,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ecg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august   
#a1 #bjad ,mr4 ,graham 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,menendez7 submitted the following 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,reaffirming support for  
,israel's right to defend its citizens  
and ensure the survival of the ,state of
 ,israel1 and for other purposes4       
,whereas1 on ,july #ag1 #bjad1 the      
,senate unanimously passed a resolution 
supporting ,israel's right to defend its
 citizens and ensure the survival of the
 ,state of ,israel1 condemning the      
actions of ,hamas1 and calling for the  
,president of the ,palestinian          
,authority to dissolve the unity        
government arrangement with ,hamas2     
,whereas1 on ,july #bi1 #bjad1 the      
,senate unanimously passed a resolution 
condemning ,hamas's terrorist actions   
and use of civilians as human shields   
and condemning the ,united ,nations     

,human ,rights ,council's resolution of 
,july #bc1 #bjad2 ,whereas1 since ,june 
#bjad1 ,hamas has fired over #b1ejj     
rockets at ,israel2 ,whereas ,hamas has 
used a system of tunnels to smuggle     
weapons and launch attacks on ,israel2  
,whereas #e1jjj1jjj innocent ,israeli   
civilians are currently living under the
 threat of indiscriminant rocket attacks
 from ,gaza2 ,whereas1 since ground     
operations in ,gaza began1 the ,israeli 
,defense ,forces 7,,idf7 have discovered
 more than #cj tunnels to only provide  
access to ,israeli territory to attack  
and kidnap ,israelis2 ,whereas ,israel  
has accepted and implemented numerous   
ceasefire agreements that ,hamas has    
rejected2 ,whereas1 on ,july #bf1 #bjad1
 ,hamas continued to fire rockets into  
,israel during a #bd-;hour truce that   
,hamas had itself proposed2 ,whereas    
,israel embraced the ,egyptian-proposed 
ceasefire agreement1 which ,hamas       
resoundingly rejected on ,july #bg1     
#bjad2 ,whereas1 on ,august #a1 #bjad1  

#ij minutes into a humanitarian         
ceasefire1 ,hamas violated a ceasefire  
to use one of these tunnels to conduct a
 suicide attack1 killing two ,israeli   
soldiers and kidnapping #bnd ,lt4 ,hadar
 ,goldin1 an ,,idf soldier2 ,whereas    
,israel has a right to defend itself    
from ,hamas's constant barrage of       
rockets and to destroy the matrix of    
tunnels ,hamas uses to smuggle weapons  
and ,hamas fighters into ,israel to     
carry out terrorist attacks2 ,whereas   
the ,government of ,israel has taken    
significant steps to protect civilians  
in ,gaza1 including dropping leaflets in
 ,gaza neighborhoods in advance of      
,israeli military attacks1 calling      
,palestinians on the phone urging them  
to evacuate certain areas before the    
military strikes targets1 and issuing   
warnings to civilians in advance of     
firing on buildings2 ,whereas ,hamas    
uses civilians in ,gaza as human shields
 by placing missile launchers next to   
schools1 hospitals1 mosques1 and private

 homes2 ,whereas ,hamas' interior       
ministry has called on residents of     
,gaza to ignore ,,idf warnings to get   
out of harm's way2 and ,whereas any     
effort to broker a ceasefire agreement  
that does not eliminate those threats   
cannot be sustained in the long run and 
will leave ,israel vulnerable to future 
attacks3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that  
the ,senate-- 7#a7 reaffirms its support
 for ,israel's right to defend its      
citizens and ensure the survival of the 
,state of ,israel2  7#b7 condemns       
,hamas' repeated violation of           
humanitarian cease fires and its use of 
suicide bombings2  7#c7 demands ,hamas  
return the ,,idf soldier kidnapped on   
,august #a1 #bjad2  7#d7 calls on the   
,united ,nations ,secretary ,general to 
immediately condemn all terrorist       
attacks by ,hamas on ,israel2  7#e7     
reiterates its call on ,hamas to stop   
using residents of ,gaza as human       
shields2  7#f7 urges the international  
community to condemn the unprovoked     

rocket fire at ,israel2  7#g7 calls on  
the ,palestinian people to reject ,hamas
 and its hateful ideology and to seek   
peace2 and  7#h7 recognizes that the    
,government of ,israel must be allowed  
to take actions necessary to remove the 
present and future threats posed by     
,hamas' rockets and tunnels and supports
 the ,government of ,israel's efforts to
 deal with the threats posed by ,hamas  
rockets and tunnels4