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| 12 | | - | RITT, and Mr. FETTERMAN) submitted the following resolution; which |
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| 10 | + | RAHAM(for himself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. COTTON, Ms. ROSEN, and |
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| 11 | + | Mrs. B |
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| 12 | + | RITT) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the |
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| 17 | 14 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 18 | 15 | | Affirming that Hamas cannot retain any political or military |
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| 19 | 16 | | control in the Gaza Strip . |
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| 20 | 17 | | Whereas Hamas was established in 1987, with the Hamas |
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| 21 | 18 | | Covenant stating ‘‘Israel will exist and will continue to |
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| 22 | 19 | | exist until [it is] obliterate[d]’’ clearly signifying the in- |
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| 23 | 20 | | tent of Hamas to destroy the State of Israel, eradicate |
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| 24 | 21 | | the Jewish population, and undermine peace and pros- |
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| 25 | 22 | | perity in the Middle East; |
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| 26 | 23 | | Whereas, on October 8, 1997, the Secretary of State des- |
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| 27 | 24 | | ignated Hamas a foreign terrorist organization in accord- |
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| 28 | 25 | | ance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality |
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| 34 | 31 | | Whereas, since 2007, Hamas has served as the de facto gov- |
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| 35 | 32 | | erning body in the Gaza Strip; |
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| 36 | 33 | | Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas— |
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| 37 | 34 | | (1) launched an unprovoked attack against the State |
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| 38 | 35 | | of Israel; |
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| 39 | 36 | | (2) brutally murdered more than 1,200 innocent |
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| 40 | 37 | | men, women, and children; |
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| 41 | 38 | | (3) took more than 250 individuals hostage; and |
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| 42 | 39 | | (4) injured thousands more individuals in the dead- |
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| 43 | 40 | | liest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust; |
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| 44 | 41 | | Whereas the United States Government has concluded that— |
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| 45 | 42 | | (1) ‘‘Hamas has received funding, weapons, and |
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| 46 | 43 | | training from the Islamic Republic of Iran’’; and |
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| 47 | 44 | | (2) ‘‘Iran provides up to $100,000,000 annually in |
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| 48 | 45 | | combined support to Palestinian terrorist groups, includ- |
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| 49 | 46 | | ing Hamas’’; and |
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| 50 | 47 | | Whereas Hamas has threatened to attack the State of Israel |
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| 51 | 48 | | again and stated ‘‘We must teach Israel a lesson, and we |
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| 52 | 49 | | will do this again and again. The Al-Aqsa Deluge [the |
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| 53 | 50 | | name Hamas gave its October 7 onslaught] is just the |
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| 54 | 51 | | first time, and there will be a second, a third, a fourth’’: |
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| 55 | 52 | | Now, therefore, be it |
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| 56 | 53 | | Resolved, That the Senate— 1 |
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| 57 | 54 | | (1) affirms that Hamas cannot be allowed to 2 |
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| 58 | 55 | | retain any political or military control in the Gaza 3 |
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| 59 | 56 | | Strip; 4 |
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| 60 | 57 | | (2) calls upon the President to use all economic 5 |
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| 61 | 58 | | and diplomatic tools possible to halt all sources of 6 |
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| 68 | | - | to defend its sovereignty against attacks from 4 |
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| 69 | | - | Hamas, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and all other 5 |
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| 70 | | - | Iranian proxies. 6 |
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