IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 138 
Expressing support for addressing the Arab-Israeli conflict in a concurrent 
track with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and commending Arab 
and Muslim-majority states that have improved bilateral relations with 
Israel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 19, 2019 
Mr. HASTINGS (for himself, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. WOODALL, and Mr. 
ENGEL) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for addressing the Arab-Israeli conflict 
in a concurrent track with the Israeli-Palestinian peace 
process and commending Arab and Muslim-majority 
states that have improved bilateral relations with Israel. 
Whereas a lasting two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian 
conflict is essential to achieving long-term peace and se-
curity in the Middle East; 
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 negotiations between 
the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority; 
Whereas successive United States Presidential administra-
tions have pursued peace agreements between the parties 
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•HRES 138 IH 
for over 30 years, including the 1982 Reagan Plan for 
Middle East Peace, the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference, 
the 1993 Oslo Accords, the 1995 Wye River Memo-
randum, the 2000 Camp David Summit, the 2000 Clin-
ton Parameters, the 2001 Sharm El-Sheikh Fact-Finding 
Committee Report, the 2003 Roadmap for Peace in the 
Middle East, the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Ac-
cess, the 2007 Annapolis Conference, and efforts to re-
start the peace process under the Obama Administration; 
Whereas these efforts to encourage direct and bilateral nego-
tiations between the two parties have presently been un-
successful at ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; 
Whereas the inability to achieve a two-state solution threat-
ens the State of Israel’s security and identity as the 
democratic homeland of the Jewish people; 
Whereas the inability to achieve a two-state solution impedes 
the well-being and self-determination of the Palestinian 
people; 
Whereas reports indicate that Arab and Muslim-majority 
states have taken steps to improve bilateral relations with 
the State of Israel and are seeking new ways to advance 
strategic cooperative initiatives; and 
Whereas recent strategic trends in the region suggest that an 
integrated regional approach, defined by concurrent bilat-
eral negotiations between the Government of Israel and 
the Palestinian Authority and conversations between the 
Government of Israel and regional Arab and Muslim-ma-
jority states, could result in new progress in the Israeli- 
Palestinian peace process: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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•HRES 138 IH 
(1) reaffirms that it is the policy of the United 
States to support a two-state solution to the Israeli- 
Palestinian conflict negotiated between the State of 
Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and resulting 
in two states for two peoples, living side-by-side in 
peace, security, and mutual recognition; 
(2) commends the State of Israel’s ongoing ef-
forts to improve bilateral relations with Arab and 
Muslim-majority states in the region; 
(3) commends Arab and Muslim-majority states 
that have taken steps to improve bilateral relations 
with the State of Israel; 
(4) urges the Palestinian Authority and re-
gional Arab and Muslim-majority states to engage in 
bilateral and multilateral negotiations with the State 
of Israel to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace 
process and support the normalization of bilateral 
relations; and 
(5) urges the resumption of bilateral negotia-
tions between the State of Israel and the Palestinian 
Authority, including piecemeal approaches to ad-
vance the ultimate goal of a final-status agreement 
between the parties. 
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