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Senate Resolution Condemning Anti-Israel Efforts Continued from Page 2
Calls for United Nations
tions to use United Nations
Security Council Resolution 2334 to be repealed or fundamentally altered so that it is no longer one-sided and allows all final status issues toward a two-state solution to be resolved through direct bilateral negotiations between the parties ;
Rejects efforts by outside bodies , including the United
Security Council Resolution 2334 to further isolate Israel through economic or other boycotts or any other measures , and urges the United States Government to take action where needed to counter any attempts to use United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 to further isolate Israel ;
Nations Security Council , to
Urges the current presidential
impose solutions from the outside that set back the cause of peace ;
administration and all future presidential administrations to uphold the practice of
Demands that the United vetoing all United Nations Security Council resolutions that
States ensure that no action is taken at the Paris Conference on the Israeli- the peace process , recognize seek to insert the Council into
Palestinian conflict scheduled unilateral Palestinian actions for January 15 , 2017 , that imposes an agreement or paestinian state , or dictate including declaration of a Palrameters on the parties ; terms and a timeline for a solution to the Israeli-
Notes that granting membership and statehood standing to the Palestinians at the
Reaffirms that it is the pol-
Palestinian conflict ;
United Nations , its specialized agencies , and other in- continue to seek a sustainaicy of the United States to
ternational institutions outside
ble , just , and secure twostate solution to resolve the of the context of a bilateral peace agreement with Israel conflict between the Israelis would cause severe harm to and the Palestinians ; and the peace process , and
Urges the incoming Administration to work with Con- would likely trigger the implementation of penalties under
gress to create conditions that facilitate the resumption sections 7036 and 7041 ( j ) of of direct , bilateral negotiations without preconditions the Department of State , Foreign Operations , and Related between Israelis and Palestinians with the goal of
Agencies Appropriations Act ,
2016 ( division K of Public achieving a sustainable
Law 114 – 113 ); agreement that is acceptable
Rejects any efforts by the to both sides
United Nations , United Nations
agencies , United Nations
member states , and
other international organiza-

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