,,iv  #aac? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,h4 ,,res4 #ffe  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,july #aj1 #bjad ,mr4 
,mc,kinley 7= himself1 ,mr4 ,v>gas1 ,mr4
 ,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,smi? ( ,new ,j]sey1    
,mr4 ,griff9 ( ,arkansas1 ,mr4          
,mc,clintock1 ,mr4 ,johnson ( ,ohio1    
,mr4 ,d5t1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4      
,f>5?old1 ,mr4 ,roskam1 & ,mr4 ,grimm7  
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,=eign        
,affairs  ,,resolution  ,condemn+ !     
murd] ( ,israeli & ,pale/9ian *ildr5 9  
,israel & ! ongo+ & escalat+ viol5ce 9 t
 c\ntry4  ,:]eas on ,april #bc1 #bjad1 !
 ,pale/9ian factions ( ,fatah & ,hamas  
ann\nc$ a deal to unify ,pale/9ian      
,au?ority rule ov] ! ,we/ ,bank & ,gaza 
& to hold elections2 ,:]eas ,hamas has  
gov]n$ ! ,gaza ,/rip s9ce #bjjg & is a  
designat$ t]rori/ organization by !     
gov]nm5ts ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 ,israel1   
,canada1 ,japan1 ,jordan & ,egypt1 z    
well z ! ,european ,union2 ,:]eas ,hamas
 does n recognize ,israel's "r to exi/ &

 its *>t] calls = ! de/ruction ( !      
,jewi% ,/ate2 ,:]eas ,israel rema9s a   
/rategic p>tn] & ally s9ce its          
e/abli%m5t 9 #aidh & is a vibrant       
democracy ) a /rong rule ( law situat$ 9
 a ho/ile neighborhood 9 ! ,levant2     
,:]eas ,israel has ! "r to self-def5se z
 decl>$ 9 ,article #ea ( ! ,*>t] ( !    
,unit$ ,nations2 ,:]eas ,israelis       
,naftali ,fr5kel1 #af1 ,gilad ,%a]1 #af1
 & ,eyal ,yifra*1 #ai1 7 kidnapp$ on    
,june #ab1 #bjad1 & subsequ5tly murd]$  
by two suspect$ ,hamas memb]s 9 ! ,we/  
,bank2 ,:]eas ,israel laun*$ ,op]ation  
,bro!r's ,keep] to fir/ retrieve ! "y   
boys & !n to infiltrate & de/roy ,hamas'
 network 9 ! ,we/ ,bank2 ,:]eas         
,pale/9ian ,mohamm$ ,abu ,khdeir1 #af1 0
 abduct$ & kill$ 9 a retaliatory act by 
extremi/s on ,july #b1 #bjad1 9         
,j]usalem2 ,:]eas ,israeli political    
lead]s /rongly d5\nc$ ! kill+ ( ,mohamm$
 ,abu ,khdeir1 ) ,prime ,m9i/] ,b5jam9  
,netanyahu /at+3 ,i unequivocally       
condemn ! murd] ( a ,pale/9ian y\? 9    

,j]usalem ''' & ,murd]1 riots1          
incitem5t1 vigilantism -- !y h no place 
9 our democracy42 ,:]eas ,hamas cont9ues
 to p]petuate viol5ce aga9/ ,israel1    
laun*+ hundr$s ( rocket attacks on l>ge 
population c5t]s 9 ,israel f ,gaza2     
,:]eas ,israel has made num]\s ef=ts to 
avoid conflict ?r\gh a propos$ quiet =  
quiet =mula :i* ,hamas explicitly       
reject$2 & ,:]eas ! ,israel ,def5se ,=ce
 consequ5tly initiat$ ,op]ation         
,protective ,edge to respond to ^! ongo+
 ?reats to ,israeli citiz5s3 ,n[1 !re=e1
 be x  ,t ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives--   
7#a7 condemns ! kidnapp+ & murd] (      
,naftali ,fr5kel1 ,gilad ,%a]1 & ,eyal  
,yifra* by t]rori/s associat$ ) ,hamas &
 ! murd] ( ,mohamm$ ,abu ,khdeir by     
extremi/s2  7#b7 comm5ds ,israeli       
au?orities = act+ swiftly to appreh5d ! 
kill]s ( ,mohamm$ ,abu ,khdeir & expects
 t ! murd]]s w be puni%$ to ! full ext5t
 ( ! law2  7#c7 calls on ! ,hamas-back$ 
,pale/9ian ,au?ority to coop]ate fully )
 ! ,israeli gov]nm5t to appreh5d !      

murd]]s ( ,naftali ,fr5kel1 ,gilad ,%a]1
 & ,eyal ,yifra* & br+ !m to ju/ice2    
7#d7 calls on ,hamas to halt its attacks
 on ,israel & /op provok+ ,israel into a
 conflict2 &  7#e7 urges ! ,pale/9ian   
,au?ority to sev] ties ) ,hamas until x 
recognizes ,israel's "r to exi/ &       
r5\nces t]rorism4