IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 144
Condemning attacks on United States citizens by Palestinian terrorists, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 4, 2005
Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mr. WEINER, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. AKIN, Mr. 
BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. BEAUPREZ, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 
Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. 
CHABOT, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. FLAKE, 
Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. 
HAYWORTH, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. 
KLINE, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NORTHUP, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. 
OTTER, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. POE, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. 
ROTHMAN, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SHIMKUS, 
Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. WAMP, 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. CLEAVER) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Condemning attacks on United States citizens by Palestinian 
terrorists, and for other purposes.
Whereas since the late Yasser Arafat renounced violence in 
the Oslo Peace Accords on September 13, 1993, at least 
53 United States citizens, including one unborn child, 
have been murdered by Palestinian terrorists;
•HCON 144 IH 
Whereas on December 1, 1993, in a drive-by shooting north 
of Jerusalem, Hamas killed United States citizen Yitzhak 
Weinstock, 19, whose family came from Los Angeles; 
Whereas on October 9, 1994, Hamas kidnapped and mur-
dered United States citizen Nachshon Wachsman, 19, 
whose family came from New York City; 
Whereas on April 9, 1995, an Islamic Jihad bomb attack on 
a bus near Kfar Darom killed United States citizen Alisa 
Flatow, 20, from West Orange, New Jersey; 
Whereas on August 21, 1995, in a Hamas bus bombing in 
Jerusalem, United States citizen Joan Davenny, from 
New Haven, Connecticut, was killed; 
Whereas on September 9, 1995, Mara Frey of Chicago was 
stabbed in Ma’ale Michmash resulting in her unborn 
child’s death; 
Whereas on February 25, 1996, three United States citizens, 
Sara Duker of Teaneck, New Jersey, Matthew Eisenfeld 
of West Hartford, Connecticut, and Ira Weinstein of New 
York City, were killed in a Hamas bus bombing in Jeru-
salem; 
Whereas on May 13, 1996, United States citizen David 
Boim, 17, of New York City, was killed in a drive-by 
shooting near Beit El, north of Jerusalem; 
Whereas on June 9, 1996, United States citizen Yaron 
Ungar was killed in a drive-by shooting near Beit 
Shemesh; 
Whereas on July 30, 1997, United States citizen Leah Stern 
of Passaic, New Jersey, was killed in a Hamas bombing 
in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market;
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Whereas on September 4, 1997, a Hamas bombing on Ben-
Yehuda Street, Jerusalem, killed Yael Botwin, 14, of Los 
Angeles; 
Whereas on April 19, 1998, an attack near the Israeli town 
of Maon killed United States citizen Dov Dribben, 28; 
Whereas on October 8, 2000, Rabbi Hillel Lieberman, 36, of 
New York City, was stabbed and killed near Nablus; 
Whereas on October 30, 2000, United States citizen Esh-
Kodesh Gilmore, 25, was shot in Jerusalem; 
Whereas on December 31, 2000, Rabbi Binyamin Kahane, 
34, and his wife, Talia Hertzlich Kahane, both formerly 
of New York City, were killed in a drive-by shooting near 
Ofra; 
Whereas on May 9, 2001, Jacob ‘‘Koby’’ Mandell, 13, of Sil-
ver Spring, Maryland, was killed in an attack near 
Tekoah; 
Whereas on May 29, 2001, Sarah Blaustein, 53, of Law-
rence, New York, was killed in a drive-by shooting near 
Efrat; 
Whereas on August 9, 2001, two United States citizens, Ju-
dith L. Greenbaum, 31, and Malka Roth, 15, were killed 
in the Jerusalem Sbarro pizzeria bombing; 
Whereas on November 4, 2001, Shoshana Ben-Yishai, 16, of 
New York City, was shot and killed during an attack on 
a Jerusalem bus; 
Whereas on January 15, 2002, Avraham Boaz, 72, of New 
York City, was killed in a shooting near Bethlehem; 
Whereas on January 18, 2002, United States citizen Aaron 
Elis, 32, was killed in a shooting in Hadera;
•HCON 144 IH 
Whereas on February 8, 2002, United States citizen Moranne 
Amit, 25, was killed in a stabbing in Abu Tor Peace For-
est, Jerusalem; 
Whereas on February 15, 2002, United States citizen Lee 
Akunis, was shot and killed near Ramallah; 
Whereas on February 16, 2002, Keren Shatsky, 14, of New 
York City and Maine, and Rachel Thaler, 16, of Balti-
more, Maryland, were killed in a bombing in Karnei 
Shomron; 
Whereas on March 24, 2002, Esther Kleinman, 23, formerly 
of Chicago, was shot and killed near Ofra; 
Whereas on March 27, 2002, United States citizen Hannah 
Rogen, 90, was killed in a bombing at a hotel Passover 
seder in Netanya; 
Whereas on June 18, 2002, Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of Los Ange-
les, was killed in a bus bombing in Jerusalem; 
Whereas on June 19, 2002, United States citizen Gila Sara 
Kessler, 19, was killed in a bombing at a Jerusalem bus 
stop; 
Whereas on July 31, 2002, five United States citizens were 
killed in a bombing of a Hebrew University cafeteria: 
Marla Bennett, 24, of San Diego, Benjamin Blutstein, 
25, of Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania, Janis Ruth 
Coulter, 36, of Massachusetts, David Gritz, 24, of Peru, 
Massachusetts (and of dual French-United States citizen-
ship), and Dina Carter, 37, of North Carolina; 
Whereas on March 5, 2003, Abigail Leitel, 14, who was born 
in Lebanon, New Hampshire, died in a bus bombing in 
Haifa;
•HCON 144 IH 
Whereas on March 7, 2003, a shooting occurred in the home 
of United States citizens Rabbi Eli Horowitz, 52, who 
grew up in Chicago, and Dina Horowitz, 50, who grew 
up in Florida, and both were killed; 
Whereas on June 11, 2003, Alan Beer, 47, who grew up in 
Cleveland, was killed in a bus bombing in Jerusalem; 
Whereas on June 20, 2003, a shooting attack on a car driv-
ing through the West Bank killed United States citizen 
Tzvi Goldstein, 47, who grew up in the State of New 
York; 
Whereas on August 19, 2003, Mordechai Reinitz, 49, Yitzhak 
Reinitz, 9, Tehilla Nathanson, 3, of Monsey, New York, 
Goldie Taubenfeld, 43, of New Square, New York, and 
Shmuel Taubenfeld, 3 months, of New Square, New 
York, were killed in a homicide bombing on a bus in Je-
rusalem; 
Whereas on September 9, 2003, a homicide bomber killed 
United States citizens David Applebaum, 51, originally of 
Cleveland, and Nava Applebaum, 20, originally of Cleve-
land, in a cafe in Jerusalem; 
Whereas on October 15, 2003, United States citizens John 
Branchizio, 36, of San Antonio, Texas, John Martin 
Linde, Jr., 30, of Washington, Missouri, and Mark T. 
Parson, 31, of the State of New York were killed in a 
car bombing in Gaza; 
Whereas on September 24, 2004, a mortar strike on a hous-
ing community killed Tiferet Tratner, 24, a dual United 
States-Israeli citizen; 
Whereas at least another 83 United States citizens have been 
injured in Palestinian terrorist attacks;
•HCON 144 IH 
Whereas Palestinian terrorism continues to happen as dem-
onstrated by the bombing in Tel Aviv on February 25, 
2005, despite the recent elections and a new sense of op-
timism in the region; and 
Whereas the United States is willing to continue to work with 
Palestinian leaders under the condition that the newly 
elected Palestinian leadership reject and take verifiable 
steps to prevent terrorism: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress—
(1) condemns the attacks on United States citi-
zens by Palestinian terrorists and demands that the 
Palestinian Authority work with Israel to protect all 
innocent individuals, regardless of citizenship, from 
terrorist atrocities; and 
(2) offers its condolences to the families and 
loved ones of United States citizens who were killed 
by Palestinian terrorist attacks.
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