,,iv  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #cca  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,may #ag1 #bjag,mr4 
,franks of ,arizona submitted the       
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs 
,,resolution  ,expressing the policy of 
the ,united ,states with respect to a   
two-state solution between the ,state of
 ,israel and the ,palestinian people4   
,whereas ,jewish authorities supported  
the ,united ,nations ,partition ,plan of
 #aidg that called for both a ,jewish   
and an ,arab state as successor         
authorities to the prior ,league of     
,nations ,british mandate in ,palestine2
 ,whereas both ,jewish and ,arab forces 
implied a de facto acceptance of the    
other's existence in cease-fires and    
armistices after the #aidh1 #aifg1 and  
#aigc wars2 ,whereas ,arab-,israel peace
 talks after #aifg have comported with  
the land for peace ideas of ,united     
,nations ,security ,council ,resolution 
#bdb 7#aifg72 ,whereas the ,camp ,david 

,accords between ,israel and ,egypt in  
#aigh foresaw a transitional arrangement
 for self-governance in the ,west ,bank 
and ,gaza pending negotiations between  
,israel1 ,egypt1 ,jordan1 and           
,palestinian representatives on the     
territories' final status2 ,whereas in  
#aihh1 ,palestine ,liberation           
,organization 7,,plo7 ,chairman ,yasser 
,arafat made statements appearing to    
contemplate the establishment of a      
,palestinian state alongside ,israel2   
,whereas the #aiic ,israel-,,plo        
,declaration of ,principles1 or ,oslo   
,accords1 anticipated a transitional    
,palestinian limited self-rule in the   
,west ,bank and ,gaza pending           
final-status negotiations1 and following
 this declaration the ,,plo expressed   
its recognition of ,israel's right to   
exist2 ,whereas in ,january #bjja1      
,president ,clinton said ,i think there 
can be no genuine resolution to the     
conflict without a sovereign1 viable1   
,palestinian state that accommodates    

,israelis' security requirements and the
 demographic realities42 ,whereas in    
#bjjb1 ,president ,george ,w4 ,bush said
 ,my vision is two states1 living side  
by side in peace and security42 ,whereas
 in #bjji1 ,israeli ,prime ,minister    
,netanyahu said that if ,israel received
 an acceptable guarantee regarding      
demilitarization and ,israel's security 
needs1 and if the ,palestinians         
recognize ,israel as the state of the   
,jewish people1 then we will be ready in
 a future peace agreement to reach a    
solution where a demilitarized          
,palestinian state exists alongside the 
,jewish state2 ,whereas a poll taken in 
,december #bjaf and released in         
,february #bjag indicated #ed4g percent 
of ,israelis1 #di4i percent of ,israeli 
,jews1 and #dd4c percent of             
,palestinians support a two-state       
solution2 ,whereas on ,july #cj1 #bjab1 
,fatah official ,nabil ,shaath stated   
that the ,palestinian ,authority        
government to be headed by ,mahmoud     

,abbas need not recognize ,israel2      
,whereas on ,november #bf1 #bjad1       
,mahmoud ,abbas stated that ,palestine  
will never recognize the ,jewishness of 
the state of ,israel2 ,whereas on       
,february #ac1 #bjag1 ,hamas elected    
,yehiya ,sinwar1 a known criminal who is
 on record as stating that ,israel has  
no right to exist2 ,whereas in their    
joint press conference on ,february #ae1
 #bjag1 ,president ,trump and ,prime    
,minister ,netanyahu expressed that the 
recognition of the ,jewish state and    
,israel's security needs is a key       
prerequisite to peace2 and ,whereas     
stonewalling on the ,palestinian side is
 perceived by ,president ,trump and     
others as unproductive such that        
,president ,trump on ,february #ae1     
#bjag1 said ,i'm looking at two-state   
and one-state1 and ,i like the one that 
both parties like4 ,i'm very happy with 
the one that both parties like4 ,i can  
live with either one43 ,now1 therefore1 
be it  ,that it is the policy of the    

,united ,states-- 7#a7 to oppose a      
two-state solution between the ,state of
 ,israel and the ,palestinian people if 
either party refuses to recognize the   
other party's right to exist2 and  7#b7 
if current ,palestine ,liberation       
,organization 7,,plo7 and ,palestinian  
,authority 7,,pa7 officials seek the    
support of the ,united ,states in peace 
efforts1 to require such officials--    
7,a7 to fully recognize the #aiic       
,israel-,,plo ,declaration of           
,principles1 or ,oslo ,accords1 as      
legitimate and as the basis for the     
peace negotiations2 and  7,b7 to        
acknowledge ,israel's right to exist and
 ,israel's historical land claims4