,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ffe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,mc,kinley 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,vargas1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,smith of  
,new ,jersey1 ,mr4 ,griffin of          
,arkansas1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4      
,johnson of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,dent1 ,mr4     
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,farenthold1 ,mr4    
,roskam1 and ,mr4 ,grimm7 submitted the 
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs 
,,resolution  ,condemning the murder of 
,israeli and ,palestinian children in   
,israel and the ongoing and escalating  
violence in that country4  ,whereas on  
,april #bc1 #bjad1 the ,palestinian     
factions of ,fatah and ,hamas announced 
a deal to unify ,palestinian ,authority 
rule over the ,west ,bank and ,gaza and 
to hold elections2 ,whereas ,hamas has  
governed the ,gaza ,strip since #bjjg   
and is a designated terrorist           
organization by the governments of the  
,united ,states1 ,israel1 ,canada1      

,japan1 ,jordan and ,egypt1 as well as  
the ,european ,union2 ,whereas ,hamas   
does not recognize ,israel's right to   
exist and its charter calls for the     
destruction of the ,jewish ,state2      
,whereas ,israel remains a strategic    
partner and ally since its establishment
 in #aidh and is a vibrant democracy    
with a strong rule of law situated in a 
hostile neighborhood in the ,levant2    
,whereas ,israel has the right to       
self-defense as declared in ,article #ea
 of the ,charter of the ,united         
,nations2 ,whereas ,israelis ,naftali   
,frenkel1 #af1 ,gilad ,shaer1 #af1 and  
,eyal ,yifrach1 #ai1 were kidnapped on  
,june #ab1 #bjad1 and subsequently      
murdered by two suspected ,hamas members
 in the ,west ,bank2 ,whereas ,israel   
launched ,operation ,brother's ,keeper  
to first retrieve the young boys and    
then to infiltrate and destroy ,hamas'  
network in the ,west ,bank2 ,whereas    
,palestinian ,mohammed ,abu ,khdeir1    
#af1 was abducted and killed in a       

retaliatory act by extremists on ,july  
#b1 #bjad1 in ,jerusalem2 ,whereas      
,israeli political leaders strongly     
denounced the killing of ,mohammed ,abu 
,khdeir1 with ,prime ,minister ,benjamin
 ,netanyahu stating3 ,i unequivocally   
condemn the murder of a ,palestinian    
youth in ,jerusalem ''' and ,murder1    
riots1 incitement1 vigilantism -- they  
have no place in our democracy42        
,whereas ,hamas continues to perpetuate 
violence against ,israel1 launching     
hundreds of rocket attacks on large     
population centers in ,israel from      
,gaza2 ,whereas ,israel has made        
numerous efforts to avoid conflict      
through a proposed quiet for quiet      
formula which ,hamas explicitly         
rejected2 and ,whereas the ,israel      
,defense ,force consequently initiated  
,operation ,protective ,edge to respond 
to these ongoing threats to ,israeli    
citizens3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that 
the ,house of ,representatives--  7#a7  
condemns the kidnapping and murder of   

,naftali ,frenkel1 ,gilad ,shaer1 and   
,eyal ,yifrach by terrorists associated 
with ,hamas and the murder of ,mohammed 
,abu ,khdeir by extremists2  7#b7       
commends ,israeli authorities for acting
 swiftly to apprehend the killers of    
,mohammed ,abu ,khdeir and expects that 
the murderers will be punished to the   
full extent of the law2  7#c7 calls on  
the ,hamas-backed ,palestinian          
,authority to cooperate fully with the  
,israeli government to apprehend the    
murderers of ,naftali ,frenkel1 ,gilad  
,shaer1 and ,eyal ,yifrach and bring    
them to justice2  7#d7 calls on ,hamas  
to halt its attacks on ,israel and stop 
provoking ,israel into a conflict2 and  
7#e7 urges the ,palestinian ,authority  
to sever ties with ,hamas until it      
recognizes ,israel's right to exist and 
renounces terrorism4