Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIO N 20
5	5	November 7, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives MURPHY, S. JOHNSON, BODDEN,
6	6	BRANDTJEN, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, GUNDRUM, MICHALSKI, O'CONNOR, RETTINGER
7	7	and SCHRAA. Referred to Committee on Rules.
8	8	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
9	9	Relating to: recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
10	10	Whereas, approximately 33,000 Wisconsin residents are of the Jewish faith;
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12	12	Whereas, archaeological digs have uncovered Jewish heritage inside
13	13	Jerusalem and across the land of Israel dating back to at least 3,000 years ago; and
14	14	Whereas, the government of Israel retained sovereign control over the entire
15	15	city of Jerusalem on June 7, 1967; and
16	16	Whereas, from 1948 to 1967, Jerusalem was a divided city, and Israeli citizens
17	17	of all faiths as well as Jewish citizens of all states were denied access to holy sites
18	18	in the area controlled by Jordan; and
19	19	Whereas, since 1967, Jerusalem has been a united city administered by Israel,
20	20	and persons of all religious faiths have been guaranteed full access to holy sites
21	21	within the city; and
22	22	Whereas, Jerusalem is the residence of the Knesset, the Supreme Court of
23	23	Israel, the prime minister of Israel, the National Bank, and other federal
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41	41	government buildings, and recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel
42	42	would provide for efficacy of diplomacy; and
43	43	Whereas, each sovereign nation under international law and custom may
44	44	designate its own capital, and the United States maintains its embassy in the
45	45	functioning capital of every country except in the case of our democratic friend and
46	46	strategic ally, the State of Israel; and
47	47	Whereas, on October 24, 1995, the 104th United States Congress passed the
48	48	bipartisan Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which was overwhelmingly adopted by
49	49	the Senate (93-5) and the House of Representatives (374-37), and which recognized
50	50	Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and ordered the relocation of the U.S. embassy to
51	51	Jerusalem by no later than May 31, 1999; and
52	52	Whereas, on June 5, 2017, Senate Resolution 167, relating to the recognition
53	53	of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the relocation of the U.S. embassy to
54	54	Jerusalem, passed by a unanimous 90-0 vote; and
55	55	Whereas, on December 6, 2017, the president of the United States officially
56	56	recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel; now, therefore, be it
57	57	Resolved by the assembly, That the Wisconsin State Assembly, in adopting
58	58	this resolution, honors this auspicious occasion and formally recognizes the city of
59	59	Jerusalem as the official capital of the State of Israel; and, be it further
60	60	Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk transmit authenticated copies of this
61	61	resolution to the news media of Wisconsin, to the president of the United States, to
62	62	the Speaker and the clerk of the United States House of Representatives, to the
63	63	president and the secretary of the United States Senate, to the chancellor of the
64	64	University of Wisconsin–Madison and each of the members of the Board of Regents,
65	65	to the provosts and chairpersons of the boards of trustees of all Wisconsin public and
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93	93	private colleges and universities, and to the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.,
94	94	for transmission to the proper authorities in the State of Israel.
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