,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #gcb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#ag1 #bjah,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,cotton7 submitted the following   
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate that the ,united ,states    
should recognize ,israel's sovereignty  
over the ,golan ,heights4  ,whereas1    
until #aifg1 ,syria controlled the      
,golan ,heights and used the            
topographical advantage it provided to  
attack ,israeli troops and civilians2   
,whereas1 in ,june #aifg1 ,syria        
intensified its attacks against ,israel 
from the ,golan ,heights1 and ,israel   
captured the ,golan ,heights in a       
defensive war2 ,whereas1 in ,october    
#aigc1 the ,golan ,heights provided     
,israel with critical strategic depth to
 repel a surprise attack by ,syrian     
forces2 ,whereas1 on ,september #a1     
#aige1 ,president ,gerald ,ford provided

 a diplomatic assurance to ,israel that 
the ,u4,s4 will support the position    
that an overall settlement with ,syria  
in the framework of a peace agreement   
must assure ,israel's security from     
attack from the ,golan ,heights and that
 the ,u4,s4 has not developed a final   
position on the borders4 ,should it do  
so it will give great weight to         
,israel's position that any peace       
agreement with ,syria must be predicated
 on ,israel remaining on the ,golan     
,heights2 ,whereas1 in ,october #aiia1  
,secretary of ,state ,james ,baker      
provided a diplomatic assurance to      
,israel that the ,united ,states        
continues to stand behind the assurance 
given by ,president ,ford to ,prime     
,minister ,rabin on ,september #a1      
#aige2 ,whereas1 in #aiha1 ,israel      
applied its law1 jurisdiction1 and      
administration over the ,golan ,heights 
and has controlled the ,golan ,heights  
for #ea years2 ,whereas1 since #bjaa1   
,syrian dictator ,bashar al-,assad has  

killed hundreds of thousands of ,syrian 
civilians1 including with weapons of    
mass destruction1 and has pursued an    
ethnic cleansing campaign against       
,syrian ,sunnis2 ,whereas ,iran has used
 the war in ,syria to establish a       
military presence in the ,levant1       
including thousands of ,iranian troops  
and proxies1 and now seeks to create    
territorial corridors that solidify its 
control1 expand its activities1         
establish a permanent military presence1
 and provide arms to its terrorist      
proxies2 ,whereas ,iran is the world's  
leading state sponsor of terrorism and  
the leaders of ,iran regularly threaten 
to wipe out ,israel2 ,whereas ,iran and 
its proxies have repeatedly attacked    
,israel from inside ,syria1 including in
 ,february #bjah when ,iranian forces   
infiltrated ,israel with a drone and in 
,may #bjah when ,iranian forces shelled 
the ,golan ,heights2 ,whereas1 in       
,december #bjad1 ,congress unanimously  
resolved that the ,united ,states       

supported the sovereign right of the    
,government of ,israel to defend its    
territory and its citizens from attacks 
against ,israel by ,hamas1 a terrorist  
group supported by ,iran2 and ,whereas  
,israel's control over the ,golan       
,heights provides a defensible border1  
deters attacks from hostile forces1     
facilitates intelligence gathering1 and 
allows ,israel to detect threats to its 
national security3 ,now1 therefore1 be  
it  ,that it is the sense of the ,senate
 that-- 7#a7 the ,united ,states        
supports the sovereign right of the     
,government of ,israel to defend its    
territory and its citizens from attacks 
against ,israel1 including by ,iran or  
its proxies2  7#b7 ,israel's sovereignty
 over the ,golan ,heights is critical to
 ,israel's national security2  7#c7     
,israel's security from attack from     
,syria and ,lebanon cannot be assured   
without ,israeli sovereignty over the   
,golan ,heights2  7#d7 it is in the     
,united ,states national security       

interest to ensure ,israel's security2  
7#e7 it is in the ,united ,states       
national security interest to ensure    
that the ,assad regime faces diplomatic 
and geopolitical consequences for the   
killing of civilians1 the ethnic        
cleansing of ,syrian ,sunnis1 and the   
use of weapons of mass destruction1     
including by ensuring that ,israel      
retains control of the ,golan ,heights2 
and  7#f7 the ,united ,states should    
recognize ,israel's sovereignty over the
 ,golan ,heights4