Congressman files two-states act that restricts Israeli use of US arms

Washington (QNN)- Representative Andy Levin filed on Thursday a bill to Congress that affirms a two-state resolution at the pre-1967 lines and restricts Israeli use of arms.

“When I visited Israel and Palestine in 2019, I recognized hope for a two-state solution is alive amongst Israelis and Palestinians,” tweeted Levin after submitting his bill known as the “Two-State Solution Act.”

U.S. policy must support real human rights for Palestinians and real security for Israelis. The current status quo protects neither. I introduced the Two-State Solution Act to move us towards a more just reality for all people between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea.

— Rep. Andy Levin (@RepAndyLevin) September 23, 2021

The bill is one of a number of legislative drives by US politicians bent on using Congress to determine American policy with respect to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“The Two-State Solution Act represents the change in US policy we need to move us closer to this future,” said Levin.

The bill rescinds a number of significant policies from the former Trump administration, including its declaration that occupied West Bank settlement activity is not inconsistent with international law.

According to a draft copy of the bill, seen by The Jerusalem Post, it would be American policy to view “the West Bank, including east Jerusalem, and Gaza, are occupied territories” and that territory would be “referred to as such consistently in official US policies, communications, and documents.”

Levin’s two-state act also undoes US policy which allows products produced over the pre-1967 lines to be marked “made in Israel.”

Under the terms of his bill, such language would be forbidden and replaced with an origin marker, starting “made in West Bank” or “made in Jerusalem.”

The act also prohibits US support to any Israeli projects located over the Green Line and bans Israeli use of its military aid in those regions.

It specifically specified that such assistance can’t be used to help ‘Israel’ impose sovereignty in the West Bank and prevent the execution of a two-state solution.

“The United States should ensure that military assistance provides to Israel does not facilitate unilateral actions by the Israeli Government that impede the achievement of a two-state solution, including through unilateral efforts to annex or exercise permanent control by Israel over any part of the occupied Palestinian territories,” the act stated.

It further explained that US aid must “not be used in a manner that violates internationally recognized human rights.”