Sec. 3. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that— the Palestine Liberation Organization
(PLO)has failed to live up to its commitment to a bilateral peace process with Israel, renounce violence, accept Israel’s right to exist, honor previous diplomatic agreements made by the Palestinians, and continues to circumvent a negotiated settlement with Israel by seeking unilateral statehood at the United Nations and from other countries, and continues to actively endorse terror; Mahmoud Abbas has purposefully blurred the lines between the PLO and the Palestinian Authority in order to avoid responsibility for violating previous agreements with Israel while continuing to receive United States aid; the Palestinian initiation of an International Criminal Court investigation, or active support for such an investigation, that subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged crimes against Palestinians, would violate the Palestinians’ commitment to not change the status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip; only a solution negotiated directly between the Israelis and Palestinians can result in a lasting peace, and the Palestinians should not turn to outside parties, including international organizations, to impose or otherwise influence a solution between the parties; if the Palestinian Authority or any representation thereof initiates or supports an investigation at the International Criminal Court, the Secretary of State should close the Palestine Liberation Organization Mission office in the United States; and it is in the national security interests of the United States to remove the PLO office from Washington, DC.