IV 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1553 

Expressing support for the State of Israel’s right to defend Israeli sovereignty, 

to protect the lives and safety of the Israeli people, and to use all 

means necessary to confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by 

the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the use of military force if 

no other peaceful solution can be found within reasonable time to protect 

against such an immediate and existential threat to the State of Israel. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2010 

Mr. GOHMERT (for himself, Mr. AKIN, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. 

BISHOP of Utah, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BONNER, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. 

CONAWAY, Mr. CULBERSON, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. FRANKS of 

Arizona, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. 

HENSARLING, Mr. HERGER, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 

LATTA, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 

NEUGEBAUER, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. POSEY, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. OLSON, Mr. ROONEY, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SMITH

of Texas, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 

BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, 

Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. KINGSTON, and Mr. 

CARTER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the State of Israel’s right to defend 

Israeli sovereignty, to protect the lives and safety of 

the Israeli people, and to use all means necessary to 

confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the use of military 


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force if no other peaceful solution can be found within 

reasonable time to protect against such an immediate 

and existential threat to the State of Israel. 

Whereas with the dawn of modern Zionism, the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, some 150 years 

ago, the Jewish people determined to return to their 

homeland in the Land of Israel from the lands of their 

dispersion; 

Whereas in 1922, the League of Nations mandated that the 

Jewish people were the legal sovereigns over the Land of 

Israel and that legal mandate has never been superseded; 

Whereas in the aftermath of the Nazi-led Holocaust from 

1933 to 1945, in which the Germans and their collaborators murdered 6,000,000 Jewish people in a premeditated act of genocide, the international community recognized that the Jewish state, built by Jewish pioneers 

must gain its independence from Great Britain; 

Whereas the United States was the first nation to recognize 

Israel’s independence in 1948, and the State of Israel has 

since proven herself to be a faithful ally of the United 

States in the Middle East; 

Whereas the United States and Israel have a special friendship based on shared values, and together share the common goal of peace and security in the Middle East; 

Whereas, on October 20, 2009, President Barack Obama 

rightly noted that the United States–Israel relationship is 

a ‘‘bond that is much more than a strategic alliance.’’; 

Whereas the national security of the United States, Israel, 

and allies in the Middle East face a clear and present 

danger from the Government of the Islamic Republic of 


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Iran seeking nuclear weapons and the ballistic missile capability to deliver them; 

Whereas Israel would face an existential threat from a nuclear weapons-armed Iran; 

Whereas President Barack Obama has been firm and clear 

in declaring United States opposition to a nuclear-armed 

Iran, stating on November 7, 2008, ‘‘Let me state—repeat what I stated during the course of the campaign. 

Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon I believe is unacceptable.’’; 

Whereas, on October 26, 2005, at a conference in Tehran 

called ‘‘World Without Zionism’’, Iranian President 

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated, ‘‘God willing, with the 

force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world 

without the United States and Zionism’’; 

Whereas the New York Times reported that during his October 26, 2005, speech, President Ahmadinejad called for 

‘‘this occupying regime [Israel] to be wiped off the map’’; 

Whereas, on April 14, 2006, Iranian President Ahmadinejad 

said, ‘‘Like it or not, the Zionist regime [Israel] is heading toward annihilation’’; 

Whereas, on June 2, 2008, Iranian President Ahmadinejad 

said, ‘‘I must announce that the Zionist regime [Israel], 

with a 60-year record of genocide, plunder, invasion, and 

betrayal is about to die and will soon be erased from the 

geographical scene’’; 

Whereas, on June 2, 2008, Iranian President Ahmadinejad 

said, ‘‘Today, the time for the fall of the satanic power 

of the United States has come, and the countdown to the 

annihilation of the emperor of power and wealth has 

started’’; 


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Whereas, on May 20, 2009, Iran successfully tested a surface-to-surface long range missile with an approximate 

range of 1,200 miles; 

Whereas Iran continues its pursuit of nuclear weapons; 

Whereas Iran has been caught building three secret nuclear 

facilities since 2002; 

Whereas Iran continues its support of international terrorism, has ordered its proxy Hizbullah to carry out catastrophic acts of international terrorism such as the bombing of the Jewish AMIA Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1994, and could give a nuclear weapon to a terrorist organization in the future; 

Whereas Iran has refused to provide the International Atomic 

Energy Agency with full transparency and access to its 

nuclear program; 

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 

states that according to the International Atomic Energy 

Agency, ‘‘Iran has not established full and sustained suspension of all enrichment related and reprocessing activities and heavy-water-related projects as set out in resolution 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006) and 1747 (2007) nor resumed its cooperation with the IAEA under the Additional Protocol, nor taken the other steps required by the 

IAEA Board of Governors, nor complied with the provisions of Security Council resolution 1696 (2006), 1737 

(2006) and 1747 (2007) . . .’’; 

Whereas at July 2009’s G-8 Summit in Italy, Iran was given 

a September 2009 deadline to start negotiations over its 

nuclear programs and Iran offered a five-page document 

lamenting the ‘‘ungodly ways of thinking prevailing in 

global relations’’ and included various subjects, but left 


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out any mention of Iran’s own nuclear program which 

was the true issue in question; 

Whereas the United States has been fully committed to finding a peaceful resolution to the Iranian nuclear threat, 

and has made boundless efforts seeking such a resolution 

and to determine if such a resolution is even possible; 

and 

Whereas the United States does not want or seek war with 

Iran, but it will continue to keep all options open to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the Government of the Islamic 

3 Republic of Iran for its threats of ‘‘annihilating’’ the 

4 United States and the State of Israel, for its contin5 ued support of international terrorism, and for its 

6 incitement of genocide of the Israeli people; 

7 (2) supports using all means of persuading the 

8 Government of Iran to stop building and acquiring 

9 nuclear weapons; 

10 (3) reaffirms the United States bond with 

11 Israel and pledges to continue to work with the Gov12 ernment of Israel and the people of Israel to ensure 

13 that their sovereign nation continues to receive crit14 ical economic and military assistance, including mis15 sile defense capabilities, needed to address the threat 

16 of Iran; and 


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1 (4) expresses support for Israel’s right to use 

2 all means necessary to confront and eliminate nu3 clear threats posed by Iran, defend Israeli sov4 ereignty, and protect the lives and safety of the 

5 Israeli people, including the use of military force if 

6 no other peaceful solution can be found within a rea7 sonable time. 

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