| 1 | 1 | | 84R27451 BPG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Davis of Harris H.R. No. 2505 |
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| 5 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Around the world, incidents of anti-Semitism are |
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| 7 | 7 | | increasing, and Israel and its supporters are deeply concerned |
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| 8 | 8 | | about the role played by the international Boycott, Divestment, and |
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| 9 | 9 | | Sanctions movement as a vehicle for spreading anti-Semitism and |
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| 10 | 10 | | advocating the elimination of the Jewish state; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, The dramatic increase in BDS campaign activities on |
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| 12 | 12 | | college campuses around the country has resulted in increased |
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| 13 | 13 | | animosity, and it negatively impacts student programming related to |
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| 14 | 14 | | Israel and politics in the Middle East; in Texas, such campaigns are |
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| 15 | 15 | | harmful to the state's relationship with Israel and its Jewish |
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| 16 | 16 | | citizens, and they have a deleterious impact on the learning |
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| 17 | 17 | | environment; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Many of the largest academic associations in the |
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| 19 | 19 | | United States have condemned the BDS campaign's call for academic |
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| 20 | 20 | | boycotts; moreover, a host of university presidents and leading |
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| 21 | 21 | | scholars have spoken out against such boycotts as violations of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | bedrock principle of academic freedom; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, The United States has consistently reaffirmed the |
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| 24 | 24 | | Jewish people's right to self-determination, as well as the right |
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| 25 | 25 | | of Israel to engage in lawful acts of self-defense, and by failing |
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| 26 | 26 | | to recognize those rights, the international BDS movement is |
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| 27 | 27 | | seeking to undermine our nation's endeavors in behalf of peace, |
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| 28 | 28 | | justice, and human rights; now, therefore, be it |
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| 29 | 29 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 30 | 30 | | Legislature hereby condemn anti-Semitism in all its forms and |
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| 31 | 31 | | express its opposition to the international Boycott, Divestment, |
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| 32 | 32 | | and Sanctions movement; and, be it further |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the chief clerk forward official copies of |
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| 34 | 34 | | this resolution to the president of the United States, to the |
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| 35 | 35 | | president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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| 36 | 36 | | Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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| 37 | 37 | | members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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| 38 | 38 | | this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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| 39 | 39 | | memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |
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