PRINTER'S NO. 1274
No. 171 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY LEACH, BALDWIN, BARRAR, BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES,
BELARDI, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BOYD, BUXTON,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAWLEY, CLYMER, CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA,
CREIGHTON, DALLY, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, ELLIS, FORCIER, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GODSHALL, GOOD, GOODMAN, HARPER,
HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHS,
W. KELLER, KENNEY, KIRKLAND, LaGROTTA, LEDERER, LESCOVITZ,
LEVDANSKY, MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK, McILHATTAN, MUNDY,
O'NEILL, PALLONE, PETRI, PHILLIPS, PISTELLA, QUIGLEY,
READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO,
SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SHANER, SHAPIRO, B. SMITH,
STERN, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRUE, TURZAI,
WALKO, WANSACZ, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI, YUDICHAK AND FABRIZIO,
MARCH 29, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 29, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Commemorating the 57th anniversary of the birth of Israel.
2 WHEREAS, The land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish
3 people, and despite Jewish exile, the land has remained the
4 place where their religious, spiritual and national identity
5 were formed; and
6 WHEREAS, In 1897, the First Zionist Congress proclaimed the
7 right of the Jewish people to national revival in their own
8 country, a right acknowledged in 1917 by the Balfour Declaration
9 and later reaffirmed by the League of Nations; and
10 WHEREAS, The atrocities of the Nazi Holocaust and the death
11 of millions of Jews in Europe reestablished and refocused the
1 need for an independent Jewish state; and
2 WHEREAS, In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted
3 a resolution calling for the establishment of an independent
4 Jewish state in Palestine and directed inhabitants of the
5 country to take actions facilitating this resolution; and
6 WHEREAS, The members of the National Council representing the
7 Jewish people in Palestine and the Zionist movement of the world
8 met and issued a Declaration of Israel's Independence on May 14,
9 1948; and
10 WHEREAS, In a relatively brief time and despite difficult
11 challenges in the issues of peace and security, Israel has
12 emerged from a fledgling state to one with a successful
13 democracy, a strong economy and a powerful military; therefore
14 be it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the
16 57th anniversary of the birth of Israel.
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