IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 665 
Condemning the murder of Israeli and Palestinian children in Israel and 
the ongoing and escalating violence in that country. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2014 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. SMITH of New 
Jersey, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Ohio, Mr. DENT, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. ROSKAM, 
and Mr. GRIMM) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the murder of Israeli and Palestinian children 
in Israel and the ongoing and escalating violence in that 
country. 
Whereas on April 23, 2014, the Palestinian factions of Fatah 
and Hamas announced a deal to unify Palestinian Au-
thority rule over the West Bank and Gaza and to hold 
elections; 
Whereas Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007 and 
is a designated terrorist organization by the governments 
of the United States, Israel, Canada, Japan, Jordan and 
Egypt, as well as the European Union; 
Whereas Hamas does not recognize Israel’s right to exist and 
its charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish State; 
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•HRES 665 IH 
Whereas Israel remains a strategic partner and ally since its 
establishment in 1948 and is a vibrant democracy with 
a strong rule of law situated in a hostile neighborhood in 
the Levant; 
Whereas Israel has the right to self-defense as declared in 
Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations; 
Whereas Israelis Naftali Frenkel, 16, Gilad Shaer, 16, and 
Eyal Yifrach, 19, were kidnapped on June 12, 2014, and 
subsequently murdered by two suspected Hamas mem-
bers in the West Bank; 
Whereas Israel launched Operation Brother’s Keeper to first 
retrieve the young boys and then to infiltrate and destroy 
Hamas’ network in the West Bank; 
Whereas Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, was ab-
ducted and killed in a retaliatory act by extremists on 
July 2, 2014, in Jerusalem; 
Whereas Israeli political leaders strongly denounced the kill-
ing of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, with Prime Minister Ben-
jamin Netanyahu stating: ‘‘I unequivocally condemn the 
murder of a Palestinian youth in Jerusalem . . .’’ and 
‘‘Murder, riots, incitement, vigilantism — they have no 
place in our democracy.’’; 
Whereas Hamas continues to perpetuate violence against 
Israel, launching hundreds of rocket attacks on large 
population centers in Israel from Gaza; 
Whereas Israel has made numerous efforts to avoid conflict 
through a proposed ‘‘quiet for quiet’’ formula which 
Hamas explicitly rejected; and 
Whereas the Israel Defense Force consequently initiated Op-
eration Protective Edge to respond to these ongoing 
threats to Israeli citizens: Now, therefore, be it 
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•HRES 665 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns the kidnapping and murder of 
Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaer, and Eyal Yifrach by 
terrorists associated with Hamas and the murder of 
Mohammed Abu Khdeir by extremists; 
(2) commends Israeli authorities for acting 
swiftly to apprehend the killers of Mohammed Abu 
Khdeir and expects that the murderers will be pun-
ished to the full extent of the law; 
(3) calls on the Hamas-backed Palestinian Au-
thority to cooperate fully with the Israeli government 
to apprehend the murderers of Naftali Frenkel, 
Gilad Shaer, and Eyal Yifrach and bring them to 
justice; 
(4) calls on Hamas to halt its attacks on Israel 
and stop provoking Israel into a conflict; and 
(5) urges the Palestinian Authority to sever ties 
with Hamas until it recognizes Israel’s right to exist 
and renounces terrorism. 
Æ 
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