ENROLLED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 291
BY REPRESENTATIVE HODGES
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate the State of Israel upon the occasion of the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the rebirth of the modern State of Israel, to recognize the
contributions of Israel to humankind, and to express support for the people of Israel
and the Jewish state.
WHEREAS, Israel was originally and historically granted her lands under and
through the oldest recorded deed, as provided in the Old Testament, a tome of scripture held
sacred and revered by Jews and Christians alike as presenting the acts and words of God; and
WHEREAS, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob promised in Genesis 12:3 to bless
those that bless Israel, through the promise He made to Abraham: "And I will bless them that
bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be
blessed"; and
WHEREAS, the internationally recognized legal basis for the establishment of the
modern State of Israel was a binding resolution under international law, which was
unanimously adopted by the League of Nations in 1922 and subsequently affirmed by both
houses of the United States Congress; and
WHEREAS, on May 14, 1948, the provisional government of Israel proclaimed the
rebirth of the State of Israel and on that same date the United States of America, via
President Harry S. Truman, recognized the provisional Jewish government as the de facto
authority of the Jewish State of Israel, thereby fulfilling the Biblical prophesy in Isaiah 66:8
that the nation would be (re)born in a single day; and
WHEREAS, Israel established a form of government based on the precepts of liberty,
justice, and peace taught by the Hebrew prophets upholding the full social and political
equality of all her citizens without distinction of race, creed, or sex, while guaranteeing full
freedom of conscience, worship, education, and culture; and
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WHEREAS, over the centuries the city of Jerusalem has come to symbolize the love
of the Jewish people for their ancient homeland and on June 7, 1967, the third day of the Six
Day War, soldiers of Israel's Defense Forces entered the old city of Jerusalem and reunited
the city, thereby making Jerusalem once again an integral part of the Jewish state; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana has a special connection to Judea and Samaria which were
also returned to Israel as a result of the Six Day War and many towns and cities across
Louisiana bear the names of Biblical cities throughout Judea and Samaria, such as Bethel,
Hebron, and Shiloh; and
WHEREAS, the modern State of Israel has contributed to the rest of the world
through significant and extraordinary developments in science, medicine, agriculture, and
technology; and
WHEREAS, this year marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the
modern State of Israel in the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend and congratulate the State of Israel upon the
seventy-fifth anniversary of the rebirth of the modern State of Israel, recognize the
contributions of Israel to humankind, and express support for the people of Israel and the
Jewish state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Consul General of the State of Israel to the Southwest in Houston, Texas, to the Embassy of
Israel to the United States in Washington, D.C. for transmission to the proper authorities in
the State of Israel, to the Louisiana Chapter of American Israel Public Affairs Committee,
and the Louisiana Chapter of Christians United for Israel.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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