IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 231 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2017 Mr. Hastings submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Celebrating the importance of the 15th Anniversary of the Arab Peace Initiative as a meaningful effort by Arab countries to the commitment of peace in the Middle East.

Whereas the Arab Peace Initiative was unanimously endorsed by the Arab League on March 28, 2002, as a proposal to end the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Whereas the Arab Peace Initiative endorsed normalized relations between regional Arab and Muslim-majority countries and the State of Israel; Whereas the Arab Peace Initiative established a regionally endorsed baseline for negotiations as a means of supporting gradual progress in regional cooperation among regional Arab and Muslim-majority countries, the United States, the State of Israel, and the Palestinian Authority; Whereas Prime Minister of Israel Binyamin Netanyahu on May 26, 2015, stated that there are positive aspects … to the Arab Peace Initiative and that the general idea—to try to reach understanding with leading Arab countries—is a good idea ; and Whereas a lasting two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is essential to achieving long-term peace and security in the Middle East: Now, therefore, be it