Bill Text: NY J00785 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulating the State of Israel upon the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of its Independence

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-21)

Status: (Passed) 2023-04-25 - ADOPTED [J00785 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-J00785-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 785

BY: Senator MAYER

        CONGRATULATING   the  State  of  Israel  upon  the
        occasion of the 75th Anniversary of its independence
        and  reaffirming  the  bonds   of   friendship   and
        cooperation between the State of New York and Israel

  WHEREAS,  May 9, 2023, marks the 75th Anniversary of the founding of
the modern State of Israel in the ancestral home of the  Jewish  people;
and

  WHEREAS,  On  November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly
voted to partition the British Mandate of Palestine,  and  through  that
vote, to create the State of Israel; and

  WHEREAS, Israel was officially declared an independent nation on May
14,  1948,  and  the modern State of Israel was born out of the ashes of
the Holocaust and World War II where the death of six million  Jews  did
not  eliminate  the will of a people to seek dignity in life and a place
of respect and recognition; and

  WHEREAS, In its 75 years of  statehood,  Israel  has  established  a
modern  parliamentary  democracy,  which  has been preserved through the
vigilance  of  its  people  and  their  strong  cultural  commitment  to
democratic norms; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate  the  State  of  Israel  upon  the  occasion  of  the  75th
Anniversary  of its independence and reaffirming the bonds of friendship
and cooperation between the State of New York and  Israel,  as  well  as
commitment to peace in the region, dignity for Israel, its neighbors and
throughout the world.