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PRINTER'S NO. 1670
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
323
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SCHLOSSBERG, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, SOLOMON, BAKER,
BARRAR, BOBACK, BOYLE, CALTAGIRONE, COX, DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL,
GAINEY, GODSHALL, HENNESSEY, PHILLIPS-HILL, KAUFFMAN,
KAVULICH, LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, McNEILL, MILLARD, MURT,
O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, READSHAW, SAMUELSON, SAYLOR,
TALLMAN, TOOHIL, VAZQUEZ, WATSON, SCHWEYER, DiGIROLAMO AND
DAVIDSON, MAY 8, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 8, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 69th anniversary of the birth of the State of
Israel.
WHEREAS, The land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish
people and, despite Jewish exile, the land has remained the
place where their religious, spiritual and national identity
were 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 in 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
69th anniversary of the birth of the State of Israel.
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