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108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 285
Condemning the recent terrorist attacks in the Middle East by Hamas and
other terrorist organizations and urging the European Union to classify
the entire entity of Hamas as a terrorist organization, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 19, 2003
Mr. Deutsch (for himself, Mr. Kingston, and Mr. Lantos) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
International Relations
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RESOLUTION
Condemning the recent terrorist attacks in the Middle East by Hamas and
other terrorist organizations and urging the European Union to classify
the entire entity of Hamas as a terrorist organization, and for other
purposes.
Whereas the United States is currently engaged in a war against terrorism and
Secretary of State Powell has stated that ``there are no good
terrorists'';
Whereas on its official list of ``Terrorist Groups and Entities'', the European
Union currently designates only the so-called military wing of Hamas,
``Izz al Din al Qassem'', and not the entire entity of Hamas;
Whereas the failure by the European Union to designate the entire entity of
Hamas on its official terrorist list is an obstacle to taking action
against the financing of terrorism;
Whereas the United States Government currently classifies the entire entity of
Hamas as a terrorist organization;
Whereas throughout the past decade of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process,
Hamas and other terrorist organizations have continuously sought the
failure of efforts toward peace through deadly terrorist attacks against
civilians;
Whereas in the 107th Congress, the House of Representatives adopted House
Resolution 392, in which it stated that ``Hamas is engaged in an
organized, systematic, and deliberate campaign of terror aimed at
inflicting as many casualties as possible upon the Israeli population,
with an ultimate goal of annihilating the State of Israel'';
Whereas on June 4, 2003, President Bush stated at the peace summit in Aqaba,
Jordan, that ``Prime Minister Abbas now leads the Palestinian Cabinet .
. . [b]y his strong leadership, by building the institutions of
Palestinian democracy and by rejecting terror, he is serving the deepest
hopes of his people'';
Whereas on June 8, 2003, just days after the hopeful peace summit in Aqaba,
Hamas collaborated with other terrorist organizations to commit an
unprecedented joint terrorist operation with the clear intent of
thwarting any efforts toward peace;
Whereas this first-ever joint terrorist attack by Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade killed four Israeli soldiers;
Whereas on June 11, 2003, Hamas boastfully claimed credit for orchestrating and
carrying out the bombing of a bus in Jerusalem which killed seventeen
and wounded more than 100 individuals;
Whereas after these attacks, Abdul Aziz Rantissi, Hamas leader and spokesman,
stated ``[t]here will be no single Jew left in Palestine . . . [w]e will
fight them with all the power that we have'';
Whereas even in the face of these deadly terrorist attacks by Hamas, Israel
still followed through with its commitment to President Bush to begin
dismantling illegal outposts in the West Bank;
Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation has discovered financial links
between charitable organizations and Hamas that indicate the funneling
of money to support terrorist activity;
Whereas Hamas is sponsoring the teaching of terrorism to Palestinian children
and glorifying and inciting suicide bombing;
Whereas the international community, as reflected in, inter alia, United Nations
Security Council Resolutions 1368, 1373, and 1377, is committed to
fighting terrorism as well as reaching a peaceful resolution of the
conflict in the Middle East;
Whereas Hamas has rejected the current United States-led attempt at peace in the
Middle East and reaffirmed its commitment toward the destruction of
Israel;
Whereas in 2003 alone, Hamas has taken credit for the murder of 55 Israeli
citizens;
Whereas President Bush stated that ``the free world--those who love freedom and
peace--must deal harshly with Hamas and the killers''; and
Whereas the European Union is holding a summit on June 20-21, 2003, in
Thessoloniki, Greece, at which it can take appropriate action against
Hamas: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) condemns the recent terrorist attacks perpetrated by
Hamas and other terrorist organizations that intentionally
sought to thwart the sincere efforts of the United States and
the world community to move toward peace in the Middle East at
the hopeful summit in Aqaba, Jordan;
(2) urges the European Union to classify the entire entity
of Hamas as a terrorist organization enabling it to take
further action to prohibit any funding from Europe to Hamas;
(3) urges the Palestinian Authority to combat terrorism by
establishing itself as the sole armed entity within the
Palestinian territories as soon as possible; and
(4) stands in solidarity with Israel as it takes necessary
steps toward peace and toward providing security to its people.
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