IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 317 
Demanding that Hamas immediately and unconditionally release Israeli soldier 
Gilad Shalit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2011 
Mr. ACKERMAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Demanding that Hamas immediately and unconditionally 
release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. 
Whereas Congress previously expressed its concern for miss-
ing Israeli soldiers in Public Law 106–89 (113 Stat. 
1305; November 8, 1999), which required the Secretary 
of State to raise the status of missing Israeli soldiers 
with appropriate government officials of Syria, Lebanon, 
the Palestinian Authority, and other governments in the 
region, and to submit to Congress reports on those ef-
forts and any subsequent discovery of relevant informa-
tion; 
Whereas the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 107 on 
March 13, 2007, and H. Res. 1359 on June 24, 2010, 
regarding Gilad Shalit and other Israeli soldiers attacked 
and captured by terrorists; 
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Whereas Israel completed its withdrawal from Gaza on Sep-
tember 12, 2005; 
Whereas, on June 25, 2006, contrary to international human-
itarian standards and the most basic standards of hu-
manitarian conduct, Hamas, a State Department des-
ignated foreign terrorist organization, together with other 
allied terrorists, crossed into Israel to attack a military 
post, killing two soldiers and wounding and kidnapping 
a third, Gilad Shalit, in a blatantly extortionate effort to 
coerce the Government of Israel; 
Whereas Hamas, contrary to international humanitarian 
standards and the most basic standards of humanitarian 
conduct, has prevented access to Gilad Shalit by com-
petent medical personnel and representatives of the Inter-
national Committee of the Red Cross; 
Whereas Hamas, contrary to international humanitarian 
standards and the most basic standards of humanitarian 
conduct, has failed to provide Gilad Shalit the humane 
treatment to which all captives are entitled as a funda-
mental human right; 
Whereas Hamas, contrary to international humanitarian 
standards and the most basic standards of humanitarian 
conduct, has refused to provide Gilad Shalit with regular 
contact with his family or any other party, or to allow his 
family to know where he is being held; 
Whereas Hamas, contrary to international humanitarian 
standards and the most basic standards of humanitarian 
conduct, has compelled Gilad Shalit to appear in video 
and voice recordings intended to extort and coerce the 
Government of Israel; 
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Whereas Hamas, contrary to the most basic standards of hu-
manitarian conduct, has staged plays and produced car-
toons and animated movies that have mocked Shalit, his 
captivity, and his family, and have promised further 
kidnappings of Israeli soldiers; and 
Whereas Gilad Shalit has been held in captivity by Hamas for 
almost 5 years: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) demands that— 
(A) Hamas immediately and uncondition-
ally release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit; and 
(B) Hamas accede to international human-
itarian standards and the most basic standards 
of humanitarian conduct by— 
(i) allowing prompt access to Gilad 
Shalit by competent medical personnel and 
representatives of the International Com-
mittee of the Red Cross; 
(ii) providing Gilad Shalit the humane 
treatment all captives are entitled to as a 
fundamental human right; 
(iii) facilitating regular communica-
tion by Gilad Shalit with his family and al-
lowing his family to know where he is 
being held; and 
(iv) ceasing to compel Gilad Shalit to 
appear in video and voice recordings in-
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tended to extort and coerce the Govern-
ment of Israel; 
(2) expresses its— 
(A) vigorous support and unwavering com-
mitment to the welfare, security, and survival of 
the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic 
state within recognized and secure borders; 
(B) strong opposition to participation by 
Hamas in the Palestinian Authority prior to ex-
plicit acceptance by that group of Israel’s right 
to exist, the cessation of all violence, and the 
binding commitments made previously by the 
Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization; 
(C) ongoing concern and sympathy for the 
family of Gilad Shalit and the families of all 
other missing Israeli soldiers; and 
(D) full commitment to continue to seek 
the immediate and unconditional release of 
Gilad Shalit and other missing Israeli soldiers; 
(3) recalls— 
(A) the barbaric attack on and kidnapping 
of the bodies of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad 
Regev on July 12, 2006, by the Iran-supported 
terrorist group Hezbollah; and 
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(B) the missing Israeli soldiers Zecharya 
Baumel, Zvi Feldman, and Yehuda Katz, miss-
ing since June 11, 1982, Ron Arad, who was 
captured on October 16, 1986, Guy Hever, last 
seen on August 17, 1997, and Majdy Halabi, 
last seen on May 24, 2005; and 
(4) condemns— 
(A) Hamas for the grossly immoral cross- 
border attack and kidnapping of Gilad Shalit; 
and 
(B) Iran and Syria, the primary state 
sponsors and patrons of Hamas, for their ongo-
ing support for international terrorism. 
Æ 
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