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Senate
Resolution 129
By:
Senators Schaefer of the 50th, Balfour of the 9th, Pearson of the 51st, Thomas
of the 54th, Cagle of the 49th and others
ADOPTED
SENATE
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
national support for the State of Israel and declaring the support of the State
of Georgia; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the Jewish people have had over 4,000 years of continuity in their ancestral
homeland and have been subjected to unspeakable horrors of terror by others
throughout their history; and
WHEREAS,
the Holocaust of the Nazi terror regime, when over six million Jewish people
were killed only because of their beliefs, gave need for a state for safe haven
for Jews; and
WHEREAS,
for more than five decades since the legal establishment of the State of Israel,
its people have been subjected to continual terrorist activities and wars by its
neighbors; and
WHEREAS,
it is the moral right and duty for any legally established nation to protect its
people and its existence as Israel has done and continues to do;
and
WHEREAS,
Palestinian organizations are engaging in an organized, systematic, and
deliberate campaign of terror aimed at inflicting as many casualties as possible
on the Israeli population, including through the use of suicide terrorist
attacks; and
WHEREAS,
even though in 1967 all of the West Bank, half of Jerusalem, and all of the
cities contained in the lands thereof were under the complete control of the
Arabs, the Arabs, without provocation, still attacked Israel with the stated
purpose being the complete and total elimination of the State of Israel;
and
WHEREAS,
the actions of the Palestinian leadership intentionally target civilians of
Israel to be killed, which is the definition of terrorism, thus making all those
who pursue these actions terrorists; and
WHEREAS,
the actions of the State of Israel have been only to hunt down and bring to
justice the terrorists and those who support and harbor terrorism in order to
protect the citizens of the State of Israel which is the first duty of any
sovereign, peaceful state in the world; and
WHEREAS,
Israel has consistently pursued these goals with the stated goal of not harming
innocent civilians in any way, therefore making their actions legally defensive
rather than terrorist; and
WHEREAS,
Israel is doing nothing more than the United States' actions to hunt down and
bring to justice the terrorists and the terrorist organizations involved in the
terrorist acts against innocent civilians in New York, Washington, and
Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001; and
WHEREAS,
the people of Georgia, along with all Americans, grieve the senseless loss of
innocent lives due to such infamous acts of terror and evil throughout our
world; and
WHEREAS,
the State of Georgia claims many of her native men and women serving in combat
in the war against terror at this time; and
WHEREAS,
the State of Georgia stands to be recognized as being of unequivocal support for
the State of Israel in its dire need to maintain its existence as a country and
a democracy at this time.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body support
the State of Israel and its relentless battle against terrorism and for all
people suffering at the hands of terrorism and realize that animosity stems
against Israel for being representative of western democratic values and urge
President George W. Bush and the governors of all of the states of the United
States of America to remain steadfast in support of the State of Israel and for
all who battle and are victims of senseless acts of evil and all forms of
terrorism at this critical time, not only as a continuing act of justice, but
also as a continuing and integral statement of principles for which we, as
Americans and Georgians, are now actively waging war.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the President of the
United States, the Georgia delegation to the United States Congress, the
governors of all of the states of the United States of America, and to the
Israeli embassy in Washington, D. C., for transmission to all of the proper
authorities in the State of Israel.