[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 888 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 888

           Reaffirming the State of Israel's right to exist.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2023

 Mr. Lawler (for himself, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Salazar, Ms. 
   Malliotakis, Mr. Waltz, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Kustoff, Mrs. Kim of 
  California, and Mr. Gottheimer) submitted the following resolution; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
           Reaffirming the State of Israel's right to exist.

Whereas the Jewish people are native to the Land of Israel;
Whereas throughout history and across the reign of multiple kingdoms, the Jewish 
        people were persecuted and expelled from the Land of Israel, forced to 
        live as minority diaspora communities in other lands;
Whereas Jewish diaspora communities were historically violently persecuted in, 
        and in some cases expelled from, other countries throughout the Middle 
        East, Europe, Africa, and Asia due to their religion;
Whereas the Nazis attempted to annihilate the entire Jewish population of Europe 
        during the Holocaust, murdering 6,000,000 Jews during this time;
Whereas this genocide provided new urgency to re-establish a Jewish homeland for 
        the Jewish people following the Holocaust, where they would not be a 
        vulnerable minority, where they could freely practice their faith, and 
        where something like the Holocaust could never happen again;
Whereas the modern State of Israel was established on May 14, 1948;
Whereas even after the establishment of the State of Israel, other countries and 
        terrorist entities continued to attack Israel, reject its right to 
        exist, and call for its destruction; and
Whereas Israel is the only Jewish State, and therefore, despite persistent 
        external threats, the existence of Israel provides Jews a place to live 
        free from persecution and discrimination: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) reaffirms the State of Israel's right to exist;
            (2) recognizes that denying Israel's right to exist is a 
        form of antisemitism;
            (3) rejects calls for Israel's destruction and the 
        elimination of the only Jewish State; and
            (4) condemns the Hamas-led terrorist attack on Israel.
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