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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. RES. 68 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States shall not deploy |
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| 6 | 6 | | United States military assets or personnel to Gaza for purposes of |
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| 7 | 7 | | ‘‘taking over’’ Gaza. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY10, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. K |
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| 11 | 11 | | AINE(for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. OSSOFF, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | S |
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| 13 | 13 | | ANDERS, Mr. VANHOLLEN, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WYDEN, |
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| 14 | 14 | | and Ms. D |
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| 15 | 15 | | UCKWORTH) submitted the following resolution; which was re- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations |
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| 17 | 17 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 18 | 18 | | Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States |
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| 19 | 19 | | shall not deploy United States military assets or per- |
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| 20 | 20 | | sonnel to Gaza for purposes of ‘‘taking over’’ Gaza. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Whereas the horrific attack by Hamas on Israel on October |
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| 22 | 22 | | 7, 2023, killed 1,195 Israelis; |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas Israeli military operations in Gaza have resulted in |
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| 24 | 24 | | more than 45,000 Palestinians killed; |
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| 25 | 25 | | Whereas, the January 15, 2025, ceasefire between Israel and |
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| 26 | 26 | | Hamas resulted in the long-overdue return of innocent |
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| 27 | 27 | | hostages taken by Hamas, the suspension of Israeli mili- |
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| 28 | 28 | | tary activity in Gaza and the redeployment of forces, and |
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| 29 | 29 | | an opportunity for the international community to surge |
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| 30 | 30 | | humanitarian aid to Gazans in need; |
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| 32 | 32 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | •SRES 68 IS |
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| 34 | 34 | | Whereas, on February 4, 2025, President Trump suggested |
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| 35 | 35 | | the United States will ‘‘take over the Gaza Strip’’ and |
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| 36 | 36 | | forcibly relocate its people; |
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| 37 | 37 | | Whereas the Palestinian people have the right to self-deter- |
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| 38 | 38 | | mination and their own independent state, and to live |
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| 39 | 39 | | with dignity and in peaceful coexistence with their neigh- |
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| 40 | 40 | | bors; |
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| 41 | 41 | | Whereas the United States asserting control over Gaza would |
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| 42 | 42 | | fracture relations with United States partners in the re- |
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| 43 | 43 | | gion and around the world, validate the Iranian regime’s |
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| 44 | 44 | | corrosive rhetoric, and foster higher levels of |
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| 45 | 45 | | radicalization and terrorism that would only further |
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| 46 | 46 | | threaten the interests of the United States and United |
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| 47 | 47 | | States citizens and members of the Armed Forces in the |
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| 48 | 48 | | region; |
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| 49 | 49 | | Whereas the people of the United States have no interest in |
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| 50 | 50 | | a new and extended military deployment to the Middle |
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| 51 | 51 | | East, a new forever war in the Middle East, expending |
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| 52 | 52 | | untold billions of taxpayer dollars to support any United |
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| 53 | 53 | | States military operations in Gaza, or the forcible dis- |
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| 54 | 54 | | placement of 2,000,000 people from Gaza; and |
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| 55 | 55 | | Whereas there is no congressional authorization, as required |
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| 56 | 56 | | by law, for the use of United States military force in |
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| 57 | 57 | | Gaza: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 58 | 58 | | Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | United States will not deploy United States Armed 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Forces, risk United States lives, or otherwise use United 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | States funds to fulfill the pronounced objective to ‘‘take 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | over’’ Gaza. 5 |
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