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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 665 

Condemning the murder of Israeli and Palestinian children in Israel and 

the ongoing and escalating violence in that country. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 10, 2014 

Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. SMITH of New 

Jersey, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Ohio, Mr. DENT, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. ROSKAM, 

and Mr. GRIMM) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the murder of Israeli and Palestinian children 

in Israel and the ongoing and escalating violence in that 

country. 

Whereas on April 23, 2014, the Palestinian factions of Fatah 

and Hamas announced a deal to unify Palestinian Authority rule over the West Bank and Gaza and to hold 

elections; 

Whereas Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007 and 

is a designated terrorist organization by the governments 

of the United States, Israel, Canada, Japan, Jordan and 

Egypt, as well as the European Union; 

Whereas Hamas does not recognize Israel’s right to exist and 

its charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish State; 


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Whereas Israel remains a strategic partner and ally since its 

establishment in 1948 and is a vibrant democracy with 

a strong rule of law situated in a hostile neighborhood in 

the Levant; 

Whereas Israel has the right to self-defense as declared in 

Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations; 

Whereas Israelis Naftali Frenkel, 16, Gilad Shaer, 16, and 

Eyal Yifrach, 19, were kidnapped on June 12, 2014, and 

subsequently murdered by two suspected Hamas members in the West Bank; 

Whereas Israel launched Operation Brother’s Keeper to first 

retrieve the young boys and then to infiltrate and destroy 

Hamas’ network in the West Bank; 

Whereas Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, was abducted and killed in a retaliatory act by extremists on 

July 2, 2014, in Jerusalem; 

Whereas Israeli political leaders strongly denounced the killing of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stating: ‘‘I unequivocally condemn the 

murder of a Palestinian youth in Jerusalem . . .’’ and 

‘‘Murder, riots, incitement, vigilantism — they have no 

place in our democracy.’’; 

Whereas Hamas continues to perpetuate violence against 

Israel, launching hundreds of rocket attacks on large 

population centers in Israel from Gaza; 

Whereas Israel has made numerous efforts to avoid conflict 

through a proposed ‘‘quiet for quiet’’ formula which 

Hamas explicitly rejected; and 

Whereas the Israel Defense Force consequently initiated Operation Protective Edge to respond to these ongoing 

threats to Israeli citizens: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the kidnapping and murder of 

3 Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaer, and Eyal Yifrach by 

4 terrorists associated with Hamas and the murder of 

5 Mohammed Abu Khdeir by extremists; 

6 (2) commends Israeli authorities for acting 

7 swiftly to apprehend the killers of Mohammed Abu 

8 Khdeir and expects that the murderers will be pun9 ished to the full extent of the law; 

10 (3) calls on the Hamas-backed Palestinian Au11 thority to cooperate fully with the Israeli government 

12 to apprehend the murderers of Naftali Frenkel, 

13 Gilad Shaer, and Eyal Yifrach and bring them to 

14 justice; 

15 (4) calls on Hamas to halt its attacks on Israel 

16 and stop provoking Israel into a conflict; and 

17 (5) urges the Palestinian Authority to sever ties 

18 with Hamas until it recognizes Israel’s right to exist 

19 and renounces terrorism. 

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