PRINTER'S NO. 835
No. 135 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY JOSEPHS, BAKER, BARRAR, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN,
DeLUCA, DENLINGER, DePASQUALE, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, FREEMAN,
GEIST, GEORGE, HERSHEY, KENNEY, KIRKLAND, LEACH, MUNDY,
M. O'BRIEN, RAPP, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, THOMAS,
YOUNGBLOOD AND MURT, MARCH 19, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS,
MARCH 19, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Calling on the United Nations to take action to help free three
2 Israeli soldiers held captive by Hezbollah in violation of
3 international law.
4 WHEREAS, On June 26, 2006, Sergeant Ehud Goldwasser, Sergeant
5 Eldad Regev and Corporal Gilad Shalit, three soldiers in the
6 Israeli Defense Force, were kidnapped in northern Israel by
7 soldiers from the militant Islamic group Hezbollah; and
8 WHEREAS, Hezbollah's refusal to return the three Israeli
9 soldiers or even acknowledge their capture contributed to the
10 clash of Israeli military forces and Hezbollah in southern
11 Lebanon last summer; and
12 WHEREAS, The kidnapping and continued holding of Sgt.
13 Goldwasser, Sgt. Regev and Cpl. Shalit by Hezbollah is in
14 violation of long-accepted international agreements; and
15 WHEREAS, Neither the International Red Cross nor the
16 soldiers' families have been able to contact the men or to
1 receive assurances that they are well or even alive; and
2 WHEREAS, This cruel and unlawful treatment has prompted
3 political leaders in Israel and the United States to call for
4 the soldiers' release and for Hezbollah to provide information
5 about their conditions; and
6 WHEREAS, American Jewish organizations have undertaken a
7 campaign to collect 1 million signatures demanding the immediate
8 release of Sgt. Goldwasser, Sgt. Regev and Cpl. Shalit; and
9 WHEREAS, It is fitting and proper for this House of
10 Pennsylvania to take note of the treatment of these three
11 Israeli soldiers and call on the United Nations to take action
12 to help end their illegal detainment; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
14 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania call on the United Nations to take
15 action to help free three Israeli soldiers held captive by
16 Hezbollah in violation of international law; and be further
17 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
18 United Nations Secretary-General BanKi-moon, New York, NY 10017.
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