Title: End Subsidizing Palestinian Terrorism Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
End Subsidizing Palestinian Terrorism Act
This bill declares that Congress:
No funds made available for purposes of assistance for the Palestinian Authority or the West Bank and Gaza may be obligated or expended unless the Department of State certifies to Congress that the Palestinian Authority:

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2497 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2497

To prohibit assistance for the Palestinian Authority and the West Bank 
                   and Gaza, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2017

Mr. Franks of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                  to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit assistance for the Palestinian Authority and the West Bank 
                   and Gaza, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``End Subsidizing Palestinian 
Terrorism Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    (a) In General.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Since September 2015 a series of more than 250 
        terrorist attacks have been carried out against citizens of 
        Israel.
            (2) These terror attacks are the direct result of 
        incitement by radical Palestinian elements provoking violence 
        and calling on Palestinian youth to murder Jews.
            (3) Palestinian terrorist attacks are part of the 
        Palestinian Authority's strategy of ``popular resistance'' that 
        was formally adopted by the Palestinian Authority and Fatah at 
        the Sixth Fatah conference in August 2009.
            (4) According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 
        since September 2015 Palestinian terrorists have targeted 
        Israeli citizens in 169 stabbings, 124 shootings, 51 vehicular 
        attacks, and 1 vehicle bombing.
            (5) It is appropriate to list these attacks and attempted 
        attacks, which include, but are not limited to, the attacks and 
        attempted attacks described in subsection (b).
            (6) The international community has remained nearly silent 
        in response to the attacks and attempted attacks described in 
        subsection (b).
            (7) Palestinian violence is driven by anti-Jewish 
        incitement and delegitimization of Israel's right to exist.
            (8) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in 
        addressing the Arab League in Cairo, Egypt, stated on May 28, 
        2016, that ``we [the Palestinian Authority] incite [against 
        Israel] in the media and in educational institutions''.
            (9) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on 
        July 30, 2013, that ``in a final resolution, [the Palestinian 
        Authority] would not see the presence of a single Israeli'' in 
        the state of Palestine.
            (10) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas stated 
        on a September 16, 2015, television broadcast that ``We welcome 
        every drop of blood spilled in Jerusalem. This is pure blood, 
        clean blood, blood on its way to Allah. With the help of Allah, 
        every martyr will be in heaven, and every wounded will get his 
        reward.''.
            (11) The Palestinian Government praises Palestinian 
        terrorists as heroes to be commended and emulated.
            (12) Palestinians in Hamas-controlled Gaza routinely 
        distribute sweets to celebrate successful terrorist attacks.
            (13) On September 30, 2015, Palestinian Authority President 
        Mahmoud Abbas said during a speech to the United Nations that 
        the Palestinian Authority is no longer bound to the 1995 Oslo 
        Accords which established the two-state solution for peace.
            (14) In a November 2014 address commemorating the 10th 
        anniversary of Yasser Arafat's death, President Abbas said that 
        as Israel has no claim to Jerusalem, he will not allow the 
        Temple Mount to be ``contaminated by Jews'', and threatened 
        that Jewish prayer at the site would cause ``devastating 
        religious war''.
            (15) In June 2013, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud 
        Abbas referenced Israeli acts which ``indicate an evil and 
        dangerous plot to destroy Al- Aqsa and build the alleged 
        temple''.
            (16) Israelis and Palestinians alike have the right to live 
        in safety and dignity.
    (b) Attacks and Attempted Attacks Described.--The attacks and 
attempted attacks described in this subsection are the following:
            (1) An attack on January 8, 2017, when a Palestinian used 
        his vehicle to ram a group of Israel Defense Forces cadets at 
        the Armon Hanatziv promenade in Jerusalem, killing 4 and 
        injuring 17.
            (2) An attack on December 25, 2016, when terrorists fired 
        shots at Israelis from a vehicle in Beit El.
            (3) An attempted attack on December 24, 2016, when Israeli 
        security forces thwarted a stabbing attack by an Arab woman in 
        Jerusalem's Old City.
            (4) An attack on December 24, 2016, when terrorists threw 
        six Molotov cocktails at cars in Ofarim.
            (5) An attack on December 23, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed a 50-year-old man in Efrat.
            (6) An attack on December 14, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed two Israeli border police officers and a 13-year-old 
        boy in Jerusalem's Old City.
            (7) An attempted attack on December 8, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli border police officer 
        at the Tapuah Junction.
            (8) An attack on November 26, 2016, when terrorists threw a 
        Molotov cocktail at Israeli police officers in Jerusalem.
            (9) An attempted attack on November 25, 2016, when a 16-
        year-old Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli officer in 
        Jerusalem.
            (10) An attack on November 23, 2016, when terrorists threw 
        five Molotov cocktails at a bus near Jerusalem.
            (11) An attack on November 14, 2016, when terrorists threw 
        stones and pipe bombs at Israel Defense Forces soldiers near 
        Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem.
            (12) An attack on November 3, 2016, when a terrorist 
        attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces soldiers stationed at a 
        roadside bus stop near Ofra.
            (13) An attack on October 31, 2016, when a member of the 
        Palestinian Authority's security forces shot and wounded three 
        Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Beit El.
            (14) An attack on October 30, 2016, when a Palestinian used 
        his vehicle to ram and injure three Israeli border police 
        officers near Hebron.
            (15) An attempted attack on October 29, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to use his vehicle to ram Israel Defense 
        Forces soldiers, after which he exited the vehicle and 
        attempted to stab them, near Ofra.
            (16) An attempted attack on October 19, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli border police officers at 
        Tapuah Junction.
            (17) An attack on October 9, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        killed two Israelis in a triple shooting in Jerusalem.
            (18) An attack on September 30, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed a member of the Israeli security forces at the Qalandia 
        crossing.
            (19) An attempted attack on September 20, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        near Kiryat Arba.
            (20) An attack on September 20, 2016, when two Israel 
        Defense Forces soldiers were wounded by petrol bombs near 
        Bethlehem.
            (21) An attempted attack on September 19, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        in Hebron.
            (22) An attempted attack on September 19, 2016, when two 
        Palestinians attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces soldiers 
        in Hebron.
            (23) An attack on September 19, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed two Israeli police officers at Jerusalem's Flower Gate.
            (24) An attack on September 18, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Efrat.
            (25) An attack on September 17, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Hebron.
            (26) An attack on September 16, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Hebron.
            (27) An attempted attack on September 16, 2016, when two 
        Palestinians attempted to use their vehicle to ram Israeli 
        civilians in Kiryat Arba.
            (28) An attack on September 16, 2016, when a Jordanian 
        attempted to stab Israeli police officers near Jerusalem's Old 
        City.
            (29) An attempted attack on September 5, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces soldiers in 
        Jerusalem's Old City.
            (30) An attack on August 31, 2016, when an Israel Defense 
        Forces soldier guarding Jewish worshipers at Joseph's Tomb was 
        shot by fire coming from the Balata refugee camp in Nablus.
            (31) An attack on August 24, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near Gilad.
            (32) An attack on August 18, 2016, when Israelis riding in 
        a bus were injured after the vehicle was struck by stones.
            (33) An attack on August 14, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Shaked.
            (34) An attack on August 11, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli citizen visiting the Mount of Olives 
        cemetery in Jerusalem.
            (35) An attempted attack on July 31, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces soldiers in 
        Hawara.
            (36) An attack on July 18, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed 
        two Israel Defense Forces soldiers on the Gush Etzion-Hebron 
        Highway.
            (37) An attempted attack on July 17, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian was arrested carrying several pipe bombs and knives 
        in Jerusalem.
            (38) An attack on July 9, 2016, when a Palestinian shot and 
        wounded an Israeli motorist at the Tekoa Junction.
            (39) An attempted attack on July 5, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab two Israel Defense Forces 
        soldiers in Ariel.
            (40) An attack on July 1, 2016, when a Palestinian killed 
        one and injured three in a drive-by shooting in Gush Etzion.
            (41) An attempted attack on July 1, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli border police officer 
        in Hebron.
            (42) An attack on June 30, 2016, when a 13-year-old girl 
        was stabbed to death in her bed by a Palestinian terrorist from 
        a village near Kiryat Arba.
            (43) An attack on June 30, 2016, when two Israelis were 
        stabbed near the Netanya market.
            (44) An attack on June 26, 2016, when a Molotov cocktail 
        was thrown at an Israeli car on the Aboud bypass road.
            (45) An attack on June 26, 2016, when a Palestinian driver 
        rammed her vehicle into a car at a hitch-hiking stop, injuring 
        two Israelis near Kiryat Arba.
            (46) An attack on June 21, 2016, when Palestinians threw 
        stones at cars traveling on Route 443.
            (47) An attack on June 18, 2016, when Palestinians threw 
        more than 20 Molotov cocktails at the Psagot Settlement.
            (48) An attack on June 17, 2016, when Palestinians threw 
        four Molotov cocktails at an Israeli home in Jerusalem.
            (49) An attack on June 8, 2016, when two Palestinian men 
        killed four and injured 17 in the Sarona Market in Tel Aviv.
            (50) An attack on June 6, 2016, when a Palestinian shot at 
        vehicles on Route 465.
            (51) An attack on June 5, 2016, when Palestinians barraged 
        with stones a bus traveling on Road 437.
            (52) An attack on June 2, 2016, when Palestinians threw 
        Molotov cocktails at Jewish worshipers in Nablus.
            (53) An attempted attack on June 2, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        near Einay.
            (54) An attack on June 1, 2016, when Palestinians threw 
        stones at cars traveling on Route 443.
            (55) An attack on May 30, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed 
        an Israel Defense Forces soldier with a screwdriver in Tel 
        Aviv.
            (56) An attack on May 24, 2016, when Palestinians threw 
        stones at a bus in Jerusalem.
            (57) An attempted attack on May 23, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab two Israeli border police 
        officers in Jerusalem.
            (58) An attack on May 22, 2016, when a Molotov cocktail was 
        thrown at a bus in the village of Hawara.
            (59) An attack on May 22, 2016, when Palestinians threw 
        stones at a bus on Highway 443.
            (60) An attack on May 21, 2016, when Palestinians shot at a 
        passenger bus near Gush Etzion.
            (61) An attack on May 10, 2016, when multiple pipe bombs 
        injured two Israel Defense Forces soldiers near Hizma.
            (62) An attack on May 10, 2016, when two Palestinians 
        stabbed two Israeli women, aged 86 and 82, in Jerusalem.
            (63) An attack on May 3, 2016, when a Palestinian driver 
        rammed his vehicle into three Israel Defense Forces soldiers 
        near Jerusalem.
            (64) An attack on May 2, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed 
        an Israeli man in Jerusalem's Old City.
            (65) An attack on May 1, 2016, when Palestinians threw 
        stones at a car traveling near Efrat, injuring two children.
            (66) An attack on April 19, 2016, when a bomb planted 
        aboard a bus exploded, injuring 21 in Jerusalem.
            (67) An attack on April 14, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        attacked a group of Israel Defense Forces soldiers with an axe 
        near Gush Etzion.
            (68) An attack on April 14, 2016, when stones were thrown 
        at a car traveling on Highway 431.
            (69) An attempted attack on April 14, 2016, when two 
        Palestinian children were arrested with knives in Jerusalem's 
        Old City.
            (70) An attack on March 25, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Jerusalem.
            (71) An attack on March 24, 2016, when two Palestinians 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near Hebron.
            (72) An attack on March 18, 2016, when three Palestinians 
        attacked Israel Defense Forces soldiers with knives.
            (73) An attack on March 17, 2016, when two Palestinians 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Ariel.
            (74) An attack on March 14, 2016, when two Palestinians 
        attempted to use their vehicle to ram Israelis, later opening 
        fire on civilians and soldiers standing at a bus stop near the 
        entrance to Kiryat Arba.
            (75) An attack on March 11, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli man in Jerusalem.
            (76) An attack on March 11, 2016, when a Palestinian shot 
        two Israel Defense Forces soldiers near Beit Horon.
            (77) An attack on March 9, 2016, when two Palestinians 
        opened fire on police officers and civilians near Jerusalem's 
        Old City.
            (78) An attempted attack on March 8, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli border police officers in 
        Jerusalem's Old City.
            (79) An attack on March 8, 2016, when a Palestinian opened 
        fire on Israeli border police officers with an automatic weapon 
        near Jerusalem's Old City.
            (80) An attack on March 8, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed 
        an Israeli in Petah Tikva.
            (81) An attack on March 8, 2016, when a Palestinian went on 
        a stabbing spree in Tel Aviv's Jaffa Port, injuring 10 and 
        killing American student Taylor Force.
            (82) An attack on March 3, 2016, when a Palestinian used 
        her vehicle to ram an Israel Defense Forces soldier at the Gush 
        Etzion junction.
            (83) An attack on March 3, 2016, when a Palestinian stabbed 
        a police officer in the Jordan Valley.
            (84) An attack on March 3, 2016, when a Palestinian shot 
        and injured a police officer in Rahelim.
            (85) An attack on March 2, 2016, when two Palestinians 
        attacked an Israeli man in his home in Eli.
            (86) An attack on March 2, 2016, when two Palestinians 
        stabbed two police officers in Har Brakha.
            (87) An attack on February 26, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        critically wounded an Israeli with an axe near Ma'ale Adumin.
            (88) An attempted attack on February 26, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces soldiers 
        near Ramallah.
            (89) An attack on February 24, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces reservist near Gush Etzion.
            (90) An attempted attack on February 24, 2016, when two 
        Palestinians were arrested with pipe bombs near Jerusalem's Old 
        City.
            (91) An attempted attack on February 21, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian was arrested with a large knife while attempting to 
        attack Israeli civilians.
            (92) An attempted attack on February 21, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        in Hebron.
            (93) An attack on February 21, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier near Nablus.
            (94) An attempted attack on February 20, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        outside of Jerusalem's Old City.
            (95) An attack on February 19, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed two Israeli border policemen outside of Jerusalem's Old 
        City.
            (96) An attempted attack on February 19, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to use her vehicle to ram Israel Defense 
        Forces soldiers.
            (97) An attack on February 18, 2016, when two Palestinians 
        stabbed shoppers at a supermarket in Sh'ae Binyamin.
            (98) An attempted attack on February 15, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        outside of Jerusalem's Old City.
            (99) An attack on February 14, 2016, when two Palestinians 
        shot at Israel Defense Forces soldiers outside of Jerusalem's 
        Old City.
            (100) An attempted attack on February 14, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        in Hebron.
            (101) An attempted attack on February 19, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        outside of Tekoa-Har Homa.
            (102) An attack on February 19, 2016, when two Palestinians 
        shot at Israel Defense Forces soldiers near Hinanit.
            (103) An attack on February 13, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier and a Palestinian man 
        in Hebron.
            (104) An attack on February 9, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli soldier in Hebron.
            (105) An attack on February 6, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli woman in Rahat.
            (106) An attack on February 4, 2016, when two Palestinians 
        stabbed a mall security guard in Ramle.
            (107) An attack on February 3, 2016, when three 
        Palestinians killed one Israeli border police officer and 
        wounded two others outside of Jerusalem's Old City.
            (108) An attempted attack on February 1, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Sal'it.
            (109) An attack on January 31, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        opened fire on three Israel Defense Forces soldiers, wounding 
        three near Beit El.
            (110) An attack on January 30, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli outside of Jerusalem's Old City.
            (111) An attack on January 27, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli in Givat Ze'ev.
            (112) An attack on January 25, 2016, when two Palestinians 
        stabbed two Israeli women at a supermarket in Beit Horon.
            (113) An attack on January 24, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        gunman opened fire at a vehicle driving near the community of 
        Dolev.
            (114) An attempted attack on January 20, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Hebron.
            (115) An attack on January 18, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed a pregnant Israeli woman in Tekoa.
            (116) An attempted attack on January 17, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in the West Bank.
            (117) An attack on January 17, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli woman to death outside of her home in 
        Otniel.
            (118) An attack on January 14, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near Nablus.
            (119) An attempted attack on January 14, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli near Beit Anoun.
            (120) An attack on January 13, 2016, when an Israeli bus 
        driver was injured after his bus was damaged by a rock thrown 
        by a Palestinian near Jerusalem.
            (121) An attempted attack on January 12, 2016, when two 
        Palestinians attempted to stab Israelis near Kiryat Arba.
            (122) An attempted attack on January 9, 2016, when two 
        Palestinians attempted to stab Israelis in the Jordan Valley.
            (123) An attempted attack on January 7, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli near Kiryat Arba.
            (124) An attempted attack on January 7, 2016, when three 
        Palestinians attempted to stab an Israeli near Gush Etzion.
            (125) An attack on January 5, 2016, when an Israeli bus 
        driver was injured after his bus was damaged by a rock thrown 
        by a Palestinian on Highway 79.
            (126) An attempted attack on January 4, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab Israelis outside of the National 
        Police Headquarters in Jerusalem.
            (127) An attempted attack on January 3, 2016, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Jerusalem.
            (128) An attack on January 3, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        opened fire on an Israel Defense Forces soldier in the South 
        Hebron Hills.
            (129) An attack on January 3, 2016, when Palestinian 
        snipers shot an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Hebron.
            (130) An attack on January 2, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        opened fire on Israeli vehicles near Jerusalem.
            (131) An attack on January 1, 2016, when a Palestinian 
        killed two and injured eight in a shooting attack in Tel Aviv.
            (132) An attack on January 1, 2016, when a Palestinian shot 
        and killed an Israeli taxi driver in Tel Aviv.
            (133) An attack on December 31, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        used his vehicle to ram an Israel Defense Forces soldier in the 
        West Bank.
            (134) An attack on December 27, 2015, when two Palestinians 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Hawara.
            (135) An attempted attack on December 27, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Hebron.
            (136) An attempted attack on December 27, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in the West Bank.
            (137) An attempted attack on December 27, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Jerusalem's Old 
        City.
            (138) An attack on December 27, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Jerusalem's Old 
        City.
            (139) An attack on December 26, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        used his vehicle to ram an Israel Defense Forces soldier in the 
        West Bank.
            (140) An attempted attack on December 26, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Jerusalem's Old 
        City.
            (141) An attack on December 25, 2015, when Palestinians 
        attacked the vehicle of the Latin Patriarch in Bethlehem.
            (142) An attempted attack on December 25, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to use his vehicle to ram an Israeli in 
        Silwad.
            (143) An attempted attack on December 24, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        in Hebron.
            (144) An attack on December 24, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed two Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Ariel.
            (145) An attack on December 23, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed and killed a rabbi outside of Jerusalem's Old City.
            (146) An attack on December 19, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed three Israelis in Raanana.
            (147) An attempted attack on December 18, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to use his vehicle to ram Israel Defense 
        Forces soldiers in the West Bank.
            (148) An attack on December 14, 2015, when three Israelis 
        were injured after a rock was thrown through the windshield of 
        their car in Beit Aryeh.
            (149) An attack on December 14, 2015, when 14 Israelis were 
        injured in a vehicular ramming attack at a bus stop in 
        Jerusalem.
            (150) An attempted attack on December 13, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli civilian in Kiryat 
        Arba.
            (151) An attempted attack on December 11, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to use his vehicle to ram Israel Defense 
        soldiers near Kiryat Arba.
            (152) An attack on December 11, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        opened fire on Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Gilboa.
            (153) An attack on December 10, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        used his vehicle to ram Israel Defense soldiers in the West 
        Bank.
            (154) An attempted attack on December 9, 2015, when three 
        Palestinians were apprehended with butcher knives in Afula.
            (155) An attack on December 9, 2015, when Palestinians 
        opened fire on an Israeli family in a drive by shooting, 
        injuring two in the West Bank.
            (156) An attack on December 9, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed a civilian and an Israel Defense Forces soldier in 
        Hebron.
            (157) An attack on December 7, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli civilian in Hebron.
            (158) An attack on December 6, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        used his vehicle to ram and subsequently stab Israelis in 
        Jerusalem.
            (159) An attack on December 4, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        used his vehicle to ram two Israel Defense Forces soldiers in 
        Ofra.
            (160) An attack on December 4, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Abud.
            (161) An attack on December 4, 2015, when two Palestinians 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Hebron.
            (162) An attack on December 3, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        shot an Israel Defense Forces soldier and an Israeli civilian 
        north of Jerusalem.
            (163) An attack on December 3, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near Jerusalem's Old 
        City.
            (164) An attempted attack on December 3, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli at the Gush Etzion 
        junction.
            (165) An attempted attack on December 3, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        in the West Bank.
            (166) An attack on November 29, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli border police officer near Jerusalem's Old 
        City.
            (167) An attack on November 29, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed a foreign worker from Nepal in Jerusalem.
            (168) An attack on November 27, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        used his vehicle to ram two Israel Defense Forces soldiers in 
        Kfar Adumim.
            (169) An attack on November 27, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        used his vehicle to ram six Israel Defense Forces soldiers in 
        the West Bank.
            (170) An attack on November 25, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in the West Bank.
            (171) An attack on November 24, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        used his vehicle to ram three Israel Defense Forces soldiers 
        and one border police officer in the West Bank.
            (172) An attack on November 23, 2015, when two Palestinians 
        stabbed an elderly Palestinian man from Bethlehem near 
        Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market.
            (173) An attack on November 23, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        used his vehicle to ram an Israeli near Shavei Shomron.
            (174) An attempted attack on November 23, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense soldiers in the 
        West Bank.
            (175) An attack on November 23, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed and killed an Israel Defense Forces soldier and wounded 
        two others near Modi'in.
            (176) An attempted attack on November 22, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli civilian in the West 
        Bank.
            (177) An attempted attack on November 22, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian taxi driver attempted to use his vehicle to ram a 
        group of Israeli pedestrians in Kfar Adumim.
            (178) An attack on November 22, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed and killed an Israeli civilian in Gush Etzion.
            (179) An attack on November 21, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed four people in Kiryat Gat.
            (180) An attack on November 19, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        killed two Israelis and wounded one in a stabbing attack in Tel 
        Aviv.
            (181) An attack on November 19, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        gunman opened fire and killed three, including one American, 
        sitting in a traffic jam south of Jerusalem.
            (182) An attack on November 13, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        gunman opened fire and killed two and wounded four in Otniel.
            (183) An attack on November 10, 2015, when two Palestinian 
        youth stabbed an Israeli security guard on the Jerusalem light 
        rail.
            (184) An attempted attack on November 10, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli police officer outside 
        of Jerusalem's Old City.
            (185) An attempted attack on November 10, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli border police officer 
        near Abu Dis.
            (186) An attempted attack on November 9, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli police officers in the 
        West Bank.
            (187) An attack on November 8, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        used his vehicle to ram four Israelis at a hitchhiking stop at 
        the Tapuah Junction in the West Bank.
            (188) An attack on November 8, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli security guard near Jerusalem.
            (189) An attack on November 8, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli man in the West Bank.
            (190) An attack on November 6, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli man near Jerusalem.
            (191) An attack on November 6, 2015, when two Palestinians 
        opened fire and wounded two Israelis in Hebron.
            (192) An attack on November 6, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        opened fire and wounded an Israel Defense Forces soldier near 
        Hebron.
            (193) An attempted attack on November 5, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli in Gush Etzion.
            (194) An attack on November 4, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        used his vehicle to ram three Israeli border police officers, 
        killing one and wounding two near Hebron.
            (195) An attack on November 2, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed a 71-year-old Israeli man in Netanya.
            (196) An attack on November 2, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed three Israelis, including an 80-year-old woman, in Tel 
        Aviv.
            (197) An attempted attack on November 2, 2015, when two 
        Palestinians attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        in the West Bank.
            (198) An attack on November 1, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        used his vehicle to ram three Israel border police officers in 
        Hebron.
            (199) An attack on October 31, 2015, when a 17-year-old 
        Palestinian attempted to stab Israel Defense Forces soldiers 
        near the Gilboa crossing.
            (200) An attack on October 30, 2015, when two Palestinians 
        attempted to stab Israeli border police officers near the 
        Tapuach Junction.
            (201) An attack on October 30, 2015, when an Israeli was 
        stabbed by a Palestinian near the French Hill light rail 
        station in Jerusalem.
            (202) An attack on October 29, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near the Tomb of the 
        Patriarchs in Hebron.
            (203) An attempted attack on October 29, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        in the neighborhood of Beit Hadassah.
            (204) An attack on October 29, 2015, when shots were fired 
        from a vehicle toward a bus stop near Jerusalem.
            (205) An attack on October 28, 2015, when an Israeli woman 
        was stabbed by a Palestinian outside of the Rami Levy 
        supermarket near Gush Etzion.
            (206) An attempted attack on October 28, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        near the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
            (207) An attack on October 27, 2015, when two Palestinians 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier near Gush Etzion.
            (208) An attempted attack on October 27, 2015, when two 
        Palestinian teenagers were apprehended with a knife and an axe 
        in Jerusalem.
            (209) An attack on October 26, 2015, when an Israel Defense 
        Forces soldier was stabbed by two Palestinians near Gush 
        Etzion.
            (210) An attack on October 26, 2015, when an Israel Defense 
        Forces soldier was stabbed and seriously wounded near Hebron.
            (211) An attempted attack on October 26, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        outside of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
            (212) An attack on October 25, 2015, when an Israeli man 
        was wounded in a stabbing attack after his car was stoned by 
        Palestinians near Metzad.
            (213) An attempted attack on October 25, 2015, when a 17-
        year-old female Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense 
        Forces soldier near Hebron.
            (214) An attack on October 25, 2015, when an Israeli man 
        was stabbed near Ariel.
            (215) An attempted attack on October 24, 2015, when a 16-
        year-old Palestinian posing as a candy vendor attempted to stab 
        a security guard near the Gilboa crossing.
            (216) An attack on October 23, 2015, when an Israel Defense 
        Forces soldier was stabbed in Gush Etzion.
            (217) An attack on October 23, 2015, when an Israeli couple 
        and their three young children were wounded when a firebomb was 
        thrown at their car near Beit El.
            (218) An attempted attack on October 22, 2015, when a 
        student was stabbed and moderately injured while waiting for 
        the bus in Bet Shemesh.
            (219) An attempted attack on October 22, 2015, when two 
        Palestinian terrorists attempted to board an Israeli school bus 
        to carry out a knife attack in Bet Shemesh.
            (220) An attempted attack on October 21, 2015, when a 15-
        year-old Palestinian with a knife attempted to attack Israeli 
        security forces in Yitzhar.
            (221) An attack on October 21, 2015, when an Israeli 
        policeman was injured in a car-ramming attack in Ofra.
            (222) An attack on October 21, 2015, when an Israel Defense 
        Forces soldier was critically wounded in a stabbing attack at 
        the Adam Junction near Jerusalem.
            (223) An attempted attack on October 21, 2015, when two 
        Palestinians were apprehended by Israeli security forces who 
        found homemade explosive devices in their vehicle.
            (224) An attack on October 21, 2015, when five Israel 
        Defense Forces soldiers were injured after their vehicle was 
        attacked with stones, and, after exiting the vehicle in order 
        to apprehend the stone-throwers, were rammed by a vehicle near 
        Beit Ummar.
            (225) An attack on October 20, 2015, when an Israeli man 
        was killed after his vehicle was stoned, and, after escaping 
        the vehicle, was struck and run over in a vehicular attack.
            (226) An attack on October 20, 2015, when an Israel Defense 
        Forces soldier was injured in a stabbing attack in Hebron.
            (227) An attack on October 20, 2015, when two Israelis were 
        wounded in a vehicular attack and attempted stabbing at a bus 
        stop at the Gush Etzion Junction.
            (228) An attack on October 18, 2015, when an Israel Defense 
        Forces soldier was killed and 10 civilians and police officers 
        wounded after a Palestinian terrorist entered the Central Bus 
        Station of Be'er Sheva and opened fire.
            (229) An attempted attack on October 17, 2015, when a 16-
        year-old Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli border police 
        officers in Jerusalem.
            (230) An attempted attack on October 17, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli civilian in Hebron.
            (231) An attack on October 17, 2015, when a 16-year-old 
        Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli border police officer in 
        Hebron.
            (232) An attack on October 17, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier at a police checkpoint 
        in Hebron.
            (233) An attempted attack on October 17, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli police officer and 
        bomb squad officer at the Kalandiya Checkpoint near Jerusalem.
            (234) An attack on October 16, 2015, when Palestinian 
        rioters set fire to Joseph's Tomb, a Jewish Holy site in 
        Nablus.
            (235) An attempted attack on October 16, 2015, when Israeli 
        border police detected an explosive device at a checkpoint near 
        Hebrew University's Campus at Mount Scopus in Jerusalem.
            (236) An attack on October 16, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        disguised as a photojournalist stabbed an Israel Defense Forces 
        soldier near Hebron.
            (237) An attempted attack on October 14, 2015, when Israeli 
        border police discovered a knife hidden under the assailant's 
        seat in Jerusalem.
            (238) An attack on October 14, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed two people by the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old 
        City.
            (239) An attack on October 14, 2015, when an Israeli woman 
        was stabbed by a Palestinian while waiting for a bus near the 
        Central Bus Station in Jerusalem.
            (240) An attack on October 13, 2015, when an Israeli man 
        was stabbed in the center of Raanana.
            (241) An attack on October 13, 2015, when four Israelis 
        were wounded in a stabbing attack in Raanana.
            (242) An attack on October 13, 2015, when two Israelis were 
        killed and 15 wounded when two Palestinians boarded a bus and 
        began to attack passengers in Jerusalem.
            (243) An attack on October 13, 2015, when an Israeli man 
        was killed and five wounded by a Palestinian in a vehicle 
        attack in Jerusalem.
            (244) An attempted attack on October 12, 2015, when a 
        stabbing attack was foiled outside of the Lion's Gate in 
        Jerusalem's Old City.
            (245) An attack on October 12, 2015, when an Israeli border 
        police officer was stabbed by a 16-year-old Palestinian in 
        Jerusalem.
            (246) An attack on October 12, 2015, when two Palestinians 
        stabbed two Israeli civilians, including a 13-year-old Israeli 
        boy riding his bicycle, in Jerusalem.
            (247) An attack on October 12, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier on a bus in Jerusalem.
            (248) An attack on October 11, 2015, when an Israeli police 
        officer was injured after the driver of the car he pulled over 
        set off an explosive device in Ma'ale Adumim.
            (249) An attack on October 10, 2015, when a 16-year-old 
        Palestinian stabbed two Israelis near the Damascus Gate in 
        Jerusalem's Old City.
            (250) An attack on October 10, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed two Israeli police officers near the Damascus Gate in 
        Jerusalem's Old City.
            (251) An attack on October 9, 2015, when a 16-year-old 
        Israeli boy was stabbed by a Palestinian in Jerusalem.
            (252) An attack on October 9, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed a police officer in Kiryat Arba.
            (253) An attempted attack on October 9, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli security guard at the 
        Central Bus Station of Afula.
            (254) An attack on October 8, 2015, when an Israel Defense 
        Forces soldier and three others were stabbed by a Palestinian 
        in Tel Aviv.
            (255) An attack on October 8, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israeli civilian near the light rail in Jerusalem.
            (256) An attack on October 8, 2015, when a man was stabbed 
        and seriously wounded by a Palestinian in Kiryat Arba.
            (257) An attack on October 8, 2015, when an Israel Defense 
        Forces soldier was wounded in a stabbing attack in Afula.
            (258) An attack on October 7, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        wounded an Israeli man in a stabbing attack in Petach Tikva.
            (259) An attack on October 7, 2015, when an 18-year-old 
        Palestinian stabbed an Israeli man near the Lion's Gate of 
        Jerusalem's Old City.
            (260) An attack on October 7, 2015, when a Palestinian 
        stabbed an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Kiryat Gat.
            (261) An attack on October 4, 2015, when a 15-year-old 
        Israeli boy was stabbed by a Palestinian in Jerusalem.
            (262) An attack on October 3, 2015, when two Israelis were 
        stabbed to death and two others injured by a Palestinian in 
        Jerusalem.
            (263) An attack on October 1, 2015, when two Israelis 
        traveling with their four children were killed in a drive-by 
        shooting near Nabulus.
            (264) An attempted attack on September 22, 2015, when a 
        Palestinian attempted to stab an Israel Defense Forces soldier 
        in Hebron.
            (265) An attempted attack on September 21, 2015, when an 
        Israel Defense Forces soldier was injured by a firebomb near 
        Joseph's Tomb.
            (266) An attack on September 13, 2015, when an Israeli was 
        killed after his vehicle was struck by rocks near Jerusalem.

SEC. 3. DECLARATION OF POLICY.

    Congress--
            (1) condemns incitement and acts of violence against 
        Israeli citizens;
            (2) calls on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas 
        to publicly condemn incitement and acts of violence against 
        Israeli citizens and to discontinue incitement in Palestinian 
        Authority-controlled media outlets;
            (3) calls on the international community to condemn 
        incitement and acts of violence against Israeli citizens;
            (4) believes that any chance at lasting peace can only 
        happen through peaceful, bilateral, discussions and sound 
        consultation with peaceful allies, not calls for bloodshed;
            (5) expresses support for individuals and organizations 
        working to encourage cooperation between Israelis and 
        Palestinians, and the many activists within Israel and the 
        Palestinian territories working to bring an end to the 
        conflict; and
            (6) reaffirms the friendship between Israel and the United 
        States.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND THE 
              WEST BANK AND GAZA.

    (a) In General.--No funds described in subsection (b) may be 
obligated or expended unless the Secretary of State certifies to 
Congress that the Palestinian Authority--
            (1) is taking credible steps to end terrorist acts against 
        United States and Israeli citizens perpetrated by individuals 
        under its jurisdictional control;
            (2) has publicly condemned acts of violence and is taking 
        steps to investigate or is cooperating with investigations of 
        such acts to bring the perpetrators to justice; and
            (3) has terminated payments for acts of terrorism against 
        United States and Israeli citizens to any individual who has 
        been imprisoned after being fairly tried and convicted for such 
        acts of terrorism and to any individual who died committing 
        such acts of terrorism, including to a family member of such 
        individuals.
    (b) Amounts Described.--Funds described in this subsection are 
funds made available under any provision of law for any of the 
following purposes:
            (1) Assistance for the Palestinian Authority.
            (2) Assistance for the West Bank and Gaza.
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