Congress: 105 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Sponsor: Saxton, Jim (R-NJ)
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) only Israel can determine its security needs; (2) the final political status of the Palestinian entity can only be determined through bilateral negotiations and agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority; (3) the President must reaffirm that any such unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State would be a grievous violation of the Oslo Accords, would seriously impede any possibility of advancing the peace process, and would have severe negative consequences for Palestinian relations with the United States; and (4) the President should now publicly and unequivocally state that the United States will actively oppose such a unilateral declaration and will not extend recognition to any unilaterally declared Palestinian State.
This resolution calls on the President to publicly oppose any unilateral Palestinian statehood declaration outside of bilateral negotiations with Israel. It asserts that only Israel can determine its own security needs, that Palestinian political status must be negotiated directly with Israel, and that unilateral statehood would violate the Oslo Accords and damage US-Palestinian relations.
This non-binding resolution signals congressional opposition to Palestinian self-determination achieved outside Israeli-Palestinian bilateral talks, effectively conditioning US recognition of Palestinian statehood on Israeli agreement. It codifies a US posture that constrains Palestinian diplomatic options while affirming Israeli security autonomy.