Congress: 117 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Palestine
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Sponsor: Tlaib, Rashida (D-Michigan)
This resolution calls on the US to officially recognize and commemorate the Nakba (Palestinian displacement in 1948), reject denial of it, support education about Palestinian refugee history and US humanitarian roles, continue funding UNRWA (UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees), and back implementation of Palestinian refugees' right of return under UN General Assembly Resolution 194 and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This is the first House resolution explicitly endorsing the Nakba narrative and the Palestinian right of return (UNGA 194), positions long resisted by pro-Israel advocates. Though non-binding, passage would mark a symbolic shift in congressional recognition of Palestinian displacement and refugee rights as legitimate policy goals.