Congress: 105 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Sponsor: D'Amato, Alfonse (R-NY)
Calls upon: (1) the Clinton administration to investigate and report to the Congress on the Palestinian Authority's role in enforcing a policy that selling land to Jews is a crime punishable by death; and (2) the Authority to denounce this policy. Prohibits providing foreign assistance to the Authority until this policy is reversed.
The resolution calls on the Clinton administration to investigate whether the Palestinian Authority enforces a death penalty for selling land to Israelis, and demands the PA publicly renounce this policy. It blocks US foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority until the policy is reversed.
This resolution ties US aid to the PA to a specific domestic Palestinian law, effectively using aid as leverage on internal Palestinian governance. The classification reflects that the operative effect restricts Palestinian Authority funding while addressing a policy that affects Israeli settlement expansion.