Tennessee passes anti-BDS law: WHEREAS, the State of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, is the greatest friend and ally of the United States in the Middle East.
WHEREAS, the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement is one of the main vehicles for spreading anti-Semitism and advocating the elimination of the Jewish State.
WHEREAS, leaders of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement say their goal is to eliminate Israel as the home of the Jewish people.
WHEREAS, signs and messaging at anti-Israel rallies in Tennessee have adopted the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions slogan, “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free,” meaning there would be no Israel between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, that the State of Israel would cease to exist.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the members of the General Assembly consider the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and its agenda inherently antithetical and deeply damaging to the causes of peace, justice, equality, democracy, and human rights for all peoples in the Middle East.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the members of the General Assembly reaffirm their support for the State of Israel, recognize that the Jewish people are indigenous to the land of Israel, condemn all attacks on the people of Israel, support Israel’s right to engage in lawful acts of self-defense, and oppose all attempts to deny the legitimacy of Israel as a sovereign state.
https://www.capitol.tn.gov/bills/109/Bill/SJR0170.PDF
WHEREAS, the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement is one of the main vehicles for spreading anti-Semitism and advocating the elimination of the Jewish State.
WHEREAS, leaders of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement say their goal is to eliminate Israel as the home of the Jewish people.
WHEREAS, signs and messaging at anti-Israel rallies in Tennessee have adopted the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions slogan, “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free,” meaning there would be no Israel between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, that the State of Israel would cease to exist.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the members of the General Assembly consider the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and its agenda inherently antithetical and deeply damaging to the causes of peace, justice, equality, democracy, and human rights for all peoples in the Middle East.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the members of the General Assembly reaffirm their support for the State of Israel, recognize that the Jewish people are indigenous to the land of Israel, condemn all attacks on the people of Israel, support Israel’s right to engage in lawful acts of self-defense, and oppose all attempts to deny the legitimacy of Israel as a sovereign state.
https://www.capitol.tn.gov/bills/109/Bill/SJR0170.PDF