IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 250
Condemning the terrorist bombings in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Israel, 
urging strengthened efforts in the fight against terrorism, and calling 
upon the Palestinian Authority to take effective action against terrorism. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2003
Mr. LANTOS (for himself and Mr. BLUNT) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the terrorist bombings in Saudi Arabia, Mo-
rocco, and Israel, urging strengthened efforts in the fight 
against terrorism, and calling upon the Palestinian Au-
thority to take effective action against terrorism.
Whereas al-Qaeda and organized terrorism remain a primary 
threat to the civilized world, as demonstrated by the 14 
murderous attacks carried out in little over a week by 
suicide bombers and car-bombers in the Middle East that 
resulted in 87 dead, including at least 7 Americans, and 
nearly 400 wounded; 
Whereas these attacks demonstrate the deadly and evil per-
sistence of organized terrorism aimed at civilized values; 
Whereas the May 12 attacks in Riyadh underscore once again 
the intimate relationship between al-Qaeda and Saudi so-
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ciety, which continues to incubate the hate and religious 
fanaticism that spawns terrorism; 
Whereas Israel and Israelis were victimized by 5 Palestinian 
suicide bombings within 48 hours, and this most recent 
wave of anti-Israeli suicide bombings which began just 
before Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Pales-
tinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas held 
their first-ever summit and continued thereafter, and this 
most recent wave of Palestinian terrorism was clearly and 
perversely intended both to shed innocent Israeli blood 
and to use these acts of murder to undermine Israeli-Pal-
estinian peace efforts and the fledgling Abbas govern-
ment; 
Whereas the coincidence of the suicide bombings and the 
Sharon-Abbas summit demonstrate once again that there 
can be no serious peace effort until Palestinian terrorism 
is ended; 
Whereas the unconscionable rise of Palestinian terrorism 
since September 2000 has been, in significant part, a re-
sult of Yasir Arafat’s cynical manipulation, and he has 
opposed and continues to oppose all serious efforts to 
combat violence and terrorism and to achieve internal 
Palestinian reform, including reform of the Palestinian 
security services; and
Whereas Arafat seeks international contacts and legitimacy 
for the sake of undermining Palestinian efforts to reform, 
to fight violence and terrorism, and to achieve peace with 
Israel: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) condemns in the harshest terms the recent 
wave of terrorism in the Middle East, including the
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bombings of May 12 in Saudi Arabia, May 17 in 
Morocco, and May 17–19 in Israel, the West Bank, 
and Gaza; 
(2) expresses deepest condolences to the fami-
lies, relatives, and friends of the victims; 
(3) commits to strengthening United States ef-
forts in the global war against terrorism; 
(4) urges all states, including those in the Arab 
world, to intensify their anti-terrorist efforts, espe-
cially their anti-terrorist cooperation with the United 
States; 
(5) declares that it is imperative that Saudi 
Arabia, in particular, fully cooperate with all United 
States anti-terrorist investigations and other such 
efforts, that it cease the preaching of anti-Western, 
anti-U.S., anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, and anti-
Israeli hatred in its schools, media, and mosques, 
and that it block all funding of Islamic terrorist 
groups by Saudi nationals; 
(6) concludes that murderous attacks in Israel, 
the West Bank, and Gaza, including suicide bomb-
ings, perpetrated by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic 
Jihad, al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, and other terrorist 
organizations are fully part of a global terrorist cam-
paign;
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(7) affirms that there can be no progress to-
ward Middle East peace until the Palestinian Au-
thority takes decisive action against terrorism; 
(8) emphasizes that the recent suicide bombings 
in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza highlight the ur-
gent need for Palestinian Authority Prime Minister 
Abbas immediately to begin to demonstrate his de-
termination and ability effectively to fight terrorism; 
(9) underscores that the peace process, as based 
on the ‘‘roadmap’’ or any other conceivable docu-
ment or methodology, will only progress if it is per-
formance-based 
without 
regard 
to 
arbitrary 
timelines; 
(10) urges diplomats, officials, and other rep-
resentatives of ‘‘the Quartet,’’ meaning the Euro-
pean Union, Russia, and the United Nations, as well 
as the United States, in order most effectively to 
serve the causes of Palestinian internal reform, anti-
terrorism efforts, and peace with Israel, to direct its 
official contacts with the Palestinians solely through 
the Palestinian Authority prime minister and his au-
thorized representatives; and 
(11) further urges diplomats, officials, and 
other representatives of the Quartet to avoid any
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further direct communication or meetings with Yasir 
Arafat.
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