hundreds of Israelis and Americans inside of Israel, 
which it continues to this day. 
(4) Hamas is funded and directly supported by 
Iran which uses it as a proxy to fight Israel. In ad-
dition, Iran recently announced it would send Ira-
nian ships to escort future ships attempting to break 
the Gaza blockade. 
(5) In 2002, Israel intercepted the Karine A 
which was found to be carrying 50 tons of weapons 
destined for Hamas and, in 2009, Israel intercepted 
the Francop carrying hundreds of tons of weapons 
destined for Hezbollah. 
(6) Israel allows approximately 15,000 tons of 
supplies to enter Gaza on a daily basis. In the last 
18 months over a million tons of humanitarian sup-
plies have entered Gaza from Israel. 
(7) Even though Israel repeatedly warned the 
flotilla it would not be allowed entry in to Gaza and 
offered to deliver to Gaza the humanitarian goods 
that the flotilla was carrying, Israel was rebuffed. 
(8) Greta Berlin, one of the leaders of the flo-
tilla, admitted the purpose was not to bring humani-
tarian aid to Gaza but rather to end the blockade. 
(9) The main organizer of the flotilla was the 
Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation, which has 
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publicly affirmed its links to Hamas, maintains an 
office in Gaza, and has ties to other terrorist organi-
zations, including al-Qaeda, and several of the pas-
sengers on the flotilla have links or have provided fi-
nancial support to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic 
Jihad, and al-Qaeda. 
(10) According to its Web site, the United Na-
tions Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental 
body within the United Nations consisting of 47 
countries responsible for strengthening the pro-
motion and protection of human rights around the 
globe. However, its members include such notorious 
violators of human rights as China, Cuba, Egypt, 
Saudi Arabia, and Russia. In addition, the Human 
Rights Council has produced the deeply flawed and 
biased United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the 
Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report) which was rejected 
by the Obama Administration and Congress, and at 
least 27 resolutions specifically condemning Israel. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF CONGRESS. 
Congress declares that the United States stands with 
the Government of Israel and the Israeli people. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States— 
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(1) supports Israel’s unconditional right to de-
fend itself; 
(2) supports Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza; 
and 
(3) should oppose any United Nations inves-
tigation into the flotilla incident. 
SEC. 5. ACTIONS AT THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS 
COUNCIL; PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CON-
TRIBUTIONS. 
(a) CESSATION OF MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary of 
State shall direct the United States Permanent Represent-
ative to the United Nations to cease United States partici-
pation in and membership on the United Nations Human 
Rights Council. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may 
not contribute to the United Nations any funds to 
be used to pay for an investigation into the flotilla 
incident. 
(2) RECAPTURE.—The Secretary of State shall 
ensure that no United States contributions to the 
United Nations are used for an investigation into 
the flotilla incident, including, where necessary, by 
withholding from United States contributions to the 
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regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Na-
tions amounts equal to any amounts so expended. 
Æ 
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