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Calendar No. 79
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 60
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 11, 1997
Received and placed on the calendar
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Relating to the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the
City of Jerusalem.
Whereas for 3,000 years Jerusalem has been the focal point
of Jewish religious devotion;
Whereas Jerusalem today is also considered a holy city by
members of the Christian and Muslim faiths;
Whereas there has been a continuous Jewish presence in Je-
rusalem for three millennia and a Jewish majority in the
city since the 1840’s;
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Whereas the once thriving Jewish majority of the historic Old
City of Jerusalem was driven out by force during the
1948 Arab-Israeli War;
Whereas from 1948 to 1967 Jerusalem was a divided city
and Israeli citizens of all faiths as well as Jewish citizens
of all states were denied access to holy sites in the area
controlled by Jordan;
Whereas in 1967 Jerusalem was reunited by Israel during
the conflict known as the Six Day War;
Whereas since 1967 Jerusalem has been a united city, and
persons of all religious faiths have been guaranteed full
access to holy sites within the city;
Whereas this year marks the 30th year that Jerusalem has
been administered as a unified city in which the rights
of all faiths have been respected and protected;
Whereas in 1990 the United States Senate and House of
Representatives overwhelmingly adopted Senate Concur-
rent Resolution 106 and House Concurrent Resolution
290 declaring that Jerusalem, the capital of Israel,
‘‘must remain an undivided city’’ and calling on Israel
and the Palestinians to undertake negotiations to resolve
their differences;
Whereas Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel later cited
Senate Concurrent Resolution 106 as having ‘‘helped our
neighbors reach the negotiating table’’ to produce the his-
toric Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Govern-
ment Arrangements, signed in Washington, D.C. on Sep-
tember 13, 1993; and
Whereas the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law
104–45), which became law on November 8, 1995, states
as a matter of United States policy that Jerusalem
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should remain the undivided capital of Israel: Now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress—
(1) congratulates the residents of Jerusalem
and the people of Israel on the 30th anniversary of
the reunification of that historic city;
(2) strongly believes that Jerusalem must re-
main an undivided city in which the rights of every
ethnic and religious group are protected as they
have been by Israel during the past 30 years;
(3) calls upon the President and the Secretary
of State to affirm publicly as a matter of United
States policy that Jerusalem must remain the undi-
vided capital of the State of Israel; and
(4) urges United States officials to refrain from
any actions that contradict this policy.
Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
By RAY STRONG,
Assistant to the Clerk.
Calendar No. 79
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 60
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Relating to the 30th anniversary of the
reunification of the City of Jerusalem.
JUNE 11, 1997
Received and placed on the calendar