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HRES 317 112th Congress House International Affairs Arab-Israeli relations Conflicts and wars Gaza Strip Human rights International law and treaties Iran Israel Middle East Military personnel and dependents Palestinians Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Syria Terrorism

Demanding that Hamas immediately and unconditionally release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Introduced: June 21, 2011 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Aug 2, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
Jun 21, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jun 21, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Demands that Hamas: (1) release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, (2) allow access to Gilad Shalit by competent medical personnel and representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, (3) provide Gilad Shalit the humane treatment all captives are entitled to as a fundamental human right, (4) facilitate regular communication by Gilad Shalit with his family, and (5) cease compelling Gilad Shalit to appear in video and voice recordings intended to extort and coerce the government of Israel.

Expresses: (1) commitment to the survival of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state within recognized and secure borders; (2) opposition to participation by Hamas in the Palestinian Authority (PA) prior to explicit acceptance by that group of Israel's right to exist, the cessation of all violence, and the binding commitments made previously by the PA and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); and (3) commitment to seek the release of Gilad Shalit and other missing Israeli soldiers.

Recalls: (1) the attack on and kidnapping of the bodies of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev by the Iran-supported terrorist group Hezbollah; and (2) the missing Israeli soldiers Zecharya Baumel, Zvi Feldman, Yehuda Katz, Ron Arad, Guy Hever, and Majdy Halabi.

Condemns: (1) Hamas for the immoral cross border attack and kidnapping of Gilad Shalit; and (2) Iran and Syria, the primary state sponsors and patrons of Hamas, for their ongoing support for international terrorism.

What's happening now August 2, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .

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