IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 523 
Condemning Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threats against 
Israel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2005 
Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. PENCE, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania, Mr. NEY, Mr. SHERMAN, 
Mr. ISSA, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. KIRK, Mr. DELAY, Mr. ROHRABACHER, 
Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. TERRY, 
Ms. HARMAN, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. GREEN of 
Wisconsin, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. BROWN 
of Ohio, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CARDOZA, 
Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. HONDA, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
MATSUI, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. GENE GREEN 
of Texas, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. HOYER, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, 
Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. CROW-
LEY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. POE, Mrs. MILLER of Michi-
gan, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. COSTA, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. DENT, 
Mr. NADLER, Mr. WELLER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. 
FILNER, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. LEACH, Mr. MICHAUD, 
Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, and Mrs. TAUSCHER) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations; which was considered and agreed to 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 
threats against Israel. 
Whereas on October 26, 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, declared that
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‘‘Israel must be wiped off the map’’, described Israel as 
‘‘a disgraceful blot [on] the face of the Islamic world’’, 
and declared that ‘‘[a]nybody who recognizes Israel will 
burn in the fire of the Islamic nation’s fury’’; 
Whereas Iran funds, trains, and openly supports terrorist 
groups that are determined to destroy Israel; 
Whereas on December 14, 2001, the President of Iran’s high-
ly influential Expediency Council, Ali Akbar Hashemi- 
Rafsanjani, threatened Israel with nuclear attack, saying, 
‘‘[i]f one day, the Islamic world is also equipped with 
weapons like those that Israel possesses now, then the 
imperialists’ strategy will reach a standstill because the 
use of even one nuclear bomb inside Israel will destroy 
everything [in Israel], while it will merely harm the Is-
lamic world’’; 
Whereas Iran has aggressively pursued a clandestine effort to 
arm itself with nuclear weapons; and 
Whereas the longstanding policy of the Iranian regime aimed 
at destroying the democratic state of Israel, highlighted 
by statements such as those by Ahmadinejad and 
Rafsanjani, underscores the danger of an Iran armed 
with nuclear weapons: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) 
condemns, 
in 
the 
strongest 
terms, 
Ahmadinejad’s outrageous and despicable threats 
and demands that he repudiate them; 
(2) calls on the United Nations Security Coun-
cil and all civilized nations to condemn and reject
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these statements and to censure Iran for its state-
ments and for its policies aimed at destroying Israel; 
(3) further calls on the United Nations Security 
Council and all civilized nations to consider meas-
ures to deny Iran the means to carry out its threats 
and to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons; 
and 
(4) reaffirms the unwavering alliance between 
the United States and Israel and reasserts the com-
mitment of the United States to defend the right of 
Israel to exist as a free and democratic state. 
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