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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 5 

Supporting the reunification of Jerusalem. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 5, 2011 

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina submitted the following concurrent resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Supporting the reunification of Jerusalem. 

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

of Jewish religious devotion; 

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

city since the 1840s; 

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; 

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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 Jerusalem has been administered as a unified city, 

in which the rights of all faiths have been respected and 

protected; 

Whereas each sovereign country, under international law and 

custom, has the right to designate its own capital; 

Whereas Jerusalem is the seat of the Government of Israel, 

including the President, Parliament, and the Supreme 

Court; 

Whereas the United States maintains its embassy in the 

functioning capital of every country except in the case of 

Israel, a friend and strategic ally of the United States; 

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 the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 

Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228) directs that the Secretary of State shall, upon the request of a citizen or a 

citizen’s legal guardian, record the place of birth of a 

United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem as 

Israel: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) reaffirms to the residents of Jerusalem and 

4 the people of Israel the importance of the reunifica5 tion of that historic city; 

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1 (2) strongly believes that Jerusalem must re2 main an undivided city in which the rights of every 

3 ethnic and religious group are protected as they 

4 have been by Israel; 

5 (3) calls upon the President and Secretary of 

6 State to repeatedly affirm publicly, as a matter of 

7 United States policy, that Jerusalem must remain 

8 the undivided capital of the State of Israel; 

9 (4) strongly urges the President to discontinue 

10 the waiver contained in the Jerusalem Embassy Act 

11 of 1995 (Public Law 104–45), immediately imple12 ment the provisions of that Act, and begin the proc13 ess of relocating the United States Embassy in 

14 Israel to Jerusalem; 

15 (5) further urges United States officials to re16 frain from any actions that contradict United States 

17 law on this subject; and 

18 (6) reaffirms Israel’s right to take necessary 

19 steps to prevent any future division of Jerusalem. 

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