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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. RES. 68
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States shall not deploy
United States military assets or personnel to Gaza for purposes of
‘‘taking over’’ Gaza.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY10, 2025
Mr. K
AINE(for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. OSSOFF, Mr.
S
ANDERS, Mr. VANHOLLEN, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WYDEN,
and Ms. D
UCKWORTH) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States
shall not deploy United States military assets or per-
sonnel to Gaza for purposes of ‘‘taking over’’ Gaza.
Whereas the horrific attack by Hamas on Israel on October
7, 2023, killed 1,195 Israelis;
Whereas Israeli military operations in Gaza have resulted in
more than 45,000 Palestinians killed;
Whereas, the January 15, 2025, ceasefire between Israel and
Hamas resulted in the long-overdue return of innocent
hostages taken by Hamas, the suspension of Israeli mili-
tary activity in Gaza and the redeployment of forces, and
an opportunity for the international community to surge
humanitarian aid to Gazans in need;
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Whereas, on February 4, 2025, President Trump suggested
the United States will ‘‘take over the Gaza Strip’’ and
forcibly relocate its people;
Whereas the Palestinian people have the right to self-deter-
mination and their own independent state, and to live
with dignity and in peaceful coexistence with their neigh-
bors;
Whereas the United States asserting control over Gaza would
fracture relations with United States partners in the re-
gion and around the world, validate the Iranian regime’s
corrosive rhetoric, and foster higher levels of
radicalization and terrorism that would only further
threaten the interests of the United States and United
States citizens and members of the Armed Forces in the
region;
Whereas the people of the United States have no interest in
a new and extended military deployment to the Middle
East, a new forever war in the Middle East, expending
untold billions of taxpayer dollars to support any United
States military operations in Gaza, or the forcible dis-
placement of 2,000,000 people from Gaza; and
Whereas there is no congressional authorization, as required
by law, for the use of United States military force in
Gaza: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the 1
United States will not deploy United States Armed 2
Forces, risk United States lives, or otherwise use United 3
States funds to fulfill the pronounced objective to ‘‘take 4
over’’ Gaza. 5
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