First-said
states to be formed in accordance with boundaries as they
existed prior to the 1967 War with the following provisos:
a)
Palestine be comprised of that territory known as the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip, including that portion of
Jerusalem under Jordanian control prior to the 1967 War
as well as the international zones of East Jerusalem;
b)
Israel be comprised of that territory under Israeli control
prior to the 1967 War, including the "no man's zones"
of Jerusalem, as well as lands captured from Syria in
the Golan Heights;
c)
All such borders are subject to adjustment by this government
with regard to all questions of boundary that may arise
with other governments, including in particular the Golan
Heights;
d)
Neither state may erect checkpoints, gates or other impediments
to the free flow of people and commerce between them.
Second-
that the constitutions thereof, with the proper evidence
of their adoption by the people of said Israel and Palestine,
shall be transmitted to the President of the United States,
to be laid before Congress for its final action, on or before
the last day of the 12th month following the date of this
resolution.
Third-
said states, when admitted into the Union, after ceding
to the United States all fortifications, barracks, navy
and navy-yards, aircraft, missiles, arms, armaments, and
all other property and means pertaining to the public defense,
shall retain all the public funds, debts, taxes, and dues
of every kind which may belong to or be due and owing said
Israel and Palestine.
Fourth-
said states, when admitted into the Union, shall be admitted
on an equal basis with all other states and pending the
decennial census in 2010 shall be allocated two seats each
in the U.S. Senate and eight seats to Israel plus four seats
to Palestine in the House of Representatives, such division
reflecting current population estimates of each state.
Fifth-
to accommodate legislative representative of said states,
with minimal disruption to current legislative representation,
Congress shall adopt legislation when admitting said states
to the Union that increases at that time the size of the
House of Representatives by 12 seats, to 447 seats total,
and further increases the size of the House of Representatives
to 450 seats in 2012 to accommodate reapportionment based
upon the 2010 decennial census.
Sixth-
to provide assurance with regard to citizenship and rights
of return, upon admitting said states to the Union the following
persons shall be deemed U.S. citizens with a right of residence
in the state of their choice:
a)
Persons currently citizens of Israel or Palestine;
b)
Persons born, or descended from persons born, in Israel
or Palestine subsequent to 1920 but now currently stateless,
together with their immediate family;
c)
Persons with a compelling reason to live permanently in
Israel or Palestine, such as ancestral roots, who demonstrate
lawful residence as such pursuant to a new "territorial
reunion" visa that will be awarded in adequate number
each year by U.S. embassies worldwide.
Seventh-
in order to regularize and harmonize international law relating
to Israel and Palestine, upon admission of said states to
the Union, and upon adoption by the United Nations of a
resolution that satisfies the two following conditions,
$1 billion shall be transferred to the United Nations for
the express purposes set forth below:
a)
a UN resolution shall recognize equal statehood of Israel
and Palestine within the United States as fulfillment
of its previous boundary-related resolutions relating
to Israel and Palestine
b)
a UN resolution shall establish a Palestinian Claims Adjustment
Forum with operating rules that provide for it to equitably
allocate $1 billion among all likely claimants for losses
incurred as a direct result of the 1948 Partition of the
British Mandate in Palestine, including changes to borders
through the date of the 1949 Armistice.
Eighth-
In order to facilitate the integration of Israel and Palestine
into the United States, upon admission of said states to
the Union, the government shall assume liability for claims
of citizens of either state against either state for unlawful
deprivation of life, liberty or property subsequent to the
1949 Armistice.
