,,iii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ce  ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,april #ai1 #bjaf,mr4 ,rubio 7for       
himself and ,mr4 ,manchin7 submitted the
 following concurrent resolution2 which 
was referred to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,relations  ,,concurrent       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
,congress that the ,united ,states      
should continue to exercise its veto in 
the ,united ,nations ,security ,council 
on resolutions regarding the            
,israeli-,palestinian peace process4    
,whereas it is long-standing practice of
 the ,united ,states ,government that a 
peaceful resolution to the              
,israeli-,palestinian conflict must come
 through direct1 bilateral negotiations 
between the two parties2 ,whereas       
,president ,barack ,obama has stated    
this longstanding practice at the       
,united ,nations ,general ,assembly in  
#bjaa1 expressing genuine peace can only
 be realized between the ,israelis and  

the ,palestinians themselves2 ,whereas  
it is long-standing practice of the     
,united ,states ,government to veto any 
,united ,nations ,security ,council     
resolution dictating terms1 conditions1 
and timelines on the peace process2     
,whereas ,president ,barack ,obama also 
expressed before the ,united ,nations   
,general ,assembly in #bjaa1 that peace 
will not come through statements and    
resolutions at the ,united ,nations--if 
it were that easy1 it would have been   
accomplished by now2 ,whereas ,yasser   
,arafat committed by letter dated       
,september #i1 #aiic1 to then ,prime    
,minister ,yitzhak ,rabin1 ,the ,,plo   
commits itself to the ,middle ,east     
peace process and to the peaceful       
resolution of the conflict between the  
two sides and declares that all         
outstanding issues relating to permanent
 status will be resolved by             
negotiation42 ,whereas the ,united      
,states has vetoed #db unconstructive1  
anti-,israel resolutions in the ,united 

,nations ,security ,council since #aigb2
 ,whereas after the ,united ,states     
voted against a resolution on           
,palestinian statehood1 the ,united     
,states ,ambassador to the ,united      
,nations1 ,samantha ,power1 said the    
proposal was deeply unbalanced1 had     
unconstructive deadlines1 and failed to 
take account of ,israel's security      
concerns2 ,whereas the ,united ,nations 
is not the appropriate venue and should 
not be a forum used for seeking         
unilateral action1 recognition1 or      
dictating guidelines on the             
,israeli-,palestinian peace process2    
,whereas in the two most recently       
completed ,united ,nations ,general     
,assembly sessions1 #ba of the #be      
7#fhth ,session7 and #bj of the #bc     
7#fith ,session7 resolutions attacked   
,israel2 ,whereas the human rights      
bodies and agencies of the ,united      
,nations1 such as the ,united ,nations  
,human ,rights ,council1 have           
consistently demonstrated unwarranted   

bias against ,israel2 and ,whereas since
 #bjjf1 #g of the #bc ,council's        
sessions have focused on ,israel and #fa
 of their #aaf condemnations have       
unfairly singled out and targeted       
,israel3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that  
it is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7
 a durable resolution to the            
,israeli-,palestinian peace process can 
only come through direct1 bilateral     
negotiations between ,israel and the    
,palestinians2  7#b7 the ,united        
,nations cannot be a truly neutral      
arbiter of the ,israeli-,palestinian    
conflict2 and  7#c7 the ,united ,states 
,government should continue to uphold   
its practice of vetoing any ,united     
,nations ,security ,council resolution  
that inserts the ,council into the peace
 process1 unilaterally recognizes a     
,palestinian state1 makes declarations  
concerning ,israeli-controlled          
territories1 or dictates terms and a    
timeline for the ,israeli-,palestinian  
peace process4