Deterring Hezbollah and the Islamic Republic of Iran for their repeated and continued acts of terrorism against the State of Israel and the United States and urging the United States to use all diplomatic tools available to hold them accountable for such actions.
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Latest Action · July 31, 2024
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S5686-5687)
This resolution expresses the Senate's condemnation of Hezbollah and Iran for their history of terrorist attacks and current escalating threats against Israel and the United States. The resolution documents decades of Hezbollah attacks on American and Israeli targets, starting with the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 U.S. service members, and notes Iran provides approximately $700 million annually to fund and arm the group. It asserts that any major escalation by Hezbollah against Israel should be viewed as an attack by Iran itself and calls for the President and Congress to use all diplomatic and military options to hold both accountable. The resolution also supports Israel's right to defend itself against Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies. As a resolution rather than legislation, this statement of Senate opinion carries symbolic rather than binding legal force and does not require funding or create specific timelines for action.
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