A resolution calling on the President to recognize a demilitarized State of Palestine, as consistent with international law and the principles of a two-state solution, alongside a secure State of Israel.
This is a Senate resolution that urges the President to recognize a demilitarized State of Palestine alongside a secure State of Israel, framed as consistent with international law and the two-state solution. The measure is aspirational rather than lawmaking: it expresses the Senate’s policy preference, outlines conditions and guiding principles for peace, and calls on relevant actors to pursue elections, reforms, security arrangements, humanitarian aid, and post-conflict governance and reconstruction. It emphasizes a pathway where Israel remains secure and Palestinians gain self-determination, and it ties progress in Palestinian statehood to denouncing terrorism, ending violence, and advancing regional peace with Arab neighbors. As a resolution, it does not by itself authorize actions or allocate funding, but it signals congressional support for a particular diplomatic approach.
Key Points
- 1Recognizes a demilitarized State of Palestine alongside a secure State of Israel, framed as consistent with international law and a two-state solution.
- 2Reaffirms that a two-state outcome requires Israel’s security and Palestinians’ right to self-determination, living side by side in mutual recognition and dignity.
- 3Urges the Palestinian Authority to follow through on commitments, hold elections in 2026, and implement reforms to demonstrate democratic legitimacy for self-determination.
- 4Criticizes current trends (settlement expansion, annexation, rejection of Palestinian statehood, violence/terrorism) as incompatible with peace and calls for them to end.
- 5Highlights a strategic opportunity for broader regional peace and normalization between Israel and Arab states, linking progress on Palestinian statehood to regional stability.
- 6Calls on Hamas to end terrorism, disarm, and free all hostages, and on Israel to halt the Gaza war and increase humanitarian aid to Gaza.
- 7Encourages Israeli and Palestinian leaders, with Arab states and the international community, to begin work on post-conflict security, governance, and reconstruction toward a comprehensive peace that includes a State of Palestine.