Bill Clinton: “Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process August 5, 1997 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) I hereby report to the…”

“Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process August 5, 1997 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) I hereby report to the Congress on the developments concerning the national emergency with respect to terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process that was declared in Executive Order 12947 of January 23, 1995. This report is submitted pursuant to section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergencies Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. 1703(c). On January 23, 1995, I signed Executive Order 12947, ``Prohibiting Transactions with Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process'' (the ``order'') (60 Fed. Reg. 5079, January 25, 1995). The order blocks all property subject to U.S. jurisdiction in which there is any interest of 12 terrorist organizations that threaten the Middle East peace process as identified in the Annex to the order. The order also blocks the property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of persons designated by the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, who are found (1) to have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of disrupting the Middle East peace process, or (2) to assist in, sponsor, or provide financial, material, or technological support for, or services in support of, such acts of violence.…”