This resolution proposes that it is the policy of the United States to officially recognize and commemorate the Palestinian Nakba , which refers to the historical and ongoing displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people. It aims to denounce the continuation of the Nakba and reject any efforts to deny its reality or associate the U.S. government with such denial. The resolution also encourages public education and understanding of the Nakba's facts and its relevance to modern-day refugee crises. A key provision calls for the U.S. to support the resumed provision of social services to Palestinian refugees through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) . It further advocates for the implementation of Palestinian refugees' rights, as enshrined in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which includes the right of return. The resolution also seeks to reject bigoted efforts to question or deny the existence and humanity of Palestinians. Finally, the resolution aims to ensure the United States ends its complicity in the ongoing Nakba. This would involve prohibiting the use of United States weapons for destroying Palestinian homes or forcibly removing Palestinians from their land, and ending U.S. diplomatic support for such actions.
Recognizing the Nakba and Palestinian refugees' rights.
Submitted in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Recognizing the ongoing Nakba and Palestinian refugees' rights.
USA119th CongressHRES-1289| House
| Updated: 5/14/2026
This resolution proposes that it is the policy of the United States to officially recognize and commemorate the Palestinian Nakba , which refers to the historical and ongoing displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people. It aims to denounce the continuation of the Nakba and reject any efforts to deny its reality or associate the U.S. government with such denial. The resolution also encourages public education and understanding of the Nakba's facts and its relevance to modern-day refugee crises. A key provision calls for the U.S. to support the resumed provision of social services to Palestinian refugees through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) . It further advocates for the implementation of Palestinian refugees' rights, as enshrined in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which includes the right of return. The resolution also seeks to reject bigoted efforts to question or deny the existence and humanity of Palestinians. Finally, the resolution aims to ensure the United States ends its complicity in the ongoing Nakba. This would involve prohibiting the use of United States weapons for destroying Palestinian homes or forcibly removing Palestinians from their land, and ending U.S. diplomatic support for such actions.