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officials in connection with unfounded allegations of war 
crimes and has often unfairly impeded the travel of those 
individuals; 
Whereas the State of Israel, like many other free democ-
racies, has an independent judicial system with a robust 
investigatory capacity and has already launched numer-
ous investigations, many of which remain ongoing, of Op-
eration Cast Lead and individual incidents therein; 
Whereas Libya and others have indicated that they intend to 
further pursue consideration of the report and implemen-
tation of its recommendations by the United Nations Se-
curity Council, the United Nations General Assembly, the 
United Nations Human Rights Council, and other multi-
lateral fora; 
Whereas the President instructed the United States Mission 
to the United Nations and other international organiza-
tions in Geneva to vote against resolution A–HRC–S–12– 
1, which endorsed the report and condemned Israel, at 
the special session of the Human Rights Council held on 
October 15–16, 2009; 
Whereas, on September 30, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary 
Clinton described the mandate for the report as ‘‘one- 
sided’’; 
Whereas, on September 17, 2009, Ambassador Susan Rice, 
United States Permanent Representative to the United 
Nations, expressed the United States’ ‘‘very serious con-
cern with the mandate’’ and noted that the United States 
views the mandate ‘‘as unbalanced, one-sided and basi-
cally unacceptable’’; 
Whereas the ‘‘Report of the United Nations Fact Finding 
Mission on the Gaza Conflict’’ reflects the longstanding, 
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historic bias at the United Nations against the demo-
cratic, Jewish State of Israel; 
Whereas the ‘‘Report of the United Nations Fact Finding 
Mission on the Gaza Conflict’’ is being exploited by 
Israel’s enemies to excuse the actions of violent militant 
groups and their state sponsors, and to justify isolation 
of and punitive measures against the democratic, Jewish 
State of Israel; 
Whereas, on October 16, 2009, the United Nations Human 
Rights Council voted 25–6 (with 11 states abstaining and 
5 not voting) to adopt resolution A–HRC–S–12–1, which 
endorsed the ‘‘Report of the United Nations Fact Find-
ing Mission on the Gaza Conflict’’ and condemned Israel, 
without mentioning Hamas, other such violent militant 
groups, or their state sponsors; and 
Whereas efforts to delegitimize the democratic State of Israel 
and deny it the right to defend its citizens and its exist-
ence can be used to delegitimize other democracies and 
deny them the same right: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) considers the ‘‘Report of the United Nations 
Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict’’ to be 
irredeemably biased and unworthy of further consid-
eration or legitimacy; 
(2) supports the Administration’s efforts to 
combat anti-Israel bias at the United Nations, its 
characterization of the ‘‘Report of the United Na-
tions Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict’’ as 
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‘‘unbalanced, one-sided and basically unacceptable’’, 
and its opposition to the resolution on the report; 
(3) calls on the President and the Secretary of 
State to continue to strongly and unequivocally op-
pose any endorsement of the ‘‘Report of the United 
Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict’’ 
in multilateral fora; 
(4) calls on the President and the Secretary of 
State to strongly and unequivocally oppose any fur-
ther consideration of the ‘‘Report of the United Na-
tions Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict’’ 
and any other measures stemming from this report 
in multilateral fora; and 
(5) reaffirms its support for the democratic, 
Jewish State of Israel, for Israel’s security and right 
to self-defense, and, specifically, for Israel’s right to 
defend its citizens from violent militant groups and 
their state sponsors. 
Æ 
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