[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1110 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1110

 Condemning Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization responsible for 
               the murders of 26 United States citizens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2008

  Mr. Kirk (for himself, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Ros-
Lehtinen, Mr. Cantor, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Engel, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Burton 
 of Indiana, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Souder, Mr. Kagen, 
    Mr. Fortuno, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
Fossella, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mrs. Miller 
   of Michigan, Mr. Shays, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Porter, Mr. 
  Ramstad, and Mr. Poe) submitted the following resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Condemning Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization responsible for 
               the murders of 26 United States citizens.

Whereas former President Jimmy Carter will travel to Syria to meet with Khaled 
        Mashaal, the leader of the Hamas terrorist organization;
Whereas both President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush's 
        administrations designated Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization;
Whereas Hamas terrorists are responsible for the murders of at least 26 United 
        States citizens, including teenagers, children, and infants;
Whereas, on December 1, 1993, Hamas terrorists murdered 19-year-old Yitzhak 
        Weinstock of California;
Whereas on October 9, 1994, Hamas terrorists kidnapped 19-year-old Nachshon 
        Wachsman of New York, bound, gagged, and videotaped him and later 
        murdered him during a rescue attempt;
Whereas, on February 25, 1996, Hamas terrorists murdered 22-year-old Sara Duker 
        of New Jersey, her fiance, 25-year-old Matthew Eisenfeld of Connecticut, 
        and Ira Weinstein of New York;
Whereas, on May 13, 1996, Hamas terrorists murdered 17-year-old David Boim of 
        New York;
Whereas, on September 4, 1997, Hamas terrorists murdered 14-year-old Yael Botwin 
        of California and Leah Stern of New Jersey;
Whereas, on August 9, 2001, Hamas terrorists murdered 15-year-old Malka Roth of 
        New York and Judith Greenbaum of New Jersey;
Whereas, on July 32, 2002, Hamas terrorists planted a bomb targeting United 
        States citizens attending Hebrew University in Jerusalem and murdered 
        24-year-old Marla Bennett of California, 25-year-old Benjamin Blutstein 
        of Pennsylvania, 37-year-old Dina Carter of North Carolina, 36-year-old 
        Janice Ruth Coulter of Massachusetts, and 24-year-old David Gritz of 
        Massachusetts;
Whereas, on May 7, 2003, Hamas terrorists murdered Rabbi Eli Horowitz of 
        Illinois and his wife, Dina Horowitz of Florida;
Whereas, on June 11, 2003, Hamas terrorists murdered Alan Beer of Ohio;
Whereas, on June 20, 2003, Hamas terrorists murdered Tzvi Goldstein of New York;
Whereas, on August 19, 2003, Hamas terrorists murdered Goldie Taubenfeld, three-
        month-old Shmuel Taubenfeld, three-year-old Tehilla Nathanson, nine-
        year-old Yitzhak Reinitz, and Mordechai Reinitz, all of New York;
Whereas, on September 9, 2003, Hamas terrorists murdered David Applebaum of 
        Ohio, head of the emergency room at Shaare Tzedek Medical Center in 
        Jerusalem and founder of a network of emergency medical service clinics, 
        and 20-year-old Nava Applebaum of Ohio, who was getting married the next 
        day; and
Whereas the Hamas terrorist organization denies Israel's right to exist as a 
        Jewish state: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization 
        responsible for the murders of 26 United States citizens;
            (2) calls on Hamas to renounce terrorism, fully disarm, and 
        recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state; and
            (3) reaffirms its strong support for Israel's right to 
        defend her citizens against Hamas terrorism.
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