PRINTER'S NO. 3453
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
879
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY SCHLOSSBERG, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, SOLOMON, BARRAR,
BERNSTINE, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DiGIROLAMO, GROVE, HENNESSEY,
HILL-EVANS, JAMES, W. KELLER, KINSEY, LONGIETTI, MENTZER,
MILLARD, B. MILLER, D. MILLER, MURT, NEILSON, O'BRIEN,
O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, M. QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, ROTHMAN, ROZZI,
RYAN, SAMUELSON, SAYLOR, SIMS, STAATS, TALLMAN, WARD,
KAUFFMAN, BARBIN, J. HARRIS AND McCARTER, APRIL 30, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 30, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the birth of the State of
Israel on May 14, 2018, or 29th of Iyar, 5778.
WHEREAS, The land of Israel is the birthplace of the Jewish
people and, despite Jewish exile, the land remains the place
where their religious, spiritual and national identity was
formed; and
WHEREAS, In 1897, the First Zionist Congress proclaimed the
right of the Jewish people to national revival in their own
country, a right acknowledged in 1917 by the Balfour Declaration
and later reaffirmed by the League of Nations; and
WHEREAS, The atrocities of the Nazi Holocaust and the death
of millions of Jews in Europe reestablished and refocused the
need for an independent Jewish state; and
WHEREAS, In 1947, the General Assembly of the United Nations
adopted a resolution calling for the establishment of an
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independent Jewish state in Palestine and directed inhabitants
of the country to take actions facilitating this resolution; and
WHEREAS, The members of the National Council representing the
Jewish people in Palestine and the Zionist movement of the world
met and issued a Declaration of Israel's Independence on May 14,
1948; and
WHEREAS, In a relatively brief time and despite difficult
challenges relating to the issues of peace and security, Israel
has emerged from a fledgling state to one with a successful
democracy, a strong economy and a powerful military; therefore
be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the
70th anniversary of the birth of the State of Israel.
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