,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #gb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #aa1
 #bjbe,mr4 ,graham 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 
and ,mrs4 ,britt7 submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,,resolution  ,affirming    
that ,hamas cannot retain any political 
or military control in the ,gaza ,strip 
4  ,whereas ,hamas was established in   
#aihg1 with the ,hamas ,covenant stating
 ,israel will exist and will continue to
 exist until it is obliterated clearly  
signifying the intent of ,hamas to      
destroy the ,state of ,israel1 eradicate
 the ,jewish population1 and undermine  
peace and prosperity in the ,middle     
,east2 ,whereas1 on ,october #h1 #aiig1 
the ,secretary of ,state designated     
,hamas a foreign terrorist organization 
in accordance with section #bai of the  
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahi7 for their repeated     

support for acts of terrorism2 ,whereas1
 since #bjjg1 ,hamas has served as the  
de facto governing body in the ,gaza    
,strip2 ,whereas1 on ,october #g1 #bjbc1
 ,hamas-- 7#a7 launched an unprovoked   
attack against the ,state of ,israel2   
7#b7 brutally murdered more than #a1bjj 
innocent men1 women1 and children2  7#c7
 took more than #bej individuals        
hostage2 and  7#d7 injured thousands    
more individuals in the deadliest attack
 on the ,jewish people since the        
,holocaust2 ,whereas the ,united ,states
 ,government has concluded that-- 7#a7  
,hamas has received funding1 weapons1   
and training from the ,islamic ,republic
 of ,iran2 and  7#b7 ,iran provides up  
to #ajj1jjj1jjj annually in combined    
support to ,palestinian terrorist       
groups1 including ,hamas2 and ,whereas  
,hamas has threatened to attack the     
,state of ,israel again and stated ,we  
must teach ,israel a lesson1 and we will
 do this again and again4 ,the ,al-,aqsa
 ,deluge the name ,hamas gave its       

,october #g onslaught is just the first 
time1 and there will be a second1 a     
third1 a fourth3 ,now1 therefore1 be it 
,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 affirms that   
,hamas cannot be allowed to retain any  
political or military control in the    
,gaza ,strip2  7#b7 calls upon the      
,president to use all economic and      
diplomatic tools possible to halt all   
sources of funding for ,hamas from the  
,islamic ,republic of ,iran and all     
other sources of revenue2 and  7#c7     
supports the ,state of ,israel as it    
continues to defend its sovereignty     
against attacks from ,hamas1 the        
,islamic ,republic of ,iran1 and all    
other ,iranian proxies4