Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AR19 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIO N 19
5	5	November 7, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives M URPHY, S. JOHNSON,
6	6	ARMSTRONG, BODDEN, BRANDTJEN, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, GOEBEN, GUNDRUM,
7	7	MAXEY, MICHALSKI, O'CONNOR, RETTINGER and SCHRAA. Referred to Committee
8	8	on Rules.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	Relating to: condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and
11	11	condemning the increasing incidents of anti-Semitism.
12	12	Whereas, the citizens of Wisconsin have a history of standing against bigotry,
13	13	oppression, discrimination, and injustice; and
14	14	Whereas, the State of Wisconsin and Israel have a long history of friendship and
15	15	are great allies in support of each other's interests; and
16	16	Whereas, the State of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, is the
17	17	greatest friend and ally of the United States in the Middle East; and
18	18	Whereas, Wisconsin is committed to increasing the ties and interactions in
19	19	business, government, the arts, culture, and education between the State of
20	20	Wisconsin and the State of Israel, further strengthening the historic ties between our
21	21	state and that country; and
22	22	Whereas, ties between Wisconsin's and Israel's academic, research, business,
23	23	and nonprofit communities are both robust and longstanding; and
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40	40	Whereas, the elected representatives of Wisconsin recognize the importance of
41	41	expressing their unabridged support for the Jewish people and the State of Israel's
42	42	right to exist and thrive, and their unabridged support for Israel's right of
43	43	self-defense; and
44	44	Whereas, there are increasing incidents of anti-Semitism around the world,
45	45	including across the United States and in Wisconsin, including the desecration of
46	46	Jewish religious sites; and
47	47	Whereas, the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement is
48	48	one of the main vehicles for legitimizing anti-Semitism on campus and advocating
49	49	for the elimination of the Jewish State; and
50	50	Whereas, anti-Israel activities and activities promoting the Boycott,
51	51	Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel are widespread in the State of
52	52	Wisconsin, including on several university campuses and in other Wisconsin
53	53	communities, and contribute to anti-Semitic and anti-Zionistic propaganda and
54	54	threats to both American and Israeli Jewish students, and result in deliberate
55	55	interference with the learning environment of all students; and
56	56	Whereas, the dramatic increase in Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
57	57	campaign activities on college campuses around the country has resulted in
58	58	increased animosity and intimidation against Jewish students, negatively
59	59	impacting student programming of vital importance to all American students related
60	60	to the State of Israel and politics in the Middle East; and
61	61	Whereas, leaders of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement say
62	62	their goal is to eliminate Israel as the home of the Jewish people, and signs and
63	63	messaging at anti-Israel rallies have adopted the Boycott, Divestment, and
64	64	Sanctions movement's theme slogan, “Palestine forever, Israel Never Ever," meaning
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92	92	that the State of Israel would cease to exist, falsely denying the Jewish people's and
93	93	Israel's historical connection to its ancient home in the Land of Israel, including the
94	94	present day State of Israel and Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria, which were the
95	95	heartland of the ancient nations of Israel and Judah; and
96	96	Whereas, Wisconsin's elected representatives who defend the inalienable right
97	97	to free speech understand that the goals and activities of Boycott, Divestment, and
98	98	Sanctions campaigns in Wisconsin are harmful to the state's relationships with
99	99	Wisconsin's Jewish citizens, with Wisconsin's non-Jewish citizens who support the
100	100	State of Israel and the Jewish people, and with the Jewish homeland, Israel, and
101	101	have a deleterious impact on the educational environment; and
102	102	Whereas, the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign's call for academic
103	103	boycotts has been condemned by many of our nation's largest academic associations,
104	104	over 250 university presidents, and many other leading scholars as a violation of the
105	105	bedrock principle of academic freedom; now therefore be it
106	106	Resolved by the assembly, That the members of the Assembly condemn the
107	107	international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and its activities in
108	108	Wisconsin for legitimizing anti-Semitism and for seeking to undermine the Jewish
109	109	people's right to self-determination, which they are fulfilling in the State of Israel;
110	110	and, be it further
111	111	Resolved, That the members of the Assembly condemn activities that
112	112	contribute directly or indirectly to the denial, violation, or delegitimization of any
113	113	people's academic freedom, including, but not limited to, promotion of academic
114	114	boycotts by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel; and,
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142	142	Resolved, That the members of the Assembly consider the international
143	143	Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and its agenda inherently
144	144	antithetical and deeply damaging to the causes of peace, justice, equality, democracy,
145	145	and human rights for all peoples in the Middle East and in the United States; and,
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147	147	Resolved, That the members of the Assembly reaffirm our support for the
148	148	State of Israel, recognize that the Jewish people are indigenous to the land of Israel,
149	149	condemn all attacks on the people of Israel, support Israel's right to engage in lawful
150	150	acts of self-defense, and oppose all attempts to deny the legitimacy of Israel as a
151	151	sovereign state; and, be it further
152	152	Resolved, That the members of the Assembly reaffirm our position that the
153	153	trustees, administrators, and educators at all levels in our universities in Wisconsin
154	154	must take an active stand against all anti-Semitic actions and intimidation taken
155	155	against Jewish students on their campuses, whereby all students may feel safe, and
156	156	be safe, from harm due to these pernicious activities; and, be it further
157	157	Resolved, That the members of the Assembly encourage and support the
158	158	exercise of free speech and civil debate, particularly on college campuses, and further
159	159	encourage university and college administrations to curb any impediments to free
160	160	speech and any abridgment of free speech on campus by any individuals or groups,
161	161	and urge them to take disciplinary action against all students, faculty, and
162	162	administrators who engage in actions that abridge free speech on campus in
163	163	violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and, be
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165	165	Resolved, That the Assembly Chief Clerk transmit authenticated copies of
166	166	this resolution to the President of the United States, the Speaker and Clerk of the
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194	194	U.S. House of Representatives, the President and Secretary of the U.S. Senate, the
195	195	Chancellor of Higher Education and each member of the Wisconsin Board of Regents,
196	196	the provosts and chairpersons of the boards of trustees of all Wisconsin public and
197	197	private colleges and universities, and the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., for
198	198	transmission to the proper authorities in the State of Israel.
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