[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1092 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1092
Condemning Israeli settlement expansion, settler violence, and related
human rights abuses in the West Bank, and calling for accountability
and specific United States policy responses to deter further violations
and protect the viability of a negotiated two-State solution.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 2, 2026
Mr. Khanna submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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RESOLUTION
Condemning Israeli settlement expansion, settler violence, and related
human rights abuses in the West Bank, and calling for accountability
and specific United States policy responses to deter further violations
and protect the viability of a negotiated two-State solution.
Whereas the United States has a national interest in promoting respect for
internationally recognized human rights, protecting civilians, upholding
international humanitarian law, and advancing a durable peace between
Israelis and Palestinians;
Whereas Israeli settlement expansion, land confiscation, home demolitions, and
violence perpetuated by settler extremists in the West Bank, undermine
stability, threaten civilian lives and property, and threaten the
viability of a negotiated two-State solution;
Whereas senior Israeli officials, including Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich
and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, have promoted or enabled
policies that advance de facto annexation and facilitate settlement
expansion in the West Bank;
Whereas Palestinian communities in the West Bank face demolition orders and
forcible displacement, including in communities such as Umm al-Khair,
where residents have reported rapid demolitions and a lack of effective
accountability;
Whereas credible reporting has documented numerous incidents of settler
violence, including incidents reported in Khallet al Sidra, and
allegations that Israeli security forces have often failed not only to
prevent such violence but also to ensure accountability for
perpetrators, contributing to a climate of impunity;
Whereas Israeli civil society organizations have reported significant land
seizure actions in areas of archaeological and religious significance,
including in the vicinity of Sebastia, and have raised concerns
regarding inadequate time and process for affected residents to object;
Whereas the Israeli security cabinet has recently approved measures expanding
Israeli supervision and enforcement activities related to archaeological
and heritage sites into Areas A and B of the West Bank, raising concerns
regarding the expansion of administrative control and its impact on
Palestinian communities and territorial contiguity;
Whereas the Israeli security cabinet has also advanced additional measures
affecting governance, land administration, and settlement entrenchment
in the West Bank that further consolidate control and raise concerns
regarding de facto annexation;
Whereas the establishment of unauthorized Israeli settlement ``outposts'' that
are retroactively authorized contributes to violence, displacement, and
further settlement expansion;
Whereas ``E1'' refers to the area in the West Bank between East Jerusalem and
the Maale Adumim Settlement, and statements by senior Israeli officials
have indicated that development in the E1 corridor would prevent the
establishment of a Palestinian state, and such construction, approvals,
tenders, or enabling infrastructure would materially undermine
territorial contiguity needed for a negotiated two-State solution;
Whereas Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, including in neighborhoods such
as Silwan, face home demolitions, evictions, settlement activity, and
land designations that threaten displacement and further undermine the
geographic and political viability of a negotiated two-State solution;
Whereas certain applications of United States double-taxation relief and foreign
tax credit provisions may have the effect of reducing United States tax
liability for individuals residing in Israeli settlements in the West
Bank, thereby indirectly subsidizing settlement activity that
contributes to land confiscation, displacement, and other actions
inconsistent with long-standing United States policy: Now, therefore, be
it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) reaffirms the commitment of the United States to the
protection of civilians, respect for internationally recognized
human rights, and a negotiated resolution to the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict that ensures equal measures of freedom,
security, and self determination for Israelis and Palestinians;
(2) condemns Israeli settlement expansion, land
confiscation, home demolitions, forcible displace- ment, and
settler violence in the West Bank, and expresses grave concern
regarding credible allegations of impunity from the Government
of Israel for such acts;
(3) calls upon the Government of Israel to immediately halt
home demolitions and to pause the issuance and enforcement of
demolition orders in the West Bank, including in communities
such as Umm al-Khair, pending transparent review procedures
that meet due process requirements and ensure protection of
civilians;
(4) calls upon the Government of Israel to cancel land
confiscation actions in Sebastia and provide affected residents
a meaningful opportunity to challenge such past, ongoing, and
potential future actions through fair and transparent
procedures;
(5) calls upon the Government of Israel to halt approvals
for additional West Bank settlements, take effective steps to
prevent and ensure accountability for associated settler
violence, evacuate unauthorized settlement outposts and prevent
their retroactive authorization, and facilitate the safe return
of individuals and families previously displaced from land in
the West Bank due to settlement expansion, including through
restoration or restitution of property or compensation where
appropriate;
(6) urges the President and the Secretary of State to use
all available authorities, including the Global Magnitsky Human
Rights Accountability Act and related visa authorities, to
impose targeted sanctions on individuals credibly implicated in
ordering, directing, materially assisting, or knowingly
facili1tating serious human rights abuses in the West Bank,
including senior officials as appropriate, in- cluding Bezalel
Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir;
(7) urges the President and relevant agencies to impose
appropriate measures, consistent with United States law,
against entities that knowingly finance, construct, or
otherwise materially support settlement expansion or activity
that contributes to home demolitions, land confiscation, or
forcible displacement in the West Bank;
(8) expresses support for legislative and administrative
actions to end the application of United States double-taxation
relief in ways that indirectly subsidize settlement activity,
including tax benefits associated with taxes paid to Israel by
United States persons residing in Israeli settlements in the
West Bank;
(9) affirms the principle that United States tax- payer
resources should not subsidize or facilitate set- tlement
expansion, home demolitions, land confisca- tion, or other
actions that contribute to forcible displacement or serious
human rights abuses in the West Bank; and
(10) calls upon the President to condition specified
categories of United States security assistance, as appropriate
and consistent with United States law, on a verifiable freeze
of E1 activity, including any approvals, tenders, construction,
or enabling in- frastructure that advances E1.
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