,,iii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #hfb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#g1 #bjbb,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,hagerty7 submitted the following  
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,calling for the          
dissolution of the biased ,united       
,nations ,independent ,international    
,commission of ,inquiry on the ,occupied
 ,palestinian ,territory1 including     
,east ,jerusalem1 and ,israel4          
,whereas1 shortly after the             
,israeli-,palestinian conflict in ,may  
#bjba1 the ,united ,nations ,human      
,rights ,council 7,,unhrc7 launched an  
open-ended investigation into the       
actions of ,israel during the conflict2 
,whereas the investigation1 which serves
 to discredit the only ,jewish state1 is
 likely to further fuel anti-,semitism  
worldwide2 ,whereas the mandate of the  
,united ,nations ,independent           
,international ,commission of ,inquiry  

on the ,occupied ,palestinian           
,territory1 including ,east ,jerusalem1 
and ,israel 7referred to in this        
preamble as the ,commission7 is to      
investigate in the ,west ,bank1 ,gaza1  
,east ,jerusalem1 and ,israel all       
alleged violations of international     
humanitarian law and all alleged        
violations and abuses of international  
human rights law leading up to and since
 ,april #ac1 #bjba2 ,whereas the        
creation of the ,commission is          
consistent with the continued bias of   
the ,,unhrc against ,israel and the     
disproportionate use of resources in an 
ongoing campaign to disparage1          
discredit1 and denounce ,israel2        
,whereas1 on ,october #af1 #bjba1 after 
the ,united ,states was reelected to the
 ,,unhrc1 ,secretary of ,state ,antony  
,blinken stated that the ,,unhrc suffers
 from serious flaws1 including          
disproportionate attention on ,israel   
and that the ,united ,states and other  
countries must push back against        

attempts to subvert the ideals upon     
which the ,human ,rights ,council was   
founded2 ,whereas1 on ,march #bh1 #bjbb1
 ,senator ,cardin and ,senator ,portman 
led a bipartisan group of #fh ,senators 
in a letter urging the ,biden           
administration to prioritize reversing  
the discriminatory and unwarranted      
treatment of ,israel by the ,,unhrc by  
leading a multinational effort in the   
,,unhrc and in the ,united ,nations to  
end the ,commission2 ,whereas the       
,commission released a report on ,june  
#g1 #bjbb1 stating that the continued   
occupation by ,israel of ,palestinian   
territory and discrimination against    
,palestinians are the key root causes of
 the recurrent tensions1 instability and
 protraction of conflict in the region2 
,whereas the report was presented at the
 #ejth session of the ,,unhrc on ,june  
#ac1 #bjbb1 and concluded by stating    
that the ,commission will conduct       
investigations and legal analysis into  
alleged violations and abuses by ,israel

 and will work with judicial            
accountability mechanisms toward        
ensuring individual1 state1 and         
corporate accountability2 ,whereas1 on  
,october #bj1 #bjbb1 the ,commission    
released a report to the ,united        
,nations ,general ,assembly1 stating    
that ,israeli occupation of ,palestinian
 territory is now unlawful under        
international law due to its permanence 
and the ,israeli ,government's de-facto 
annexation policies and urged that the  
issue to be referred to the             
,international ,court of ,justice2      
,whereas1 on ,november #aa1 #bjbb1 the  
,united ,nations ,general ,assembly     
,fourth ,committee voted by a margin of 
#ih in favor1 #ag opposed1 and #eb      
abstentions to urgently seek an advisory
 opinion from the ,international ,court 
of ,justice on the prolonged occupation1
 settlement and annexation of           
,palestinian territory by ,israel2 and  
,whereas one-sided reporting by the     
,commission continues to attack ,israel1

 while ignoring the continued violence  
committed by ,hamas and other           
,palestinian terrorist groups3 ,now1    
therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate--    
7#a7 calls for the ,secretary of ,state 
to continue to work robustly toward the 
dissolution of the biased ,united       
,nations ,independent ,international    
,commission of ,inquiry on the ,occupied
 ,palestinian ,territory1 including     
,east ,jerusalem1 and ,israel 7referred 
to in this resolution as the            
,commission7 to allow the ,united       
,nations ,human ,rights ,council to     
focus on the many situations around the 
world that warrant a thorough and       
even-handed examination2  7#b7 supports 
efforts by the ,secretary of ,state to  
continue to reduce the budget of the    
,commission until it is eliminated2     
7#c7 believes that eliminating the      
,commission is an opportunity to fulfill
 the pledge made at the #gfth session of
 the ,united ,nations ,general ,assembly
 ,fifth ,committee by ,ambassador       

,patrick ,f4 ,kennedy that the ,u4,s4   
stands with ,israel in rejecting the    
unprecedented open-ended mandate of this
 ,commission of ,inquiry1 which         
perpetuates a practice of unfairly      
singling out ,israel in the ,u4,n42 and 
7#d7 opposes the persistent anti-,israel
 bias of the ,united ,nations ,human    
,rights ,council and other international
 organizations4