Condemning the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hres-951
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aggression
Arab-Israeli conflict
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Human rights
Iran
Israel
Middle East and North Africa
Palestinians
Peace
Rockets (Ordnance)
State-sponsored terrorism
Syria
Terrorism
United Nations
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: 
Condemns the ongoing Iranian-enabled rocket attacks on Israeli civilians and places responsibility for launching the attacks on Hamas and other terrorist organizations in Gaza.
 
Supports the government of Israel's right to defend its territory.
 
Recognizes the difficult balance Israel faces with the competing pressures of being the primary supplier of numerous necessities for Palestinian civilians, even while rockets are being fired at Israel from Palestinian areas.
 
Supports Palestinian civilians who reject Hamas and all forms of terrorism. 
 
Reaffirms the friendship between the governments and the people of Israel and the United States.

action_date: 2008-03-05
text: 
Condemns: (1) Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations for the ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians and continued human rights violations; (2) state sponsors of terror, such as Iran and Syria, for enabling Palestinian terrorist organizations to carry out such attacks; and (3) the use of innocent Palestinian civilians as human shields by those who carry out rocket and other attacks.
 
 Expresses: (1) condolences to the families of the innocent victims on both sides of the conflict; and (2) sympathy and support for innocent Palestinian civilians who reject terrorism and desire to live in peace with their Israeli neighbors but who continue to be utilized as human shields by terrorist organizations.
 
 Supports the government of Israel's sovereign right to defend its territory. 
 
 Considers rocket attacks against Israel and the fostering of terrorism in the Palestinian territories as direct and serious impediments to the achievement of Israeli-Palestinian peace.
 
 Calls on the President to: (1) direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to introduce a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Palestinian rocket and other attacks against innocent Israeli civilians; and (2) direct the Secretary of State to raise this issue in all applicable bilateral and international fora.
 
 Calls on responsible countries and U.S. allies in the Middle East to officially and publicly condemn Palestinian rocket attacks and other terrorist actions against Israel.
 
 Reaffirms the friendship between the governments and the people of Israel and the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-05
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-03-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-03-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 1, 4 Present (Roll no. 93). (text: CR H1234)
action_date: 2008-03-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 1, 4 Present (Roll no. 93).(text: CR H1234)
action_date: 2008-03-05
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1241)
action_date: 2008-03-05
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2008-03-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 951.
action_date: 2008-03-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1234-1239)
action_date: 2008-03-05
text: Mr. Berman moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House