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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Around the world, incidents of anti-Semitism are |
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increasing, and Israel and its supporters are deeply concerned |
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about the role played by the international Boycott, Divestment, and |
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Sanctions movement as a vehicle for spreading anti-Semitism and |
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advocating the elimination of the Jewish state; and |
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WHEREAS, The dramatic increase in BDS campaign activities on |
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college campuses around the country has resulted in increased |
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animosity, and it negatively impacts student programming related to |
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Israel and politics in the Middle East; in Texas, such campaigns are |
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harmful to the state's relationship with Israel and its Jewish |
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citizens, and they have a deleterious impact on the learning |
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environment; and |
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WHEREAS, Many of the largest academic associations in the |
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United States have condemned the BDS campaign's call for academic |
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boycotts; moreover, a host of university presidents and leading |
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scholars have spoken out against such boycotts as violations of the |
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bedrock principle of academic freedom; and |
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WHEREAS, The United States has consistently reaffirmed the |
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Jewish people's right to self-determination, as well as the right |
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of Israel to engage in lawful acts of self-defense, and by failing |
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to recognize those rights, the international BDS movement is |
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seeking to undermine our nation's endeavors in behalf of peace, |
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justice, and human rights; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby condemn anti-Semitism in all its forms and |
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express its opposition to the international Boycott, Divestment, |
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and Sanctions movement; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the chief clerk forward official copies of |
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this resolution to the president of the United States, to the |
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president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |