,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ach  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,february #ai1      
#bjai,mr4 ,hastings 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,schweikert1 ,mr4 ,woodall1 and ,mr4    
,engel7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,expressing support for   
addressing the ,arab-,israeli conflict  
in a concurrent track with the          
,israeli-,palestinian peace process and 
commending ,arab and ,muslim-majority   
states that have improved bilateral     
relations with ,israel4  ,whereas a     
lasting two-state solution to the       
,israeli-,palestinian conflict is       
essential to achieving long-term peace  
and security in the ,middle ,east2      
,whereas it is the long-standing policy 
of the ,united ,states that a peaceful  
resolution to the ,israeli-,palestinian 
conflict will only come through direct  
negotiations between the ,government of 
,israel and the ,palestinian ,authority2

 ,whereas successive ,united ,states    
,presidential administrations have      
pursued peace agreements between the    
parties for over #cj years1 including   
the #aihb ,reagan ,plan for ,middle     
,east ,peace1 the #aiia ,madrid ,peace  
,conference1 the #aiic ,oslo ,accords1  
the #aiie ,wye ,river ,memorandum1 the  
#bjjj ,camp ,david ,summit1 the #bjjj   
,clinton ,parameters1 the #bjja ,sharm  
,el-,sheikh ,fact-,finding ,committee   
,report1 the #bjjc ,roadmap for ,peace  
in the ,middle ,east1 the #bjje         
,agreement on ,movement and ,access1 the
 #bjjg ,annapolis ,conference1 and      
efforts to restart the peace process    
under the ,obama ,administration2       
,whereas these efforts to encourage     
direct and bilateral negotiations       
between the two parties have presently  
been unsuccessful at ending the         
,israeli-,palestinian conflict2 ,whereas
 the inability to achieve a two-state   
solution threatens the ,state of        
,israel's security and identity as the  

democratic homeland of the ,jewish      
people2 ,whereas the inability to       
achieve a two-state solution impedes the
 well-being and self-determination of   
the ,palestinian people2 ,whereas       
reports indicate that ,arab and         
,muslim-majority states have taken steps
 to improve bilateral relations with the
 ,state of ,israel and are seeking new  
ways to advance strategic cooperative   
initiatives2 and ,whereas recent        
strategic trends in the region suggest  
that an integrated regional approach1   
defined by concurrent bilateral         
negotiations between the ,government of 
,israel and the ,palestinian ,authority 
and conversations between the           
,government of ,israel and regional     
,arab and ,muslim-majority states1 could
 result in new progress in the          
,israeli-,palestinian peace process3    
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives-- 7#a7 reaffirms   
that it is the policy of the ,united    
,states to support a two-state solution 

to the ,israeli-,palestinian conflict   
negotiated between the ,state of ,israel
 and the ,palestinian ,authority1 and   
resulting in two states for two peoples1
 living side-by-side in peace1 security1
 and mutual recognition2  7#b7 commends 
the ,state of ,israel's ongoing efforts 
to improve bilateral relations with     
,arab and ,muslim-majority states in the
 region2  7#c7 commends ,arab and       
,muslim-majority states that have taken 
steps to improve bilateral relations    
with the ,state of ,israel2  7#d7 urges 
the ,palestinian ,authority and regional
 ,arab and ,muslim-majority states to   
engage in bilateral and multilateral    
negotiations with the ,state of ,israel 
to advance the ,israeli-,palestinian    
peace process and support the           
normalization of bilateral relations2   
and  7#e7 urges the resumption of       
bilateral negotiations between the      
,state of ,israel and the ,palestinian  
,authority1 including piecemeal         
approaches to advance the ultimate goal 

of a final-status agreement between the 
parties4