IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 662 
Emphasizing disapproval of six anti-Israel United Nations resolutions and 
reaffirming United States support for the State of Israel and its people. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2017 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Emphasizing disapproval of six anti-Israel United Nations 
resolutions and reaffirming United States support for 
the State of Israel and its people. 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly approved six 
resolutions that are not in the best interests of the State 
of Israel and its people, and undermine efforts between 
Israel and the Palestinian Authority to find a peaceful 
resolution; 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly passed resolu-
tion A/RES/72/15 (2017), recalling recognition of Israel’s 
‘‘Basic Law’’, which declares Jerusalem the capital of 
Israel and a holy place that ‘‘shall be’’ protected; 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly passed resolu-
tion A/RES/72/11 (2017), requesting continued resources 
and efforts for the United Nations Division for Pales-
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tinian Rights of the Secretariat, which supports finding 
a solution to the ‘‘question of Palestine’’; 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly passed resolu-
tion A/RES/72/12 (2017), recognizing the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization, as well as affirming support for a 
two-state solution, which may not be in the best interests 
of the State of Israel; 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly passed resolu-
tion A/RES/72/13 (2017), recalling recognition of mutual 
agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation 
Organization; 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly passed resolu-
tion A/RES/72/14 (2017), singling out Israeli actions and 
supporting outcomes that need to be resolved between the 
parties, not by the United Nations, including East Jeru-
salem, a historical home for the Israeli people; 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly passed resolu-
tion A/RES/72/16 (2017), expressing deep concern that 
Israel has not withdrawn from the Syrian Golan, and 
stressed the illegality of the Israeli settlement within the 
Syrian border since 1967; and 
Whereas the United Nations resolutions share a strong anti- 
Israel sentiment, and, in some cases, even reverse policies 
and points of view held by the United Nations for over 
50 years: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the dispute between the State of 
Israel and the Palestinian Authority, but believes the 
dispute should be settled internally; 
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(2) recognizes the historical aspects of the 
Israeli-Palestinian Authority relationships, but con-
tinues to recognize the State of Israel’s sovereignty 
to choose its own nation’s capital, which is the city 
of Jerusalem; 
(3) reaffirms the strong relationship between 
the United States and Israel and the strong future 
of the two countries; 
(4) recognizes that the State of Israel is the 
strongest ally to the United States in the Middle 
East; and 
(5) affirms its opposition to the recent actions 
by the United Nations General Assembly. 
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