H. Res. 326 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 6, 2019. 
Whereas the special relationship between the United States 
and Israel is rooted in shared national security interests 
and shared values of democracy, human rights, and the 
rule of law; 
Whereas the United States has worked for decades to 
strengthen Israel’s security through assistance and co-
operation on defense and intelligence matters in order to 
enhance the safety of United States and Israeli citizens, 
including by finalizing in 2016 under the Obama Admin-
istration, a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding, re-
affirming the United States’ commitment to annual mili-
tary assistance and cooperative missile defense programs, 
which is in the national interests of both countries; 
Whereas the United States remains unwavering in its com-
mitment to help Israel address the myriad challenges it 
faces, including terrorism, regional instability, horrifying 
violence in neighboring states, and hostile regimes that 
call for its destruction; 
Whereas the United States, under Presidents of both parties, 
has provided bilateral and multilateral foreign assistance 
to promote the security, stability, and the humanitarian 
well-being of Palestinians;
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Whereas the United States has long sought a just, stable, 
and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 
that recognizes the Palestinian right to self-determination 
and offers Israel long-term security and full normaliza-
tion with its neighbors; 
Whereas for more than 20 years, Presidents of the United 
States from both political parties and Israeli Prime Min-
isters have supported reaching a two-state solution that 
establishes a Palestinian state coexisting side by side with 
Israel in peace and security; 
Whereas for more than 20 years, Presidents of the United 
States from both political parties have opposed settlement 
expansion, moves toward unilateral annexation of terri-
tory, and efforts to achieve Palestinian statehood status 
outside the framework of negotiations with Israel; 
Whereas United States administrations from both political 
parties have put forward proposals to provide a frame-
work for negotiations toward a two-state solution, includ-
ing the parameters put forward by President Bill Clinton 
in December 2000, the Road Map proposed by President 
George W. Bush in April 2003, and the principles set 
forth by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State 
John Kerry in December 2016; 
Whereas ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is vital to the 
interests of both parties and the leadership of both par-
ties must negotiate in good faith in order to achieve 
peace; and 
Whereas delays to a political solution to the conflict between 
Israelis and Palestinians pose a threat to the ability to 
maintain a Jewish and democratic state of Israel and the
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establishment of a viable, democratic Palestinian state: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Represent-
atives that— 
(1) only the outcome of a two-state solution that 
enhances stability and security for Israel, Palestinians, 
and their neighbors can both ensure the state of Israel’s 
survival as a Jewish and democratic state and fulfill the 
legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people for a 
state of their own; 
(2) while the United States remains indispensable 
to any viable effort to achieve that goal, only the Israelis 
and the Palestinians can make the difficult choices nec-
essary to end their conflict; 
(3) it is in the enduring United States’ national in-
terest to continue to stand by its ironclad commitments 
under the 2016 United States-Israel Memorandum of 
Understanding, which seeks to help Israel defend itself 
against a wide range of threats; 
(4) the United States, with the support of regional 
and international partners, can play a constructive role 
toward ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by putting 
forward a proposal for achieving a two-state solution 
that is consistent with previous United States proposals 
to resolve the conflict’s final status issues in ways that 
recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination and
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enhance Israel’s long-term security and normalization 
with its neighbors; 
(5) it is in the United States’ interest to continue 
promoting the security, stability, and humanitarian well- 
being of Palestinians and their neighbors by resuming 
the provision of foreign assistance pursuant to United 
States law; and 
(6) a United States proposal to achieve a just, sta-
ble, and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian con-
flict should expressly endorse a two-state solution as its 
objective and discourage steps by either side that would 
put a peaceful end to the conflict further out of reach, 
including unilateral annexation of territory or efforts to 
achieve Palestinian statehood status outside the frame-
work of negotiations with Israel. 
Attest: 
Clerk.