Introduced
May 14, 2026
Ms. Tlaib (for herself, Mr. Carson, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Simon, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
RESOLUTION
Recognizing the ongoing Nakba and Palestinian refugees’ rights.
- (1) commemorate the Nakba through official recognition and remembrance;
- (2) denounce the ongoing Nakba of the Palestinian people;
- (3) reject efforts to enlist, engage, or otherwise associate the United States Government with denial of the Nakba;
- (4) encourage education and public understanding of the facts of the Nakba and the relevance of the Nakba to other modern-day refugee crises;
- (5) support the resumed provision of social services to Palestinian refugees through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East;
- (6) support the implementation of Palestinian refugees’ rights as enshrined in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
- (7) recognize that Palestinians are a unique people who are every bit as human as everyone else;
- (8) reject bigoted efforts to question, dismiss, or otherwise deny the existence of Palestinians and their humanity; and
- (9) ensure the United States ends its complicity in Israel’s ongoing Nakba against the Palestinian people by—
- (A) prohibiting United States weapons from being used to destroy Palestinian homes and forcibly remove Palestinians from their land; and
- (B) ending United States diplomatic support for such actions.