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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | October 11, 2023 09:19 AM |
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| From: | Representative Stephanie Borowicz |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Resolution of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Condemning the Recent Hamas Attacks and Expressing Condolences and Support for the State of Israel and Its People in Opposition to Barbaric Terrorism |
| Soon I will introduce a resolution expressing condolence and support for the State of Israel and its People considering the recent barbaric terrorist attacks by Hamas. The images we have seen on the news and social media indicate atrocities being committed against Israeli civilians in Southern Israel in horrific fashion and are condemned in the strongest manner. We stand firmly with the people of Israel and their right to defend themselves. These attacks by Hamas are shocking, barbaric and evil: shooting and killing civilians, killing families at rest on Shabbat that is also the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, and kidnapping women and children. They amount to war crimes of the worst kind. In the history of civilization and freedom, those who burst into people’s homes and slaughter sleeping or resting families and civilians are soon themselves destroyed and brought to justice in the name of everything good and true. Today, we ask God for the protection of all Israelis and innocent lives, and the restoration of peace in Israel. Make no mistake, Israel has every right to defend itself with all due and overwhelming force. I urge the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to express its support for Israel, with whom this Commonwealth has shared a special relationship since its Independence established in 1948. Our National Guard troops have deployed to the Sinai Peninsula since 2007 as part of an ongoing international peacekeeping mission to ensure that the 1978 Camp David Accords peace agreement between Egypt and Israel is upheld. The Abraham Accords have further brought peace and stability to the Middle East. I urge the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to stand in opposition to any state or entity, including Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah, that supports terrorism of any kind or provides aid and support to those who fund terror against it. I urge the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to stand resolutely with Israel and pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, calling on all who love freedom and peaceful coexistence to do the same. |
Introduced as HR240