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Read. Follow. Verify.House Resolution Rejecting UN Listing of Israel Defense Forces
Record date · July 11, 2024
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What This Bill Would Do
This formally expresses the House of Representatives' opposition to the United Nations' decision to include the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on a list of parties failing to protect children in conflict. It also condemns the UN's perceived bias against Israel and urges the Biden administration to sanction Hamas for using .
This serves as a formal statement of U.S. congressional policy regarding the legitimacy of UN reports on the Israel-Hamas conflict and encourages the executive branch to apply specific sanctions against Hamas under existing law.
- The United Nations Secretary General's Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict is a periodic report that identifies parties to conflict that have not implemented adequate measures to protect children. context
- The Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act is a U.S. law intended to impose sanctions on individuals and groups that use civilians as human shields in conflict zones. context
Who It Would Affect
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Israel Defense Forces
The resolution explicitly defends the IDF's conduct and rejects their inclusion on a UN list of child rights abusers.
Hamas
The resolution calls for the Biden administration to impose sanctions on the group for the use of human shields.
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Legislative Pressure on Sanctions
The resolution explicitly pushes the executive branch to utilize specific existing legislation (the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act) to target Hamas.
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