HRES1092 U.S. House: Condemning Israeli settlement…
119th Congress
H.Res.1092
Condemning Israeli settlement expansion, settler violence, and related human rights abuses in the West Bank, and calling for accountability and specific United States policy responses to deter further violations and protect the viability of a negotiated two-State solution.
Mr. Khanna submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
RESOLUTION
Condemning Israeli settlement expansion, settler violence, and related human rights abuses in the West Bank, and calling for accountability and specific United States policy responses to deter further violations and protect the viability of a negotiated two-State solution.
(1) reaffirms the commitment of the United States to the protection of civilians, respect for internationally recognized human rights, and a negotiated resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that ensures equal measures of freedom, security, and self determination for Israelis and Palestinians;
(2) condemns Israeli settlement expansion, land confiscation, home demolitions, forcible displace- ment, and settler violence in the West Bank, and expresses grave concern regarding credible allegations of impunity from the Government of Israel for such acts;
(3) calls upon the Government of Israel to immediately halt home demolitions and to pause the issuance and enforcement of demolition orders in the West Bank, including in communities such as Umm al-Khair, pending transparent review procedures that meet due process requirements and ensure protection of civilians;
(4) calls upon the Government of Israel to cancel land confiscation actions in Sebastia and provide affected residents a meaningful opportunity to challenge such past, ongoing, and potential future actions through fair and transparent procedures;
(5) calls upon the Government of Israel to halt approvals for additional West Bank settlements, take effective steps to prevent and ensure accountability for associated settler violence, evacuate unauthorized settlement outposts and prevent their retroactive authorization, and facilitate the safe return of individuals and families previously displaced from land in the West Bank due to settlement expansion, including through restoration or restitution of property or compensation where appropriate;
(6) urges the President and the Secretary of State to use all available authorities, including the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and related visa authorities, to impose targeted sanctions on individuals credibly implicated in ordering, directing, materially assisting, or knowingly facili1tating serious human rights abuses in the West Bank, including senior officials as appropriate, in- cluding Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir;
(7) urges the President and relevant agencies to impose appropriate measures, consistent with United States law, against entities that knowingly finance, construct, or otherwise materially support settlement expansion or activity that contributes to home demolitions, land confiscation, or forcible displacement in the West Bank;
(8) expresses support for legislative and administrative actions to end the application of United States double-taxation relief in ways that indirectly subsidize settlement activity, including tax benefits associated with taxes paid to Israel by United States persons residing in Israeli settlements in the West Bank;
(9) affirms the principle that United States tax- payer resources should not subsidize or facilitate set- tlement expansion, home demolitions, land confisca- tion, or other actions that contribute to forcible displacement or serious human rights abuses in the West Bank; and
(10) calls upon the President to condition specified categories of United States security assistance, as appropriate and consistent with United States law, on a verifiable freeze of E1 activity, including any approvals, tenders, construction, or enabling in- frastructure that advances E1.
