IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 68 
Condemning Palestinian incitement and reaffirming the special bond between 
Israel and the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2017 
Mr. HASTINGS (for himself and Mr. WOODALL) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning Palestinian incitement and reaffirming the 
special bond between Israel and the United States. 
Whereas since September 2015 a series of more than 300 
terrorist attacks have been carried out against citizens of 
Israel; 
Whereas these terror attacks are the direct result of incite-
ment by radical Palestinian elements provoking violence 
and calling on Palestinian youth to murder Jews; 
Whereas Palestinian terrorist attacks are part of the Pales-
tinian Authority’s strategy of ‘‘popular resistance’’ that 
was formally adopted by the Palestinian Authority and 
Fatah at the Sixth Fatah conference in August 2009; 
Whereas according to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 
since September 2015 Palestinian terrorists have tar-
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geted Israeli citizens in 169 stabbings, 124 shootings, 51 
vehicular attacks, and 1 vehicle bombing; 
Whereas it is appropriate to list these attacks, which include 
but are not limited to— 
(1) an attack on January 8, 2017, when a Pales-
tinian used his vehicle to ram a group of Israel Defense 
Forces cadets at the Armon Hanatziv promenade in Je-
rusalem, killing 4 and injuring 17; 
(2) an attack on December 25, 2016, when terror-
ists fired shots at Israelis from a vehicle in Beit El; 
(3) an attempted attack on December 24, 2016, 
when Israeli security forces thwarted a stabbing attack 
by an Arab woman in the Jerusalem’s Old City; 
(4) an attack on December 24, 2016, when terror-
ists threw 6 Molotov cocktails at cars in Ofarim; 
(5) an attack on December 23, 2016, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed a 50-year-old man in Efrat; 
(6) an attack on December 14, 2016, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed two Israeli border police officers and a 13- 
year-old boy in Jerusalem’s Old City; 
(7) an attempted attack on December 8, 2016, when 
a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli border police 
officer at the Tapuah Junction; 
(8) an attack on November 26, 2016, when terror-
ists threw a Molotov cocktail at Israeli police officers in 
Jerusalem; 
(9) an attempted attack on November 25, 2016, 
when a 16-year-old Palestinian attempted to stab an 
Israeli officer in Jerusalem; 
(10) an attack on November 23, 2016, when terror-
ists threw five Molotov cocktails at a bus near Jerusalem; 
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(11) an attack on November 14, 2016, when terror-
ists threw stones and pipe bombs at Israel Defense 
Forces soldiers near Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem; 
(12) an attack on November 3, 2016, when a ter-
rorist attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces soldiers 
stationed at a roadside bus stop near Ofra; 
(13) an attack on October 31, 2016, when a member 
of the Palestinian Authority’s security forces shot and 
wounded three Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Beit El; 
(14) an attack on October 30, 2016, when a Pales-
tinian used his vehicle to ram and injure three Israeli 
border police officers near Hebron; 
(15) an attempted attack on October 29, 2016, 
when a Palestinian attempted to use his vehicle to ram 
Israel Defense Forces soldiers, after which he exited the 
vehicle and attempted to stab them, near Ofra; 
(16) an attempted attack on October 19, 2016, 
when a Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli border po-
lice officers at the Tapuah Junction; 
(17) an attack on October 9, 2016, when a Pales-
tinian killed two Israelis in a triple shooting in Jeru-
salem; 
(18) an attack on September 30, 2016, when a Pal-
estinian stabbed a member of the Israeli security forces 
at the Qalandia crossing; 
(19) an attempted attack on September 20, 2016, 
when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 
Forces soldier near Kiryat Arba; 
(20) an attack on September 20, 2016, when two 
Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded by petrol 
bombs near Bethlehem; 
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(21) an attempted attack on September 19, 2016, 
when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 
Forces soldier in Hebron; 
(22) an attempted attack on September 19, 2016, 
when two Palestinians attempted to stab Israel Defense 
Forces soldiers in Hebron; 
(23) an attack on September 19, 2016, when a Pal-
estinian stabbed two Israeli police officers at Jerusalem’s 
Flower Gate; 
(24) an attack on September 18, 2016, when a Pal-
estinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in 
Efrat; 
(25) an attack on September 17, 2016, when a Pal-
estinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in He-
bron; 
(26) an attack on September 16, 2016, when a Pal-
estinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in He-
bron; 
(27) an attempted attack on September 16, 2016, 
when two Palestinians attempted to use their vehicle to 
ram Israeli civilians in Kiryat Arba; 
(28) an attack on September 16, 2016, when a Jor-
danian attempted to stab Israeli police officers near Jeru-
salem’s Old City; 
(29) an attempted attack on September 5, 2016, 
when a Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense 
Forces soldiers in Jerusalem’s Old City; 
(30) an attack on August 31, 2016, when an Israel 
Defense Forces soldier guarding Jewish worshippers at 
Joseph’s Tomb was shot by fire coming from Balata ref-
ugee camp in Nablus; 
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(31) an attack on August 24, 2016, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near 
Gilad; 
(32) an attack on August 18, 2016, when Israelis 
riding in a bus were injured after the vehicle was struck 
by stones; 
(33) an attack on August 14, 2016, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in 
Shaked; 
(34) an attack on August 11, 2016, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed an Israeli citizen visiting the Mount of Ol-
ives cemetery in Jerusalem; 
(35) an attempted attack on July 31, 2016, when a 
Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces sol-
diers in Hawara; 
(36) an attack on July 18, 2016, when a Palestinian 
stabbed two Israel Defense Forces soldiers on the Gush 
Etzion-Hebron Highway; 
(37) an attempted attack on July 17, 2016, when a 
Palestinian was arrested carrying several pipe bombs and 
knives in Jerusalem; 
(38) an attack on July 9, 2016, when a Palestinian 
shot and wounded an Israeli motorist at the Tekoa Junc-
tion; 
(39) an attempted attack on July 5, 2016, when a 
Palestinian attempted to stab two Israel Defense Forces 
soldiers in Ariel; 
(40) an attack on July 1, 2016, when a Palestinian 
killed one and injured three in a drive-by shooting in 
Gush Etzion; 
(41) an attempted attack on July 1, 2016, when a 
Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli border police of-
ficer in Hebron; 
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(42) an attack on June 30, 2016, when a 13-year- 
old girl was stabbed to death in her bed by a Palestinian 
terrorist from a village near Kiryat Arba; 
(43) an attack on June 30, 2016, when two Israelis 
were stabbed near the Netanya market; 
(44) an attack on June 26, 2016, when a Molotov 
cocktail was thrown at an Israeli car on the Aboud by-
pass road; 
(45) an attack on June 26, 2016, when a Pales-
tinian driver rammed her vehicle into a car at a hitch- 
hiking stop, injuring two Israelis near Kiryat Arba; 
(46) an attack on June 21, 2016, when Palestinians 
threw stones at cars traveling on Route 443; 
(47) an attack on June 18, 2016, when Palestinians 
threw more than 20 Molotov cocktails at the Psagot Set-
tlement; 
(48) an attack on June 17, 2016, when Palestinians 
threw four Molotov cocktails at an Israeli home in Jeru-
salem; 
(49) an attack on June 8, 2016, when two Pales-
tinian men killed four and injured 17 in the Sarona Mar-
ket in Tel Aviv; 
(50) an attack on June 6, 2016, when a Palestinian 
shot at vehicles on Route 465; 
(51) an attack on June 5, 2016, when Palestinians 
barraged a bus traveling on Road 437 with stones; 
(52) an attack on June 2, 2016, when Palestinians 
threw Molotov cocktails at Jewish worshippers in Nablus; 
(53) an attempted attack on June 2, 2016, when a 
Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces 
soldier near Einay; 
(54) an attack on June 1, 2016, when Palestinians 
threw stones at cars traveling on Route 443; 
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(55) an attack on May 30, 2016, when a Palestinian 
stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier with a screw-
driver in Tel Aviv; 
(56) an attack on May 24, 2016, when Palestinians 
threw stones at a bus in Jerusalem; 
(57) an attempted attack on May 23, 2016, when a 
Palestinian attempted to stab two Israeli border police of-
ficers in Jerusalem; 
(58) an attack on May 22, 2016, when a Molotov 
cocktail was thrown at a bus in the village of Hawara; 
(59) an attack on May 22, 2016, when Palestinians 
threw stones at a bus on Highway 443; 
(60) an attack on May 21, 2016, when Palestinians 
shot at a passenger bus near Gush Etzion; 
(61) an attack on May 10, 2016, when multiple pipe 
bombs injured two Israel Defense Forces soldiers near 
Hizma; 
(62) an attack on May 10, 2016, when two Palestin-
ians stabbed two Israeli women, aged 86 and 82, in Jeru-
salem; 
(63) an attack on May 3, 2016, a Palestinian driver 
rammed his vehicle into three Israel Defense Forces sol-
diers near Jerusalem; 
(64) an attack on May 2, 2016, when a Palestinian 
stabbed an Israeli man in Jerusalem’s Old City; 
(65) an attack on May 1, 2016, when Palestinians 
threw stones at a car traveling near Efrat, injuring two 
children; 
(66) an attack on April 19, 2016, when a bomb 
planted aboard a bus exploded, injuring 21 in Jerusalem; 
(67) an attack on April 14, 2016, when a Pales-
tinian attacked a group of Israel Defense Forces soldiers 
with an axe near Gush Etzion; 
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(68) an attack on April 14, 2016, when stones were 
thrown at a car traveling on Highway 431; 
(69) an attempted attack on April 14, 2016, when 
two Palestinian children were arrested with knives in Je-
rusalem’s Old City; 
(70) an attack on March 25, 2016, when a Pales-
tinian attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces soldiers in 
Jerusalem; 
(71) an attack on March 24, 2016, when two Pal-
estinians stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near 
Hebron; 
(72) an attack on March 18, 2016, when three Pal-
estinians attacked Israel Defense Forces soldiers with 
knives; 
(73) an attack on March 17, 2016, when two Pal-
estinians stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in 
Ariel; 
(74) an attack on March 14, 2016, when two Pal-
estinians attempted to use their vehicle to ram Israelis, 
later opening fire on civilians and soldiers standing in a 
bus stop near the entrance to Kiryat Arba; 
(75) an attack on March 11, 2016, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed an Israeli man in Jerusalem; 
(76) an attack on March 11, 2016, when a Pales-
tinian shot two Israel Defense Forces soldiers near Beit 
Horon; 
(77) an attack on March 9, 2016, when two Pal-
estinians opened fire on police officers and civilians near 
Jerusalem’s Old City; 
(78) an attempted attack on March 8, 2016, when 
a Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli border police offi-
cers in Jerusalem’s Old City; 
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(159) an attack on December 4, 2015, when a Pal-
estinian used his vehicle to ram two Israel Defense 
Forces soldiers in Ofra; 
(160) an attack on December 4, 2015, when a Pal-
estinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in in 
Abud; 
(161) an attack on December 4, 2015, when two 
Palestinians stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in 
Hebron; 
(162) an attack on December 3, 2015, when a Pal-
estinian shot an Israel Defense Forces soldier and an 
Israeli civilian north of Jerusalem; 
(163) an attack on December 3, 2015, when a Pal-
estinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near 
Jerusalem’s Old City; 
(164) an attempted attack on December 3, 2015, 
when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli at the 
Gush Etzion junction; 
(165) an attempted attack on December 3, 2015, 
when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 
Forces soldier in the West Bank; 
(166) an attack on November 29, 2015, when a Pal-
estinian stabbed an Israeli border police officer near Je-
rusalem’s Old City; 
(167) an attack on November 29, 2015, when a Pal-
estinian stabbed a foreign worker from Nepal in Jeru-
salem; 
(168) an attack on November 27, 2015, when a Pal-
estinian used his vehicle to ram two Israel Defense 
Forces soldiers in Kfar Adumim; 
(169) an attack on November 27, 2015, when a Pal-
estinian used his vehicle to ram six Israel Defense Forces 
soldiers in the West Bank; 
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(212) an attack on October 25, 2015, when an 
Israeli man was wounded in a stabbing attack after his 
car was stoned by Palestinian assailants near Metzad; 
(213) an attempted attack on October 25, 2015, 
when a 17-year-old female Palestinian assailant at-
tempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier near 
Hebron; 
(214) an attack on October 25, 2015, when an 
Israeli man was stabbed near Ariel; 
(215) an attempted attack on October 24, 2015, 
when a 16-year-old Palestinian posing as a candy vendor 
attempted to stab a security guard near the Gilboa cross-
ing; 
(216) an attack on October 23, 2015, when an 
Israel Defense Forces soldier was stabbed in Gush 
Etzion; 
(217) an attack on October 23, 2015, when an 
Israeli couple and their three young children were wound-
ed when a firebomb was thrown at their car near Beit 
El; 
(218) an attempted attack on October 22, 2015, 
when a student was stabbed and moderately injured while 
waiting for the bus in Bet Shemesh; 
(219) an attempted attack on October 22, 2015, 
when two Palestinian terrorists attempted to board an 
Israeli school bus to carry out a knife attack in Bet 
Shemesh; 
(220) an attempted attack on October 21, 2015, 
when a 15-year-old Palestinian attempted to attack 
Israeli security forces with a knife in Yitzhar; 
(221) an attack on October 21, 2015, when an 
Israeli policeman was injured in a car-ramming attack in 
Ofra; 
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(222) an attack on October 21, 2015, when an 
Israel Defense Forces soldier was critically wounded in a 
stabbing attack near at the Adam Junction near Jeru-
salem; 
(223) an attempted attack on October 21, 2015, 
when two Palestinians were apprehended by Israeli secu-
rity forces who found homemade explosive devices in their 
vehicle; 
(224) an attack on October 21, 2015, when five 
Israel Defense Forces soldiers were injured after their ve-
hicle was attacked with stones, and, after exiting the ve-
hicle in order to apprehend the stone-throwers, were 
rammed by a vehicle near Beit Ummar; 
(225) an attack on October 20, 2015, when an 
Israeli man was killed after his vehicle was stoned, and, 
after escaping the vehicle, was struck and run over in a 
vehicular attack; 
(226) an attack on October 20, 2015, when an 
Israel Defense Forces soldier was injured in a stabbing 
attack in Hebron; 
(227) an attack on October 20, 2015, when two 
Israelis were wounded in a vehicular attack and at-
tempted stabbing at a bus stop at the Gush Etzion Junc-
tion; 
(228) an attack on October 18, 2015, when an 
Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed and 10 civilians 
and police officers wounded after a Palestinian terrorist 
entered the Central Bus Station of Be’er Sheva and 
opened fire; 
(229) an attempted attack on October 17, 2015, 
when a 16-year-old Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli 
border police officers in Jerusalem; 
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(230) an attempted attack on October 17, 2015, 
when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli civilian 
in Hebron; 
(231) an attack on October 17, 2015, when a 16- 
year-old Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli border po-
lice officer in Hebron; 
(232) an attack on October 17, 2015, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier at a po-
lice checkpoint in Hebron; 
(233) an attempted attack on October 17, 2015, 
when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli police of-
ficer and bomb squad officer at the Kalandiya Check-
point near Jerusalem; 
(234) an attack on October 16, 2015, when Pales-
tinian rioters set fire to Joseph’s Tomb, a Jewish Holy 
site in Nablus; 
(235) an attempted attack on October 16, 2015, 
when Israeli border police detected an explosive device at 
a checkpoint near Hebrew University’s Campus at Mount 
Scopus in Jerusalem; 
(236) an attack on October 16, 2015, when a Pales-
tinian disguised as a photojournalist stabbed an Israel 
Defense Forces soldier near Hebron; 
(237) an attempted attack on October 14, 2015, 
when Israeli border police discovered a knife hidden 
under the assailant’s seat in Jerusalem; 
(238) an attack on October 14, 2015, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed two people by the Damascus Gate in the 
Old City of Jerusalem; 
(239) an attack on October 14, 2015, when an 
Israeli woman was stabbed by a Palestinian while waiting 
for a bus near the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem; 
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(240) an attack on October 13, 2015, when an 
Israeli man was stabbed in the center of Raanana; 
(241) an attack on October 13, 2015, when four 
Israelis were wounded in a stabbing attack in Raanana; 
(242) an attack on October 13, 2015, when two 
Israelis were killed and 15 wounded when two Palestin-
ians boarded a bus and began to attack passengers in Je-
rusalem; 
(243) an attack on October 13, 2015, when an 
Israeli man was killed and five wounded by a Palestinian 
in a vehicle attack in Jerusalem; 
(244) an attempted attack on October 12, 2015, 
when a stabbing attack was foiled outside of the Lion’s 
Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem; 
(245) an attack on October 12, 2015, when an 
Israeli border police officer was stabbed by a 16-year-old 
Palestinian in Jerusalem; 
(246) an attack on October 12, 2015, when two Pal-
estinian stabbed two Israeli civilians, including a 13-year- 
old Israeli boy riding his bicycle, in Jerusalem; 
(247) an attack on October 12, 2015, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier on a bus 
in Jerusalem; 
(248) an attack on October 11, 2015, when an 
Israeli police officer was injured after the driver of the 
car he pulled over set off an explosive device in Ma’ale 
Adumim; 
(249) an attack on October 10, 2015, when a 16- 
year-old Palestinian stabbed two Israelis near the Da-
mascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem; 
(250) an attack on October 10, 2015, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed two Israeli police officers near the Damas-
cus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem; 
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(251) an attack on October 9, 2015, when a 16- 
year-old Israeli boy was stabbed by a Palestinian in Jeru-
salem; 
(252) an attack on October 9, 2015, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed a police officer in Kiryat Arba; 
(253) an attempted attack on October 9, 2015, 
when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli security 
guard at the Central Bus Station of Afula; 
(254) an attack on October 8, 2015, when an Israel 
Defense Forces soldier and three others were stabbed by 
a Palestinian in Tel Aviv; 
(255) an attack on October 8, 2015, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed an Israeli civilian near the light rail in Je-
rusalem; 
(256) an attack on October 8, 2015, when a man 
was stabbed and seriously wounded by a Palestinian in 
Kiryat Arba; 
(257) an attack on October 8, 2015, when an Israel 
Defense Forces soldier was wounded in a stabbing attack 
in Afula; 
(258) an attack on October 7, 2015, when a Pales-
tinian wounded an Israeli man in a stabbing attack in 
Petach Tikva; 
(259) an attack on October 7, 2015, when an 18- 
year-old Palestinian stabbed an Israeli man near the 
Lion’s Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem; 
(260) an attack on October 7, 2015, when a Pales-
tinian stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Kiryat 
Gat; 
(261) an attack on October 4, 2015, when a 15- 
year-old Israeli boy was stabbed by a Palestinian in Jeru-
salem; 
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(262) an attack on October 3, 2015, when two 
Israelis were stabbed to death and two others injured by 
a Palestinian in Jerusalem; 
(263) an attack on October 1, 2015, when two 
Israelis traveling with their four children were killed in 
a drive-by shooting near Nabulus; 
(264) an attempted attack on September 22, 2015, 
when a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 
Forces soldier in Hebron; 
(265) an attempted attack on September 21, 2015, 
when an Israel Defense Forces soldier was injured by a 
firebomb near Joseph’s Tomb; and 
(266) an attack on September 13, 2015, when an 
Israeli was killed after his vehicle was struck by rocks 
near Jerusalem; 
Whereas the international community has remained nearly si-
lent in response to these attacks and attempted attacks; 
Whereas Palestinian violence is driven by anti-Jewish incite-
ment and delegitimization of Israel’s right to exist; 
Whereas Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in 
addressing the Arab League in Cairo, Egypt, stated on 
May 28, 2016, that ‘‘we [the Palestinian Authority] in-
cite [against Israel] in the media and in educational insti-
tutions’’; 
Whereas Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas 
said on July 30, 2013, that ‘‘in a final resolution, [the 
Palestinian Authority] would not see the presence of a 
single Israeli’’ in the state of Palestine; 
Whereas Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas 
stated on a September 16, 2015, television broadcast that 
‘‘We welcome every drop of blood spilled in Jerusalem. 
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This is pure blood, clean blood, blood on its way to Allah. 
With the help of Allah, every martyr will be in heaven, 
and every wounded will get his reward’’; 
Whereas the Palestinian Government praises Palestinian ter-
rorists as heroes to be commended and emulated; 
Whereas Palestinians in Hamas-controlled Gaza routinely dis-
tribute sweets to celebrate successful terrorist attacks; 
Whereas on September 30, 2015, Palestinian Authority 
President Mahmoud Abbas said during a speech to the 
United Nations that the Palestinian Authority is no 
longer bound to the 1995 Oslo Accords which established 
the two-state solution for peace; 
Whereas in a November 2014 address commemorating the 
10th anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death, President 
Abbas said that as Israel has no claim to Jerusalem, he 
will not allow the Temple Mount to be ‘‘contaminated by 
Jews’’, and threatened that Jewish prayer at the site 
would cause a ‘‘devastating religious war’’; 
Whereas in June 2013, Palestinian Authority President 
Mahmoud Abbas referenced Israeli acts which ‘‘indicate 
an evil and dangerous plot to destroy Al-Aqsa and build 
the alleged temple’’; and 
Whereas Israelis and Palestinians alike have the right to live 
in safety and dignity; Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the United States— 
(1) condemns incitement and acts of violence 
against Israeli citizens; 
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(2) calls on Palestinian Authority President 
Mahmoud Abbas to publically condemn incitement 
and acts of violence against Israeli citizens and to 
discontinue incitement in Palestinian Authority-con-
trolled media outlets; 
(3) calls on the international community to con-
demn incitement and acts of violence against Israeli 
citizens; 
(4) believes that any chance at lasting peace 
can only happen through peaceful, bilateral, discus-
sions and sound consultation with peaceful allies, not 
calls for bloodshed; 
(5) expresses support for individuals and orga-
nizations working to encourage cooperation between 
Israelis and Palestinians, and the many activists 
within Israel and the Palestinian territories working 
to bring an end to the conflict; and 
(6) reaffirms the friendship between Israel and 
the United States. 
Æ 
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