Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HCR112 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R16005 KSM-F
2	2	By: Zedler H.C.R. No. 112
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5	5	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	6	WHEREAS, The State of Israel, the only democracy in the
7	7	Middle East, is a great friend and ally of the United States of
8	8	America, and Texas and Israel have a long history of friendship in
9	9	support of each other's interests; and
10	10	WHEREAS, Texas has signed multiple cooperative agreements
11	11	with Israel that have increased our connections and interactions in
12	12	the areas of business, government, art, culture, and education, and
13	13	elected Texas officials have been making mission trips to Israel
14	14	since 2003; and
15	15	WHEREAS, Despite previously expressed support from the Lone
16	16	Star State, there have been increasing incidents of anti-Semitism
17	17	around the world and in Texas, and the international Boycott,
18	18	Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is one of the main
19	19	vehicles for spreading anti-Semitism and for advocating the
20	20	elimination of the Jewish state; and
21	21	WHEREAS, The preponderance of anti-Israel activities and the
22	22	promotion of the BDS movement, in Texas communities in general and
23	23	on university campuses specifically, have resulted in threats
24	24	against Jewish students and have deliberately interfered with the
25	25	learning environment of all students, particularly in the negative
26	26	impact of these activities on student programming related to the
27	27	State of Israel and politics in the Middle East; and
28	28	WHEREAS, The call of the BDS campaign for academic boycotts
29	29	has been condemned as a violation of the bedrock principle of
30	30	academic freedom by many of our nation's largest academic
31	31	associations, hundreds of university presidents, and a number of
32	32	other leading scholars; and
33	33	WHEREAS, Elected representatives of Texas defend the
34	34	inalienable right to free speech and understand that the goals and
35	35	activities of BDS campaigns in Texas are harmful to the state's
36	36	relationships with its Jewish citizens and with Israel and have a
37	37	deleterious impact on the educational environment; now, therefore,
38	38	be it
39	39	RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas
40	40	hereby condemn the international Boycott, Divestment, and
41	41	Sanctions movement and its activities to spread anti-Semitism in
42	42	Texas; and, be it further
43	43	RESOLVED, That activities that contribute, directly or
44	44	indirectly, to the denial, violation, or delegitimization of any
45	45	people's academic freedom, including, but not limited to, promotion
46	46	of academic boycotts by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
47	47	movement against Israel, be denounced; and, be it further
48	48	RESOLVED, That the international Boycott, Divestment, and
49	49	Sanctions movement and its agenda be considered inherently
50	50	antithetical and deeply damaging to the causes of peace, justice,
51	51	equality, democracy, and human rights for all peoples in the Middle
52	52	East; and, be it further
53	53	RESOLVED, That support for the State of Israel be reaffirmed
54	54	and that the Jewish people be recognized as indigenous to the land
55	55	of Israel and that they be supported in their right to engage in
56	56	lawful acts of self-defense.