In the United States House of Representatives

Mr. Fernandez, for himself, (And Mr. Cid (LNC), Mr. Pickett (RNC), Mr. Heortman (RNC, Mr. Harper (RNC), Mr. Milam (RNC), Mr. Dalton (RNC), Mr. Laveron (RNC), Mr. De Santiago (RNC), and Mr. Cienciolo (RNC), Mr. Garwood (RNC), Mr. Lindsay (RNC), Mr. Martin (RNC), Mr. Smith (RNC), Mr. Boland (RNC), Mr. Schimdt (RNC), Mr. Daniels (RNC), Mr. Messer (RNC), Mr. Ashton Lee Thayer (RNC)) submits:

An Act

To condemn attacks on United States citizens and Israeli citizens by Palestinian terrorists.

Section 1: Title
A) This bill may be cited as �Condemnation of Palestine Act�.


Section 2: Findings
Whereas,
Since Yasser Arafat renounced violence in the Oslo Peace Accords on September 13, 1993, at least 38 United States citizens, including one unborn child, have been murdered by Palestinian terrorists.

Whereas,
On December 1, 1993, in a drive-by shooting north of Jerusalem, Hamas killed United States citizen Yitzhak Weinstock, 19, whose family came from Los Angeles.

Whereas,
On October 9, 1994, Hamas kidnapped and murdered United States citizen Nachshon Wachsman, 19, whose family came from New York City.

Whereas,
On April 9, 1995, an Islamic Jihad bomb attack on a bus near Kfar Darom killed United States citizen Alisa Flatow, 20, from West Orange, New Jersey.

Whereas,
On August 21, 1995, in a Hamas bus bombing in Jerusalem, United States citizen Joan Davenny, from New Haven, Connecticut, was killed.

Whereas,
On September 9, 1995, Mara Frey of Chicago was stabbed in Ma'ale Michmash resulting in her unborn child's death.

Whereas,
On February 25, 1996, three United States citizens, Sara Duker of Teaneck, New Jersey, Matthew Eisenfeld of West Hartford, Connecticut, and Ira Weinstein of New York City, were killed in a Hamas bus bombing in Jerusalem.

Whereas,
On May 13, 1996, United States citizen David Boim, 17, of New York City, was killed in a drive-by shooting near Beit El, north of Jerusalem.

Whereas,
On June 9, 1996, United States citizen Yaron Ungar was killed in a drive by-shooting near Beit Shemesh.

Whereas,
On July 30, 1997, United States citizen Leah Stern of Passaic, New Jersey, was killed in a Hamas bombing in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market.

Whereas,
On September 4, 1997, a Hamas bombing on Ben-Yehuda Street, Jerusalem, killed Yael Botwin, 14, of Los Angeles.

Whereas,
On April 19, 1998, an attack near the Israeli town of Maon killed United States citizen Dov Dribben, 28.

Whereas,
On October 8, 2000, Rabbi Hillel Lieberman, 36, of New York City, was stabbed and killed near Nablus.

Whereas,
On October 30, 2000, United States citizen Esh-Kodesh Gilmore, 25, was shot in Jerusalem.

Whereas,
On December 31, 2000, Rabbi Binyamin Kahane, 34, and his wife, Talia Hertzlich Kahane, both formerly of New York City, were killed in a drive-by shooting near Ofra.

Whereas,
On May 9, 2001, Jacob `Koby' Mandell, 13, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was killed in an attack near Tekoah.

Whereas,
On May 29, 2001, Sarah Blaustein, 53, of Lawrence, New York, was killed in a drive-by shooting near Efrat.

Whereas,
On August 9, 2001, two United States citizens, Judith L. Greenbaum, 31, and Malka Roth, 15, were killed in the Jerusalem Sbarro pizzeria bombing.

Whereas,
On November 4, 2001, Shoshana Ben-Yishai, 16, of New York City, was shot and killed during an attack on a Jerusalem bus.

Whereas,
On January 15, 2002, Avraham Boaz, 72, of New York City, was killed in a shooting near Bethlehem.

Whereas,
On January 18, 2002, United States citizen Aaron Elis, 32, was killed in a shooting in Hadera

Whereas,
On February 15, 2002, United States citizen Lee Akunis, was shot and killed near Ramallah.

Whereas,
On February 16, 2002, Keren Shatsky, 14, of New York City and Maine, and Rachel Thaler, 16, of Baltimore, Maryland, were killed in a bombing in Karnei Shomron.

Whereas,
On February 25, 2002, United States citizen Moran Amit, 25, was stabbed and killed in Abu Tor Peace Forest, Jerusalem.

Whereas,
On March 24, 2002, Esther Kleinman, 23, formerly of Chicago, was shot and killed near Ofra.

Whereas,
On March 27, 2002, United States citizen Hannah Rogen, 90, was killed in a bombing at a hotel Passover seder in Netanya.

Whereas,
On June 18, 2002, Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of Los Angeles, was killed in a bus bombing in Jerusalem.

Whereas,
On June 19, 2002, United States citizen Gila Sara Kessler, 19, was killed in a bombing at a Jerusalem bus stop.

Whereas,
On July 31, 2002, five United States citizens were killed in a bombing of a Hebrew University cafeteria: Marla Bennett, 24, of San Diego , Benjamin Blutstein, 25, of Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania, Janis Ruth Coulter, 36, of Massachusetts, David Gritz, 24, of Peru, Massachusetts (and of dual French-United States citizenship), and Dina Carter, 37, of North Carolina.

Whereas,
On March 5, 2003, Abigail Leitel, 14, who was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, died in a bus bombing in Haifa.

Whereas,
On Oct 15, 2003, Three American diplomatic personnel - John Eric Branchizio, 37, of Texas, John Martin Linde, Jr., 30, of Missouri, and Mark T. Parson, 31, of New York, were killed and one was wounded at the Beit Hanoun junction in the Gaza Strip when a massive bomb demolished an armor-plated jeep in a convoy carrying U.S. diplomats.

Whereas,
At least another 74 United States citizens have been injured in Palestinian terrorist attacks; and

Whereas,
The official Palestinian Authority television broadcast on March 14, 2003, of a live sermon calling for the destruction of the United States and Israel was a blatant attempt to incite violence against United States and Israeli citizens.

Whereas,
On a daily basis, Palestinian terror groups are attacking and killing Israeli citizens.

Section 3. Condemnation

(1) Condems attacks on United States citizens sponsored by the Palestinian People and the United States stands firmly united with Israel in all Military actions taken by the Israeli Military; and

(2) Offers its condolences to the families and loved ones of United States and Israeli citizens who were killed by Palestinian terrorist attacks.

(3) The United States will end all financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority and its citizens until Yasser Arafat is removed from office.