THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY BOYLE, FRANKEL, SHAPIRO, BUXTON, JOSEPHS, McGEEHAN, CONKLIN, M. O'BRIEN, RAPP, BOYD, GIBBONS, SAYLOR, ROCK, TRUE, DePASQUALE, KAUFFMAN, SCHRODER, SCAVELLO, READSHAW, GERBER, METZGAR, HORNAMAN, PAYTON, KORTZ, SIPTROTH, FLECK, GOODMAN, BISHOP, PETRI, DRUCKER, REICHLEY, STERN, MUNDY, FREEMAN, DENLINGER, COHEN, CASORIO, D. O'BRIEN, VULAKOVICH, SANTARSIERO AND FARRY, JANUARY 26, 2009

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 11, 2009   

A RESOLUTION

Urging the support of the Congress of the United States for the

State of Israel in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

in the Gaza Strip.

WHEREAS, The State of Israel and the ruling party of Gaza,

Hamas, held a six-month truce that ended on December 19, 2008;

and

WHEREAS, The people of Israel have endured rocket attacks and

other forms of terror from Hamas; and

WHEREAS, Rocket and mortar attacks from Hamas and Palestinian

militants have attacked cities in southern Israel, such as

Beersheba and Ashdod; and

WHEREAS, The State of Israel has a right to defend itself and

its people; and 

WHEREAS, The State of Israel has been a strong and steady

ally of the United States and is the strongest democratic state

in the Middle East; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Congress of the United

States to support the people and government of the State of

Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to

the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each

member of Congress from Pennsylvania.