IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1110 
Supporting the announcements of the establishment of full diplomatic rela-
tions between the State of Israel and the United Arab Emirates and 
the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the announcements of the establishment of full 
diplomatic relations between the State of Israel and the 
United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel and the 
Kingdom of Bahrain, and for other purposes. 
Whereas, on August 13, 2020, Prime Minister Benjamin 
Netanyahu of Israel and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed, 
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Com-
mander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced 
an agreement to normalize relations between their two 
countries, and Israel agreed to suspend planned annex-
ation in parts of the West Bank; 
Whereas, on September 11, 2020, Israeli Prime Minister 
Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa 
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•HRES 1110 IH 
Al Khalifa announced the establishment of full diplomatic 
relations between Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain; 
Whereas support for peace between Israel and its neighbors 
has long-standing bipartisan support in Congress and 
among the American people; 
Whereas the UAE is the first Gulf Arab state to announce 
formal relations with Israel, followed by Bahrain; 
Whereas the normalization agreements are intended to have 
strategic benefit for participating countries and can be 
mutually beneficial for important sectors such as invest-
ment, finance, health, civil space, civil aviation, foreign 
policy and diplomatic affairs, and tourism and culture; 
Whereas following the agreement, the UAE formally abol-
ished its boycott law, allowing UAE companies and indi-
viduals to trade directly with Israel; 
Whereas these agreements could pave the way for future 
peace or normalization agreements between Israel and 
other Arab and Muslim countries; 
Whereas the parties pledged to continue their efforts to 
achieve a just, comprehensive, and enduring resolution to 
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; 
Whereas the agreements build upon the decades-long leader-
ship of the United States in helping Israel broker peace 
treaties with Egypt and Jordan and promoting peace 
talks between Israel and Syria, Lebanon, and the Pal-
estinians; 
Whereas the United States played a pivotal role in brokering 
both agreements, which follow years of diplomacy be-
tween the United States, Israel, the United Arab Emir-
ates, Bahrain and other partners, encouraging coopera-
tion between Israel and Gulf countries; 
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•HRES 1110 IH 
Whereas in 2015, Israel opened a diplomatic-level mission to 
the International Renewable Energy Agency in Abu 
Dhabi, UAE; 
Whereas in 2018, after an Israeli athlete won first place in 
an international judo tournament in Abu Dhabi, the 
Israeli national anthem publicly played for the first time 
in the UAE; 
Whereas in 2019, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 
President of the UAE, proclaimed the year 2019 to be 
‘‘The Year of Tolerance’’ in the UAE, and during 2019, 
the UAE announced the construction of the Abrahamic 
Family House in Abu Dhabi, which will house a mosque, 
a church, and a synagogue and the appointment of the 
first chief rabbi of the UAE; 
Whereas the UAE is set to host the World Expo in 2021, and 
in 2019 event organizers in Dubai invited Israel to par-
ticipate; 
Whereas in 2009, Bahrain’s crown prince Sheikh Salman bin 
Hamad al-Khalifa urged Arab countries to ‘‘move toward 
real peace now by consulting and educating our people 
and by reaching out to the Israeli public to highlight the 
benefits of a genuine peace.’’; 
Whereas when former president Shimon Peres died in 2016, 
Bahrain was the only Gulf country to publicly mourn his 
death; 
Whereas in 2018, then Foreign Minister of Bahrain Khaled 
bin Ahmed al Khalifa tweeted in Arabic that Israel ‘‘has 
the right to defend itself’’ and said, ‘‘we do believe that 
Israel is a country to stay, and we want a better relation 
with it, and we want peace with it.’’; 
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•HRES 1110 IH 
Whereas in order to ensure the sustainability of state-to-state 
normalization, the agreements should be followed by 
greater people-to-people normalization; and 
Whereas in 2008, Congress enacted legislation (Public Law 
110–429) amending the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) to require that any certification to 
Congress relating to a proposed United States arms sale 
‘‘to any country in the Middle East other than Israel’’ 
must include a ‘‘determination that the sale or export of 
such would not adversely affect Israel’s qualitative mili-
tary edge over military threats to Israel’’: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the August 13, 2020, announce-
ment of the establishment of full diplomatic relations 
between the State of Israel and the United Arab 
Emirates and suspension of Israeli actions to apply 
sovereignty in parts of the West Bank; 
(2) supports the September 11, 2020, an-
nouncement of the establish of full diplomatic rela-
tions between the State of Israel and the Kingdom 
of Bahrain; 
(3) calls on the governments of the State of 
Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the Kingdom 
of Bahrain to encourage greater people-to-people 
normalization in order to facilitate sustainability of 
the 2020 state-to-state normalization agreements; 
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