IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 11 
Objecting to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 as an obstacle 
to Israeli-Palestinian peace, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Mr. ROYCE of California (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALO-
NEY of New York, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Ms. SINEMA, 
Mr. HUDSON, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. PERRY, 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. NUNES, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. SMITH 
of New Jersey, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. ZELDIN, Ms. MENG, Mr. YOHO, Ms. 
FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. CHABOT, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. 
DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. SIRES, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. BRENDAN 
F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. YODER, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. 
MOOLENAAR, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. HILL, Mr. HAS-
TINGS, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. MARINO, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 
SOTO, Mr. KILMER, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 
CARTER of Texas, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. 
STEWART, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. DUNN, and Mr. 
NEWHOUSE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Objecting to United Nations Security Council Resolution 
2334 as an obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace, and 
for other purposes. 
Whereas the United States has long supported a negotiated 
settlement leading to a sustainable two-state solution 
with the democratic, Jewish state of Israel and a demili-
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tarized, democratic Palestinian state living side-by-side in 
peace and security; 
Whereas since 1993, the United States has facilitated direct, 
bilateral negotiations between both parties toward achiev-
ing a two-state solution and ending all outstanding 
claims; 
Whereas it is the long-standing policy of the United States 
that a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian con-
flict will only come through direct, bilateral negotiations 
between the two parties; 
Whereas it is the long-standing position of the United States 
to oppose and, if necessary, veto United Nations Security 
Council resolutions dictating additional binding param-
eters on the peace process; 
Whereas it is the long-standing position of the United States 
to oppose and, if necessary, veto one-sided or anti-Israel 
resolutions at the United Nations Security Council; 
Whereas the United States has stood in the minority inter-
nationally over successive Administrations in defending 
Israel in international forums, including vetoing one-sided 
resolutions in 2011, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 
1997, and 1995 before the United Nations Security 
Council; 
Whereas the United States recently signed a new Memo-
randum of Understanding with the Government of Israel 
regarding security assistance, consistent with long-
standing support for Israel among successive Administra-
tions and congresses and representing an important 
United States commitment toward Israel’s qualitative 
military edge; 
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Whereas on November 29, 2016, the House of Representa-
tives unanimously passed House Concurrent Resolution 
165, expressing the sense of Congress and reaffirming 
longstanding United States policy in support of a direct 
bilaterally negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian 
conflict and opposition to United Nations Security Coun-
cil resolutions imposing a solution to the conflict; 
Whereas on December 23, 2016, the United States Perma-
nent Representative to the United Nations disregarded 
House Concurrent Resolution 165 and departed from 
longstanding United States policy by abstaining and per-
mitting United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 
to be adopted under Chapter VI of the United Nations 
Charter; 
Whereas the United States’ abstention on United Nations Se-
curity Council Resolution 2334 contradicts the Oslo Ac-
cords and its associated process that is predicated on re-
solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict between the parties 
through direct negotiations; 
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 
claims that ‘‘the establishment by Israel of settlements in 
the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including 
East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a 
flagrant violation under international law and a major 
obstacle to the achievement of the two-State solution and 
a just, lasting and comprehensive peace’’; 
Whereas by referring to the ‘‘4 June 1967 lines’’ as the basis 
for negotiations, United Nations Security Council Resolu-
tion 2334 effectively states that the Jewish Quarter of 
the Old City of Jerusalem and the Western Wall, Juda-
ism’s holiest site, are ‘‘occupied territory’’ thereby equat-
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ing these sites with outposts in the West Bank that the 
Israeli government has deemed illegal; 
Whereas passage of United Nations Security Council Resolu-
tion 2334 effectively lends legitimacy to efforts by the 
Palestinian Authority to impose its own solution through 
international organizations and through unjustified boy-
cotts or divestment campaigns against Israel by calling 
‘‘upon all States, bearing in mind paragraph 1 of this 
resolution, to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, be-
tween the territory of the State of Israel and the terri-
tories occupied since 1967’’, and will require the United 
States and Israel to take effective action to counteract 
the potential harmful impact of United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 2334; 
Whereas UNSCR 2334 did not directly call upon Palestinian 
leadership to fulfill their obligations toward negotiations 
or mention that part of the eventual Palestinian state is 
currently controlled by Hamas, a designated terrorist or-
ganization; and 
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 
both sought to impose or unduly influence solutions to 
final status issues, and is biased against Israel: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That — 
(1) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that— 
(A) the passage of United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 2334 undermined the long- 
standing position of the United States to op-
pose and veto United Nations Security Council 
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resolutions that seek to impose solutions to 
final status issues, or are one-sided and anti- 
Israel, reversing decades of bipartisan agree-
ment; 
(B) the passage of United Nations Secu-
rity Council Resolution 2334 undermines the 
prospect of Israelis and Palestinians resuming 
productive, direct negotiations; 
(C) the passage of United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 2334 contributes to the po-
litically motivated acts of boycott, divestment 
from, and sanctions against Israel and rep-
resents a concerted effort to extract concessions 
from Israel outside of direct negotiations be-
tween the Israelis and Palestinians, which must 
be actively rejected; 
(D) any future measures taken in inter-
national or outside organizations, including the 
United Nations Security Council or at the Paris 
conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 
scheduled for January 15, 2017, to impose an 
agreement, or parameters for an agreement in-
cluding the recognition of a Palestinian state, 
will set back the cause of peace, harm the secu-
rity of Israel, run counter to the enduring bi-
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partisan consensus on strengthening the United 
States-Israel relationship, and weaken support 
for such organizations; 
(E) a durable and sustainable peace agree-
ment between Israel and the Palestinians will 
come only through direct bilateral negotiations 
between the parties resulting in a Jewish, 
democratic state living side-by-side next to a de-
militarized Palestinian state in peace and secu-
rity; 
(F) the United States should work to fa-
cilitate serious, direct negotiations between the 
parties without preconditions toward a sustain-
able peace agreement; and 
(G) the United States Government should 
oppose and veto future United Nations Security 
Council resolutions that seek to impose solu-
tions to final status issues, or are one-sided and 
anti-Israel; and 
(2) the House of Representatives opposes 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 
and will work to strengthen the United States-Israel 
relationship, and calls for United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 2334 to be repealed or fun-
damentally altered so that— 
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(A) it is no longer one-sided and anti- 
Israel; and 
(B) it allows all final status issues toward 
a two-state solution to be resolved through di-
rect bilateral negotiations between the parties. 
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