IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 285
Condemning the recent terrorist attacks in the Middle East by Hamas and 
other terrorist organizations and urging the European Union to classify 
the entire entity of Hamas as a terrorist organization, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 2003
Mr. DEUTSCH (for himself, Mr. KINGSTON, and Mr. LANTOS) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the recent terrorist attacks in the Middle East 
by Hamas and other terrorist organizations and urging 
the European Union to classify the entire entity of 
Hamas as a terrorist organization, and for other pur-
poses.
Whereas the United States is currently engaged in a war 
against terrorism and Secretary of State Powell has stat-
ed that ‘‘there are no good terrorists’’; 
Whereas on its official list of ‘‘Terrorist Groups and Enti-
ties’’, the European Union currently designates only the 
so-called military wing of Hamas, ‘‘Izz al Din al 
Qassem’’, and not the entire entity of Hamas;
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Whereas the failure by the European Union to designate the 
entire entity of Hamas on its official terrorist list is an 
obstacle to taking action against the financing of ter-
rorism; 
Whereas the United States Government currently classifies 
the entire entity of Hamas as a terrorist organization; 
Whereas throughout the past decade of the Israeli-Palestinian 
peace process, Hamas and other terrorist organizations 
have continuously sought the failure of efforts toward 
peace through deadly terrorist attacks against civilians; 
Whereas in the 107th Congress, the House of Representa-
tives adopted House Resolution 392, in which it stated 
that ‘‘Hamas is engaged in an organized, systematic, and 
deliberate campaign of terror aimed at inflicting as many 
casualties as possible upon the Israeli population, with an 
ultimate goal of annihilating the State of Israel’’; 
Whereas on June 4, 2003, President Bush stated at the 
peace summit in Aqaba, Jordan, that ‘‘Prime Minister 
Abbas now leads the Palestinian Cabinet . . . [b]y his 
strong leadership, by building the institutions of Pales-
tinian democracy and by rejecting terror, he is serving 
the deepest hopes of his people’’; 
Whereas on June 8, 2003, just days after the hopeful peace 
summit in Aqaba, Hamas collaborated with other ter-
rorist organizations to commit an unprecedented joint 
terrorist operation with the clear intent of thwarting any 
efforts toward peace; 
Whereas this first-ever joint terrorist attack by Hamas, Is-
lamic Jihad and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade killed four 
Israeli soldiers;
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Whereas on June 11, 2003, Hamas boastfully claimed credit 
for orchestrating and carrying out the bombing of a bus 
in Jerusalem which killed seventeen and wounded more 
than 100 individuals; 
Whereas after these attacks, Abdul Aziz Rantissi, Hamas 
leader and spokesman, stated ‘‘[t]here will be no single 
Jew left in Palestine . . . [w]e will fight them with all 
the power that we have’’; 
Whereas even in the face of these deadly terrorist attacks by 
Hamas, Israel still followed through with its commitment 
to President Bush to begin dismantling illegal outposts in 
the West Bank; 
Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation has discovered 
financial links between charitable organizations and 
Hamas that indicate the funneling of money to support 
terrorist activity; 
Whereas Hamas is sponsoring the teaching of terrorism to 
Palestinian children and glorifying and inciting suicide 
bombing; 
Whereas the international community, as reflected in, inter 
alia, United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1368, 
1373, and 1377, is committed to fighting terrorism as 
well as reaching a peaceful resolution of the conflict in 
the Middle East; 
Whereas Hamas has rejected the current United States-led 
attempt at peace in the Middle East and reaffirmed its 
commitment toward the destruction of Israel; 
Whereas in 2003 alone, Hamas has taken credit for the mur-
der of 55 Israeli citizens;
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Whereas President Bush stated that ‘‘the free world—those 
who love freedom and peace—must deal harshly with 
Hamas and the killers’’; and 
Whereas the European Union is holding a summit on June 
20–21, 2003, in Thessoloniki, Greece, at which it can 
take appropriate action against Hamas: Now, therefore, 
be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) condemns the recent terrorist attacks per-
petrated by Hamas and other terrorist organizations 
that intentionally sought to thwart the sincere ef-
forts of the United States and the world community 
to move toward peace in the Middle East at the 
hopeful summit in Aqaba, Jordan; 
(2) urges the European Union to classify the 
entire entity of Hamas as a terrorist organization 
enabling it to take further action to prohibit any 
funding from Europe to Hamas; 
(3) urges the Palestinian Authority to combat 
terrorism by establishing itself as the sole armed en-
tity within the Palestinian territories as soon as pos-
sible; and 
(4) stands in solidarity with Israel as it takes 
necessary steps toward peace and toward providing 
security to its people.
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