on International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Relating to the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the

city of Jerusalem.

Whereas for 3,000 years Jerusalem has been the focal point

of Jewish religious devotion;
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Whereas Jerusalem today is also considered a holy city by

members of the Christian and Muslim faiths;

Whereas there has been a continuous Jewish presence in Jerusalem for three millennia and a Jewish majority in the

city since the 1840’s;

Whereas the once thriving Jewish majority 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 Jewish citizens

of all states were denied access to holy sites in the area

controlled by Jordan;

Whereas in 1967 Jerusalem was reunited by Israel during

the conflict known as the Six Day War;

Whereas since 1967 Jerusalem has been a united city, and

persons of all religious faiths have been guaranteed full

access to holy sites within the city;

Whereas this year marks the 30th year that Jerusalem has

been administered as a unified city in which the rights

of all faiths have been respected and protected;

Whereas in 1990 the United States Senate and House of

Representatives overwhelmingly adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 106 and House Concurrent Resolution

290 declaring that Jerusalem, the capital of Israel,

‘‘must remain an undivided city’’ and calling on Israel

and the Palestinians to undertake negotiations to resolve

their differences;

Whereas Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel later cited

Senate Concurrent Resolution 106 as having ‘‘helped our

neighbors reach the negotiating table’’ to produce the historic Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Govern-
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ment Arrangements, signed in Washington, D.C. on September 13, 1993; and

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: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That the Congress—

3 (1) congratulates the residents of Jerusalem

4 and the people of Israel on the 30th anniversary of

5 the reunification of that historic city;

6 (2) strongly believes that Jerusalem must re7 main an undivided city in which the rights of every

8 ethnic and religious group are protected as they

9 have been by Israel during the past 30 years;

10 (3) calls upon the President and the Secretary

11 of State to affirm publicly as a matter of United

12 States policy that Jerusalem must remain the undi13 vided capital of the State of Israel; and

14 (4) urges United States officials to refrain from

15 any actions that contradict this policy.

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