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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 326 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States 

efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated 

two-state solution. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2019 

Mr. LOWENTHAL (for himself, Ms. BASS, and Mr. CONNOLLY) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution. 

Whereas the special relationship between the United States 

and Israel is rooted in shared national security interests 

and shared values of democracy, human rights, and the 

rule of law; 

Whereas the United States has worked for decades to 

strengthen Israel’s security through assistance and cooperation on defense and intelligence matters in order to 

enhance the safety of United States and Israeli citizens; 

Whereas the United States remains unwavering in its commitment to help Israel address the myriad challenges it 

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zations, regional instability, horrifying violence in neighboring states, and hostile regimes that call for its destruction; 

Whereas the United States has long sought a just and stable 

future for Palestinians, and an end to the occupation, including opposing settlement activity and moves toward 

unilateral annexation in Palestinian territory; 

Whereas for more than 20 years, Presidents of the United 

States from both political parties and Israeli Prime Ministers had supported reaching a two-state solution that 

establishes a Palestinian state coexisting side by side with 

Israel in peace and security; 

Whereas United States administrations from both political 

parties have put forward proposals to provide a framework for negotiations toward a two-state solution, including the parameters put forward by President Bill Clinton 

in December 2000, the Road Map proposed by President 

George W. Bush in April 2003, and the principles set 

forth by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State 

John Kerry in December 2016; 

Whereas ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is vital to the 

interests of both parties; and 

Whereas delays to a political solution to the conflict between 

Israelis and Palestinians pose a threat to the ability to 

maintain a Jewish and democratic state of Israel: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that— 


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1 (1) only the achievement of a two-state solution 

2 that enhances stability and security in the Middle 

3 East can both— 

4 (A) ensure the State of Israel’s survival as 

5 a secure Jewish and democratic state; and 

6 (B) fulfill the legitimate aspirations of the 

7 Palestinian people for a state of their own; 

8 (2) while the United States remains indispen9 sable to any viable effort to achieve that goal, only 

10 the Israelis and the Palestinians can make the dif11 ficult choices necessary to end their conflict; 

12 (3) the United States, with the support of re13 gional and international partners, can play a con14 structive role toward ending the Israeli-Palestinian 

15 conflict by putting forward a proposal for achieving 

16 a two-state solution that is consistent with the 

17 broadly held consensus positions for resolving the 

18 conflict’s final status issues as reflected in previous 

19 United States proposals; and 

20 (4) a United States proposal that fails to ex21 pressly endorse a two-state solution as its objective, 

22 that expressly or tacitly encourages unilateral annex23 ation of territory, or is otherwise inconsistent with 

24 the broadly held consensus positions for resolving 

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1 vious United States proposals is likely to put a 

2 peaceful end to the conflict further out of reach. 

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