PRINTER'S NO. 2059
No. 335 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY DINNIMAN, BAKER, BOSCOLA, COSTA, EARLL, FERLO,
FONTANA, FUMO, GREENLEAF, KASUNIC, LAVALLE, MADIGAN, MUSTO,
O'PAKE, ORIE, PILEGGI, PIPPY, PUNT, RAFFERTY, REGOLA,
RHOADES, STACK, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE, WASHINGTON, A. WILLIAMS,
C. WILLIAMS, WONDERLING, WOZNIAK, FOLMER AND ERICKSON,
MAY 14, 2008
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 14, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Commemorating the 60th 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
14 a resolution calling for the establishment of an independent
15 Jewish state in Palestine and directed inhabitants of the
1 country to take actions facilitating this resolution; and
2 WHEREAS, The members of the National Council representing the
3 Jewish people in Palestine and the Zionist movement of the world
4 met and issued a Declaration of Israel's Independence on May 14,
5 1948; and
6 WHEREAS, In a relatively brief time and despite difficult
7 challenges in the issues of peace and security, Israel has
8 emerged from a fledgling state to one with a successful
9 democracy, a strong economy and a powerful military; therefore
10 be it
11 RESOLVED, That the Senate commemorate the 60th anniversary of
12 the birth of Israel.
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