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2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 291
BY REPRESENTATIVE HODGES
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the State of Israel on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the
rebirth of the modern State of Israel
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend and congratulate the State of Israel upon the occasion of the seventy-fifth
3 anniversary of the rebirth of the modern State of Israel, to recognize the
4 contributions of Israel to humankind, and to express support for the people of Israel
5 and the Jewish state.
6 WHEREAS, Israel was originally and historically granted her lands under and
7through the oldest recorded deed, as provided in the Old Testament, a tome of scripture held
8sacred and revered by Jews and Christians alike as presenting the acts and words of God; and
9 WHEREAS, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob promised in Genesis 12:3 to bless
10those that bless Israel, through the promise He made to Abraham: "And I will bless them that
11bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be
12blessed"; and
13 WHEREAS, the internationally recognized legal basis for the establishment of the
14modern State of Israel was a binding resolution under international law, which was
15unanimously adopted by the League of Nations in 1922 and subsequently affirmed by both
16houses of the United States Congress; and
17 WHEREAS, on May 14, 1948, the provisional government of Israel proclaimed the
18rebirth of the State of Israel and on that same date the United States of America, via
19President Harry S. Truman, recognized the provisional Jewish government as the de facto
20authority of the Jewish State of Israel, thereby fulfilling the Biblical prophesy in Isaiah 66:8
21that the nation would be (re)born in a single day; and
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1 WHEREAS, Israel established a form of government based on the precepts of liberty,
2justice, and peace taught by the Hebrew prophets upholding the full social and political
3equality of all her citizens without distinction of race, creed, or sex, while guaranteeing full
4freedom of conscience, worship, education, and culture; and
5 WHEREAS, over the centuries the city of Jerusalem has come to symbolize the love
6of the Jewish people for their ancient homeland and on June 7, 1967, the third day of the Six
7Day War, soldiers of Israel's Defense Forces entered the old city of Jerusalem and reunited
8the city, thereby making Jerusalem once again an integral part of the Jewish state; and
9 WHEREAS, Louisiana has a special connection to Judea and Samaria which were
10also returned to Israel as a result of the Six Day War and many towns and cities across
11Louisiana bear the names of Biblical cities throughout Judea and Samaria, such as Bethel,
12Hebron, and Shiloh; and
13 WHEREAS, the modern State of Israel has contributed to the rest of the world
14through significant and extraordinary developments in science, medicine, agriculture, and
15technology; and
16 WHEREAS, this year marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the
17modern State of Israel in the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people.
18 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
19Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend and congratulate the State of Israel upon the
20seventy-fifth anniversary of the rebirth of the modern State of Israel, recognize the
21contributions of Israel to humankind, and express support for the people of Israel and the
22Jewish state.
23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
24Consul General of the State of Israel to the Southwest in Houston, Texas, to the Embassy of
25Israel to the United States in Washington, D.C. for transmission to the proper authorities in
26the State of Israel, to the Louisiana Chapter of American Israel Public Affairs Committee,
27and the Louisiana Chapter of Christians United for Israel.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 291 Original 2023 Regular Session Hodges
Commends and congratulates the State of Israel on the 75th anniversary of the rebirth of the
modern State of Israel, recognizes the contributions of Israel to humankind, and expresses
support for the people of Israel and the Jewish state.
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