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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. RES. 72
Affirming that Hamas cannot retain any political or military control in
the Gaza Strip .
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY11, 2025
Mr. G
RAHAM(for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. COTTON, Ms. ROSEN, Mrs.
B
RITT, and Mr. FETTERMAN) submitted the following resolution; which
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
M
ARCH13, 2025
Committee discharged; considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Affirming that Hamas cannot retain any political or military
control in the Gaza Strip .
Whereas Hamas was established in 1987, with the Hamas
Covenant stating ‘‘Israel will exist and will continue to
exist until [it is] obliterate[d]’’ clearly signifying the in-
tent of Hamas to destroy the State of Israel, eradicate
the Jewish population, and undermine peace and pros-
perity in the Middle East;
Whereas, on October 8, 1997, the Secretary of State des-
ignated Hamas a foreign terrorist organization in accord-
ance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality
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Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) for their repeated support for acts
of terrorism;
Whereas, since 2007, Hamas has served as the de facto gov-
erning body in the Gaza Strip;
Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas—
(1) launched an unprovoked attack against the State
of Israel;
(2) brutally murdered more than 1,200 innocent
men, women, and children;
(3) took more than 250 individuals hostage; and
(4) injured thousands more individuals in the dead-
liest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust;
Whereas the United States Government has concluded that—
(1) ‘‘Hamas has received funding, weapons, and
training from the Islamic Republic of Iran’’; and
(2) ‘‘Iran provides up to $100,000,000 annually in
combined support to Palestinian terrorist groups, includ-
ing Hamas’’; and
Whereas Hamas has threatened to attack the State of Israel
again and stated ‘‘We must teach Israel a lesson, and we
will do this again and again. The Al-Aqsa Deluge [the
name Hamas gave its October 7 onslaught] is just the
first time, and there will be a second, a third, a fourth’’:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate— 1
(1) affirms that Hamas cannot be allowed to 2
retain any political or military control in the Gaza 3
Strip; 4
(2) calls upon the President to use all economic 5
and diplomatic tools possible to halt all sources of 6
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funding for Hamas from the Islamic Republic of 1
Iran and all other sources of revenue; and 2
(3) supports the State of Israel as it continues 3
to defend its sovereignty against attacks from 4
Hamas, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and all other 5
Iranian proxies. 6
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