WHEREAS, As the grantor of those lands, God stated to the
Jewish people in the Old Testament, from Leviticus, Chapter 20,
Verse 24: "Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto
you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey"; and
WHEREAS, The legal basis for the establishment of the State
of Israel was a binding resolution under international law,
which was unanimously adopted by the League of Nations in 1922
and subsequently affirmed by both houses of the Congress of the
United States; and
WHEREAS, From 1948 through 1967, Jerusalem was a divided city
and Israeli citizens of all faiths as well as Jewish citizens of
all states were denied access to holy sites in the area
controlled by Jordan; and
WHEREAS, In 1967, the City of Jerusalem was reunited during
the conflict known as the Six-Day War; and
WHEREAS, Since 1967, Jerusalem has been a united city
administered by Israel, and persons of all religious faiths have
been guaranteed full access to holy sites within the city; and
WHEREAS, In 1990, the Congress of the United States
unanimously adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 106, which
declares that the Congress of the United States "strongly
believes that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which
rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected"; and
WHEREAS, In 1992, the United States Senate and House of
Representatives unanimously adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution
113 of the 102nd Congress to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of
the reunification of Jerusalem and to reaffirm congressional
sentiment that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city; and
WHEREAS, In June 1993, 257 members of the United States House
of Representatives signed a letter to the Secretary of State
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