Bill Text: TX HCR102 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulating Benjamin Netanyahu on his reelection as prime minister of Israel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-06 - Referred to International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs [HCR102 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HCR102-Introduced.html
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| By: Riddle | H.C.R. No. 102 | |
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| WHEREAS, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud Party won the | ||
| recent parliamentary election in Israel on March 17, 2015, | ||
| empowering Mr. Netanyahu to form a new government and embark upon a | ||
| fourth term as prime minister of the "other Lone Star State"; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Tel Aviv in 1949, Mr. Netanyahu spent his | ||
| early years in Jerusalem, and twice during the 1950s and 1960s, he | ||
| lived with his family in a suburb of Philadelphia, where he | ||
| graduated from Cheltenham High School; and | ||
| WHEREAS, From 1967 to 1972, Mr. Netanyahu served in the | ||
| Israeli Defense Forces as a member of the elite special forces unit | ||
| Sayeret Matkal, taking part in a number of dangerous missions; in | ||
| 1972, he was one of the commandos who successfully retook a hijacked | ||
| plane at Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport, during which action he | ||
| received a gunshot wound to his shoulder; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Netanyahu returned to the United States in 1972 | ||
| to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but he | ||
| interrupted his studies for 40 days during the Yom Kippur War to | ||
| take part in special forces raids along the Suez Canal and to lead a | ||
| commando team deep into Syria; he then continued his education at | ||
| MIT, earning a bachelor's degree in architecture and a master's | ||
| degree in management; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1978, Mr. Netanyahu became head of an antiterror | ||
| institute in Israel named for his late brother, Yonatan, who died | ||
| while leading a special forces unit in rescuing hijacked Israeli | ||
| citizens in Entebbe, Uganda; he entered public service in 1982 as | ||
| deputy chief of mission at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., | ||
| and from 1984 to 1988, he served as the Israeli ambassador to the | ||
| United Nations; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Netanyahu joined the Likud Party in 1988 and | ||
| later that year won election to the Knesset, Israel's parliament; | ||
| he became the leader of Likud in 1993, and he first served as the | ||
| nation's prime minister from 1996 to 1999; after spending two years | ||
| in the private sector, he returned to public life, first as foreign | ||
| minister and then as finance minister under Ariel Sharon; by 2005, | ||
| he was once again the leader of Likud, and he became prime minister | ||
| again in 2009; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Netanyahu has been elected prime minister four | ||
| times, matching the record of David Ben-Gurion, the founder of | ||
| Israel, and he is the only prime minister to have won three | ||
| elections in a row; he is also the second-longest-serving prime | ||
| minister in Israel's history, after Ben-Gurion; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since he first took up arms in his nation's defense | ||
| in 1967, Benjamin Netanyahu has been for nearly half a century a | ||
| dynamic and passionate champion for the State of Israel, and his | ||
| confident and decisive leadership, and the strong bonds he has | ||
| forged with his friends and allies in the United States, have helped | ||
| to ensure Israel's prosperity and security; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby congratulate Benjamin Netanyahu on his reelection as prime | ||
| minister of Israel and extend to him sincere best wishes for the | ||
| future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Netanyahu as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
