Full Text of HR1001 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General | 3 | | Assembly voted to partition British
Mandatory Palestine into a | 4 | | Jewish state and an Arab state, a decision welcomed by Jewish | 5 | | leadership and
rejected by the Arab world; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, On May 14, 1948, the people of Israel proclaimed | 7 | | the establishment of the sovereign and
independent state of | 8 | | Israel, and the United States government established full | 9 | | diplomatic relations after
Israel's first election in 1949; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The desire of the Jewish people to establish an | 11 | | independent modern state of Israel is directly
linked to the | 12 | | existence of the historic kingdom of Israel established in the | 13 | | land of Israel 3,000 years ago,
with the city of Jerusalem as | 14 | | its capital both then and now; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, For over 2,000 years, Jews living in other parts | 16 | | of the world maintained a profound spiritual and
emotional | 17 | | connection to the Land of Israel, where there has been a | 18 | | continuous Jewish presence in the land
comprising the modern | 19 | | state of Israel; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, The establishment of the modern state of Israel as | 21 | | a homeland for the Jewish people followed
the destruction of |
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| 1 | | much of European Jewry during the Holocaust; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Since its establishment 70 years ago, the modern | 3 | | State of Israel has rebuilt the nation, forged a
new and | 4 | | dynamic society, and created a thriving economic, political, | 5 | | cultural, and intellectual life despite
the heavy burdens of | 6 | | war, terrorism, and unjustified diplomatic and economic | 7 | | boycotts against the
people of Israel; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The people of Israel, in the spirit of Israel's | 9 | | Declaration of Independence, have established a
vibrant, | 10 | | pluralistic, democratic political system, which includes | 11 | | freedom of speech, freedom of association, and
freedom of | 12 | | religion, a vigorously free press, free, fair and open | 13 | | elections, the rule of law, a fully independent
judiciary, and | 14 | | other democratic principles and practices; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Israel has developed some of the world's leading | 16 | | universities; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Israel has developed an advanced, entrepreneurial | 18 | | economy, is among the world's leaders of
the high-tech | 19 | | industry, and is at the forefront of research and development | 20 | | in the fields of renewable
energy sources and medicine; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Israel regularly sends humanitarian aid, search |
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| 1 | | and rescue teams, mobile hospitals, and other
emergency | 2 | | supplies, to help victims of disasters around the world; | 3 | | therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 | | recognize the 70th anniversary of Israel's establishment and | 7 | | reaffirm the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the | 8 | | United States, the State of Illinois, and Israel.
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