IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 157 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should continue 
to exercise its veto in the United Nations Security Council on resolutions 
regarding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and oppose anti-Israel 
measures considered by the United Nations General Assembly. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 
Mr. HASTINGS submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 
should continue to exercise its veto in the United Nations 
Security Council on resolutions regarding the Israeli- 
Palestinian peace process and oppose anti-Israel meas-
ures considered by the United Nations General Assembly. 
Whereas a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian con-
flict must come through direct negotiations between the 
Government of Israel and representatives of the Pales-
tinian Authority; 
Whereas the United Nations is not the appropriate venue for 
dictating guidelines on the Israeli-Palestinian peace proc-
ess; 
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Whereas the United Nations and its bodies have consistently 
demonstrated bias against Israel; 
Whereas measures illustrating this bias include, but are not 
limited to— 
(1) Resolution 1, adopted during the 29th session of 
the Commission on the Status of Women on March 20, 
2015, which singled out Israel as the world’s sole nation 
responsible for women’s rights violations; 
(2) Agenda Item 19, adopted during the 69th World 
Health Assembly on May 25, 2016, which singled out 
Israel as the world’s sole violator of ‘‘mental, physical, 
and environmental health’’; and 
(3) Agenda Item 19, adopted during the 199th 
meeting of the Executive Board of the United Nations 
Educational, 
Scientific 
and 
Cultural 
Organization 
(UNESCO) on April 15, 2016, which ignored historic 
Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall 
area in Jerusalem’s Old City, condemned Israeli actions 
taken in response to Palestinian violence, and accused 
Israel of placing ‘‘Jewish fake graves’’ in the vicinity of 
the Al-Aqsa mosque; 
Whereas since its creation in June 2006, the United Nations 
Human Rights Council has condemned Israel 62 times; 
Whereas it is the long-standing practice of the United States 
Government to veto any United Nations Security Council 
resolution dictating guidelines on the Israeli-Palestinian 
peace process; 
Whereas the United States has vetoed 42 anti-Israel resolu-
tions in the United Nations Security Council; 
Whereas, on April 14, 2016, 388 members of the House of 
Representatives sent a letter to President Barack Obama 
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urging him to continue the practice of vetoing United 
Nations Security Council resolutions on Israel, saying 
that ‘‘such efforts dangerously hinder the prospects for 
resuming direct negotiations’’; 
Whereas Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered to 
continue negotiations seeking a resolution to the Israeli- 
Palestinian conflict with Palestinian President Mahmoud 
Abbas without preconditions; 
Whereas, on June 3, 2016, the French Republic convened a 
conference in Paris to address the Israeli-Palestinian 
peace process without the presence of representatives 
from Israel and the Palestinian Territories; 
Whereas if presented to the United Nations Security Council, 
a resolution based upon the initiative led by the French 
Republic would dictate parameters of a future two-state 
solution and impose a settlement upon the two parties 
after an arbitrary period of time; and 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has not passed 
a resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in 
over seven years: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That— 
(1) it is the sense of Congress that any resolu-
tion to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process can only 
come through direct, bilateral negotiations between 
the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Au-
thority; 
(2) it is the sense of Congress that the United 
States Government, through its Permanent Rep-
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resentative to the United Nations, should continue 
its practice of vetoing any United Nations Security 
Council resolution that unilaterally recognizes a Pal-
estinian state, makes declarations concerning Israeli 
controlled territories, or dictates terms for the 
Israeli-Palestinian peace process; and 
(3) Congress expresses support for individuals 
and organizations working to encourage cooperation 
between Israelis and Palestinians dedicated to 
achieving a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Pales-
tinian conflict. 
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