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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 571 

Calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Israeli soldier Gilad 

Shalit held captive by Hamas, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 28, 2010 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. VOINOVICH, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. KYL, and Mr. VITTER) submitted the 

following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Israeli 

soldier Gilad Shalit held captive by Hamas, and for 

other purposes. 

Whereas Congress previously expressed its concern for missing Israeli soldiers in the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to locate 

and secure the return of Zachary Baumel, a United 

States citizen, and other soldiers missing in action’’, approved November 8, 1999 (Public Law 106–89; 113 Stat. 

1305), which required the Secretary of State to raise the 

status of missing Israeli soldiers with appropriate government officials of Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, and other governments in the region, and to submit 

to Congress reports on those efforts and any subsequent 

discovery of relevant information; 


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Whereas the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 107 on 

March 13, 2007, regarding Gilad Shalit and other Israeli 

soldiers illegally attacked and captured by terrorists; 

Whereas Israel completed its withdrawal from Gaza on September 12, 2005; 

Whereas, on June 25, 2006, Hamas together with allied terrorists crossed into Israel to attack a military post, killing two soldiers and wounding and kidnapping Gilad 

Shalit in a blatantly illegal and extortionate effort to coerce the Government of Israel; 

Whereas Hamas has prevented access to Gilad Shalit by competent medical personnel and representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross; 

Whereas Hamas has refused to provide Gilad Shalit with regular contact with his family or any other party, or to 

allow his family to know where he is being held; 

Whereas Hamas has compelled Gilad Shalit to appear in 

video and voice recordings intended to illegally and 

extortionately coerce the Government of Israel; and 

Whereas Gilad Shalit has been held in captivity by Hamas for 

almost four years: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) demands that— 

3 (A) Hamas immediately and uncondition4 ally release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit; and 

5 (B) Hamas — 

6 (i) allow prompt access to the Israeli 

7 captives by competent medical personnel 


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1 and representatives of the International 

2 Committee of the Red Cross; 

3 (ii) facilitate regular communication 

4 by Gilad Shalit with his family and allow 

5 his family to know where he is being held; 

6 and 

7 (iii) cease compelling Gilad Shalit to 

8 appear in video and voice recordings in9 tended to illegally and extortionately coerce 

10 the Government of Israel; 

11 (2) expresses— 

12 (A) its vigorous support and unwavering 

13 commitment to the welfare, security, and sur14 vival of the State of Israel as a Jewish and 

15 democratic state within recognized and secure 

16 borders; 

17 (B) its strong support and deep interest in 

18 achieving a resolution of the Israeli–Palestinian 

19 conflict through the creation of a democratic, 

20 viable, and independent Palestinian state living 

21 in peace alongside of the State of Israel; 

22 (C) its ongoing concern and sympathy for 

23 the family of Gilad Shalit; and 


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1 (D) its full commitment to continue to 

2 seek the immediate and unconditional release of 

3 Gilad Shalit and other missing Israeli soldiers; 

4 (3) recalls— 

5 (A) the illegal and barbaric attack on and 

6 kidnapping of the bodies of Ehud Goldwasser 

7 and Eldad Regev on July 12, 2006, by the 

8 Iran-supported terrorist group Hezbollah; and 

9 (B) the missing Israeli soldiers Zecharya 

10 Baumel, Zvi Feldman, and Yehuda Katz, miss11 ing since June 11, 1982, Ron Arad, who was 

12 captured on October 16, 1986, Guy Hever, last 

13 seen on August 17, 1997, and Majdy Halabi, 

14 last seen on May 24, 2005; and 

15 (4) condemns— 

16 (A) Hamas for the grossly illegal and im17 moral cross border attack and kidnapping of 

18 Gilad Shalit; and 

19 (B) the Governments of Iran and Syria, 

20 the primary state sponsors and patrons of 

21 Hamas, for their ongoing support for inter22 national terrorism. 

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