Bill Text: TX HR10 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Reaffirming Texas' support for Israel and recognizing Israel's right to defend its citizens.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-09 - Reported enrolled [HR10 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR10-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Reaffirming Texas' support for Israel and recognizing Israel's right to defend its citizens.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-09 - Reported enrolled [HR10 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR10-Introduced.html
88S30538 TBO-F | ||
By: Goldman | H.R. No. 10 |
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WHEREAS, Hamas was founded with the stated goal of destroying | ||
the State of Israel and has been designated by the United States as | ||
a Foreign Terrorist Organization; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Hamas terrorist organization launched a brutal, | ||
highly organized, and unprecedented attack upon Israel and its | ||
citizens in the early morning hours of October 7, 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, In its attack, Hamas has killed hundreds of innocent | ||
civilians and taken hundreds of Israeli children, women, elderly, | ||
and infirm civilians hostage; and | ||
WHEREAS, In its attack, Hamas has fired thousands of rockets | ||
against Israeli population centers in an attempt to kill untold | ||
numbers of innocent civilians; and | ||
WHEREAS, The level of logistical sophistication demonstrated | ||
in this Hamas terrorism operation indicates its receipt of support | ||
and funding from foreign state sponsors of terror, namely Iran; and | ||
WHEREAS, The timing of this Hamas terrorism operation to | ||
coincide with the observance of the Jewish Sabbath and celebration | ||
of the Sukkoth holiday demonstrates the intent to maximize civilian | ||
casualties; and | ||
WHEREAS, Hamas continues to brazenly locate elements of its | ||
terrorist infrastructure in civilian population centers using | ||
civilians as human shields; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby | ||
1. Reaffirm its support and unwavering commitment to the | ||
welfare, security, and survival of the State of Israel; | ||
2. Recognize Israel's right to act decisively and | ||
unilaterally in self-defense to protect its citizens; | ||
3. Express its support for Israel's right to pursue without | ||
interference or condemnation the elimination of Hamas until Hamas | ||
is permanently neutralized and public safety is assured; | ||
4. Convey its most heartfelt condolences to all Israeli | ||
victims as well as their families and communities; | ||
5. Call upon Texas law enforcement to remain vigilant in | ||
protecting Israeli Americans, Jewish Americans, and all supporters | ||
of Israel from acts of crime and unlawful discrimination that tend | ||
to manifest at such times; | ||
6. Encourage all other American states to likewise condemn | ||
Hamas as well as any official body that refuses to recognize | ||
Israel's right to act decisively in self-defense to protect its | ||
citizens; and | ||
7. Call upon the United States to provide all assistance as | ||
may be required to support Israel in its defense against Hamas and | ||
all other terrorist organizations. |