Full Text of HR1313 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Hamas was founded with the stated goal of | 3 | | destroying the State of Israel; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Hamas has been designated by the United States | 5 | | Secretary of State as a Foreign Terrorist Organization; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Hamas refuses to recognize Israel's right to | 7 | | exist, renounce violence, and accept previous agreements | 8 | | between Israel and the Palestinians; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Hamas has launched thousands of rockets and | 10 | | missiles since Israel dismantled settlements and withdrew from | 11 | | Gaza in 2005; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Terrorists in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip | 13 | | have fired approximately 900 rockets and missile shells into | 14 | | Israel this year, an increase from roughly 675 attacks in 2011 | 15 | | and 350 in 2010; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Hamas has increased the range of its rockets, | 17 | | reportedly with support from Iran and others; these rockets put | 18 | | additional numbers of Israelis in danger of rocket attacks from | 19 | | Gaza; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, There are many public and private connections | 2 | | between the State of Illinois and the State of Israel and a | 3 | | desire to deepen and expand mutual opportunities; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, On November 14, 2012, President Barack Obama | 5 | | condemned the rocket fire from Gaza into Israel and reiterated | 6 | | Israel's right to self-defense; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Israel, a fellow democracy, has an inherent right | 8 | | to self defense in the face of terrorist attacks; therefore, be | 9 | | it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we express our unwavering commitment to the security of the | 13 | | State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state with secure | 14 | | borders and recognize and strongly support its inherent right | 15 | | to act in self-defense to protect its citizens against acts of | 16 | | terrorism; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That we state our unequivocal belief that Hamas | 18 | | must end Gaza-linked terrorist rocket and missile attacks | 19 | | against Israel, recognize Israel's right to exist, renounce | 20 | | violence, and agree to accept previous agreements between | 21 | | Israel and the Palestinians; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the United Nations Security Council | 2 | | to condemn the recent spike in Gaza-linked terrorist missile | 3 | | attacks against Israel, which risk causing civilian casualties | 4 | | in both Israel and Gaza; and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage the President to continue to | 6 | | work diplomatically with the international community to | 7 | | prevent Hamas and other Gaza-based terrorist organizations | 8 | | from retaining or rebuilding the capability to launch rockets | 9 | | and missiles against Israel.
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