Bill Text: CA ACR65 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Foreign relations: Israel.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-03 - From printer. [ACR65 Detail]
Download: California-2011-ACR65-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 65 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Portantino and Halderman
JUNE 2, 2011
Relative to foreign relations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 65, as introduced, Portantino. Foreign relations: Israel.
This measure would urge all parties to the conflict in Israel to
negotiate a peace treaty that recognizes Israel's right to exist
within safe and secure borders. This measure would also urge local
governments in California to establish beneficial relationships with
Israel and those who support it.
Fiscal committee: no.
WHEREAS, California's Jewish community has been active socially,
economically, and politically in the state's formation since the gold
rush, and that involvement has had a positive impact on the state's
multicultural and economic development; and
WHEREAS, California is home to an estimated 2,000,000 Jews, making
it the second largest concentration of Jews in the United States;
and
WHEREAS, For years, California and Israel have established
business partnerships and trade relations with each other, and those
partnerships have helped enhance the agricultural, educational,
energy, entertainment, health, medical, scientific, and water
policies in California, Israel, and the United States; and
WHEREAS, Israel is not only the ancestral home of the Jewish
people, and the world's only Jewish nation, but is also inhabited by
people from all corners of the world, and those people practice a
variety of religions, including B'hai, Christianity, Druze, and
Islam; and
WHEREAS, Israel has openly and honestly negotiated with its
neighbors for peace, and during those negotiations, has traded land
in an attempt to achieve economic prosperity and peace; and
WHEREAS, Israel is recognized around the world as the strongest
democratically elected government in the Middle East, and the nation'
s democracy and relationship as an ally to the United States adds to
the security and strength of California; and
WHEREAS, In an effort to foster community understanding, peace,
tolerance, communications, and brotherhood, it is important to
understand the contributions that people of all cultures and
religions living in California have given California; and
WHEREAS, California's Legislature regularly takes positions on
world events and issues of importance to its citizens; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes both Israel's
right to exist as a nation, and to exist within safe and secure
borders; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature believes that Israel's borders
should be determined by the Government of Israel; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature urges Israel's neighbors to
recognize Israel's right to exist and negotiate for peace openly,
honestly, and with humanitarian concern for the people of the Middle
East and the world; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature urges all parties to the conflict
in Israel to negotiate a peace treaty that not only recognizes Israel'
s right to exist, but does so with safe and secure borders; and be it
further
Resolved, That the Legislature urges all California cities and
counties to establish beneficial relationships with Israel and its
peaceful neighbors, and that one of the ways to do so is to create a
sister city relationship with the Middle East's only democratically
elected government and those who support it; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President of the United States, to each
Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the
United States, the United Nations, the Prime Minister of the State of
Israel, and to the author for appropriate distribution.
