PRINTER'S NO. 1340
No. 192 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY LEACH, MUNDY, RUBLEY, BARD, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BROWNE, BUNT, BUXTON, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, COSTA, COY, CREIGHTON, CURRY, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GEIST, GERGELY, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, KELLER, LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK, McILHATTAN, PHILLIPS, PISTELLA, READSHAW, REICHLEY, RIEGER, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STERN, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, WALKO, WATSON, WEBER, WOJNAROSKI, YUDICHAK AND BEBKO-JONES, APRIL 11, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 11, 2003
A RESOLUTION 1 Commemorating the 55th 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 12 need for an independent Jewish state; and 13 WHEREAS, In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted
1 a resolution calling for the establishment of an independent 2 Jewish state in Palestine and directed inhabitants of the 3 country to take actions facilitating this resolution; and 4 WHEREAS, The members of the National Council representing the 5 Jewish people in Palestine and the Zionist movement of the world 6 met and issued a Declaration of Israel's Independence on May 14, 7 1948; and 8 WHEREAS, In a relatively brief time and despite difficult 9 challenges in the issues of peace and security, Israel has 10 emerged from a fledgling state to one with a successful 11 democracy, a strong economy and a powerful military; therefore 12 be it 13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the 14 55th anniversary of the birth of Israel. D2L82BIL/20030H0192R1340 - 2 -