Bill Text: TX SR464 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Expressing support for the democratic nation of Israel and condemning attacks against it by Palestinian militants.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-31 - Reported enrolled [SR464 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR464-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Lone Star State has always been a steadfast | ||
| supporter of the historic alliance between the United States and | ||
| the democratic nation of Israel; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In early May 2021, long-standing tensions in | ||
| Jerusalem boiled over, and clashes broke out at the Al-Aqsa | ||
| Mosque compound between Israeli police and Palestinian | ||
| protesters; the mayhem quickly escalated into the worst spate of | ||
| violence in the city since 2014, when the kidnapping and killing | ||
| of three Israeli teenagers by Hamas members led to a seven-week | ||
| conflict and scores of deaths in Israel; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Hamas, an Islamist militant group sworn to | ||
| Israel's destruction and designated as a terrorist group, began | ||
| firing long-range rockets from Gaza toward Jerusalem on May 10, | ||
| 2021; Israel responded by bombing targets in Gaza, and because | ||
| Hamas employs civilians as human shields, more than 200 | ||
| Palestinian lives were lost; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of 11 days, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, | ||
| and other militant groups launched more than 4,000 rockets at | ||
| Israel, killing 12 people, mostly civilians; Hamas fired at | ||
| nonmilitary targets, and the death toll would doubtless have been | ||
| much higher, but for the Iron Dome, Israel's short-range air | ||
| defense system, a tactical and technological marvel that has | ||
| received substantial support from the United States; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A cease-fire mediated by Egypt began at 7 p.m. EST | ||
| May 20, 2021, but the history of Israeli-Palestinian hostilities | ||
| is littered with agreements that have yet to resolve underlying | ||
| disputes; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Deeply committed to the preservation of | ||
| democracies around the world, Texas has ever been a staunch ally | ||
| of Israel and an opponent of its enemies and of terrorism; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
| Legislature, hereby express support for the democratic nation of | ||
| Israel and its right to defend itself and condemn the provocative | ||
| attacks against Israel by Palestinian militants. | ||
| Hughes, Perry | ||
| Seliger, Zaffirini | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 31, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
