House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif) on Monday night encouraged Congress to go on record supporting a two-state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, reviving a resolution that has stalled among House Democrats over concerns a vote would influence attempts in Israel to form a government after two indecisive elections.



House Resolution 326, introduced by Rep. Alan Lowenthal Alan Stuart LowenthalAct now to protect our nation's birds Overnight Energy: EPA declines to regulate chemical tied to developmental damage | Democrats unveil .5T infrastructure plan | Land management bureau eases requirements for oil, gas royalty cut requests Land management bureau lessens requirements for oil and gas royalty cut requests MORE (D-Calif.), expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that only the outcome of a two-state solution can ensure Israel remains a Jewish and Democratic state and fulfill legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people.



"There are people who believe it was – that it was a deliberate strategy to avoid a forthright statement on a two state solution until long after the Israeli elections and long after Netanyahu had had time to try to put together a government," the aide said.



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Hoyer is currently discussing the resolution with members over when to bring it to the floor, according to another senior Democratic aide. Israeli politicians are still working to form a government after a second round of elections in September. Benny Gantz, head of Israel’s Blue and White party, is working to build a coalition after Israeli Prime Ministerfailed to do so after a second round of Israeli elections in September.Hoyer is currently discussing the resolution with members over when to bring it to the floor, according to another senior Democratic aide.





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“I think that’s a useful thing to restate now, in the future and in the past,” he told The Hill. “Otherwise one could argue it’s never a good time, because it always coincides with something, whether it’s a conference, or an election or formation of government or election year… I don’t think we can be shaped by that. We have to decide what we believe is the right policy announcement by the United States congress on the subject.”



But the announcement Monday night by Speaker Pelosi puts the resolution front and center.



“As I always say, a two state solution that must be a solution,” the Speaker said Monday night. “It requires us all to oppose actions that hinder progress. The challenge we face on the road to peace are many, but the U.S.-Israel relationship has been ironclad for over 70 years and will remain so.” “The Congressman is committed to seeing this legislation voted on by the House, and from discussions he has had with colleagues, he anticipates it will move to the floor in the very near future," Lowenthal spokesman Keith Higginbotham said.Rep.(D-Virginia), a co-author of the resolution with Lowenthal, said Congress should stand firm supporting the two-state solution regardless of timing.“I think that’s a useful thing to restate now, in the future and in the past,” he told The Hill. “Otherwise one could argue it’s never a good time, because it always coincides with something, whether it’s a conference, or an election or formation of government or election year… I don’t think we can be shaped by that. We have to decide what we believe is the right policy announcement by the United States congress on the subject.”But the announcement Monday night by Speaker Pelosi puts the resolution front and center.“As I always say, a two state solution that must be a solution,” the Speaker said Monday night. “It requires us all to oppose actions that hinder progress. The challenge we face on the road to peace are many, but the U.S.-Israel relationship has been ironclad for over 70 years and will remain so.”

This included a resolution opposing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, and a bill that codifies the 10-year, $3.8 billion, U.S.-Israel Memorandum of Understanding.