Bill Text: PA HR7 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging the support of the Congress of the United States for the State of Israel in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2009-03-11 - Adopted [HR7 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR7-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 6
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 7 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BOYLE, FRANKEL, SHAPIRO, BUXTON, JOSEPHS, McGEEHAN, CONKLIN, M. O'BRIEN, RAPP, BOYD, GIBBONS, SAYLOR, ROCK, TRUE, DePASQUALE, KAUFFMAN, SCHRODER, SCAVELLO, READSHAW, GERBER, METZGAR, HORNAMAN, PAYTON, KORTZ, SIPTROTH, FLECK, GOODMAN, BISHOP, PETRI, DRUCKER, REICHLEY, STERN, MUNDY, FREEMAN, DENLINGER, COHEN AND CASORIO, JANUARY 26, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, JANUARY 26, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Urging the support of the Congress of the United States for the
State of Israel in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
in the Gaza Strip.
WHEREAS, The State of Israel and the ruling party of Gaza,
Hamas, held a six-month truce that ended on December 19, 2008;
and
WHEREAS, The people of Israel have endured rocket attacks and
other forms of terror from Hamas; and
WHEREAS, Rocket and mortar attacks from Hamas and Palestinian
militants have attacked cities in southern Israel, such as
Beersheba and Ashdod; and
WHEREAS, The State of Israel has a right to defend itself and
its people; and
WHEREAS, The State of Israel has been a strong and steady
ally of the United States and is the strongest democratic state
in the Middle East; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Congress of the United
States to support the people and government of the State of
Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
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