IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 951 
Condemning the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2008 
Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. HENSARLING, and 
Ms. BERKLEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli 
civilians, and for other purposes. 
Whereas more than 4,000 rockets and mortar shells have 
been fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip by Hamas and 
other terrorist organizations since Israeli forces withdrew 
from there in 2005; 
Whereas, since January 1, 2008, terrorists have fired more 
than 420 rockets and mortar shells into Israel; 
Whereas the near-daily rocket fire has been targeted pri-
marily and intentionally at civilian communities in Israel, 
such as Sderot and Ashkelon, making life in such areas 
agonizing; 
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Whereas the terrorist rockets have hit homes, buildings, 
roads, power lines, and other such infrastructure in 
Israel; 
Whereas these rocket attacks have forced Israel to suffer doz-
ens of casualties, hundreds of shock victims, thousands of 
traumatized children, and severe disruption of daily life; 
Whereas military intelligence reports indicate that the rockets 
used in the attacks on Israel are made in Iran and often 
smuggled into Gaza through Egypt; 
Whereas Haaretz has reported that no fewer than 1,650 
rockets and 6,000 bombs, as well as millions of bullets 
for light weapons and tons of potassium for manufac-
turing bombs, were smuggled into Gaza through Egypt in 
2007 alone; and 
Whereas the launching of the rockets by Hamas is made pos-
sible largely by technical expertise provided by the Ira-
nian and Syrian Governments: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, 
the ongoing Iranian-enabled rocket attacks on Israeli 
civilians; 
(2) supports the sovereign right of the Govern-
ment of Israel to defend its territory and stop the 
rocket attacks on its citizens; 
(3) recognizes the difficult balance Israel faces 
as the competing pressures of being the primary 
supplier of numerous necessities for Palestinian civil-
ians, such as fuel, electricity, and medicine, even 
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while rockets are being fired at Israel from Pales-
tinian areas; 
(4) supports Palestinian civilians who reject 
Hamas and all forms of terrorism, desiring to live in 
peace with their Israeli neighbors; 
(5) places responsibility for launching the rock-
et attacks on Hamas and other terrorist organiza-
tions, such as Islamic Jihad, in Gaza; 
(6) regards these rocket attacks and the fos-
tering of terrorism in the Palestinian territories as 
direct hindrances to the peace process in the region; 
(7) recognizes that the rocket attacks against 
Israel would not be possible without the material 
support of the Governments of Iran and Syria; 
(8) calls on all nations, including Egypt, to take 
affirmative, transparent, verifiable steps to stop the 
flow of rockets and other terrorism-enabling mate-
rials (including human resources) to the Palestinian 
territories; and 
(9) reaffirms the strong and unyielding friend-
ship between the governments and the people of 
Israel and the United States. 
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