WHEREAS, ON OCTOBER 7, 2023, THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS HAMAS LAUNCHED A BRUTAL, BARBARIC ASSAULT AND ATTACK ON THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND BROUGHT IMMENSE SUFFERING TO THE INNOCENT CIVILIANS OF ISRAEL AND THE REGION; AND

WHEREAS, THE ISRAELI PEOPLE HAVE AN INALIENABLE RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST ACTS OF TERRORISM; AND

WHEREAS, THE COMMONWEALTH MOURNS THE THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT VICTIMS OF HAMAS’S TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST ISRAEL, INCLUDING WOMEN, CHILDREN AND BABIES, AND IS GRAVELY CONCERNED FOR THE MANY INNOCENT CIVILIANS WHO HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED AND ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE; AND

WHEREAS, THE COMMONWEALTH HAS CONTINUOUSLY DEMONSTRATED AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING INNOCENT VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND CALLS FOR A SAFE RETURN OF THE ISRAELIS, AMERICANS AND OTHER NATIONALS WHO HAVE RECENTLY BEEN KIDNAPPED AND ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE; AND

WHEREAS, THE COMMONWEALTH MUST STRONGLY CONDEMN THESE HEINOUS TERRORIST ACTIONS BY HAMAS IN ISRAEL; AND

WHEREAS, THE COMMONWEALTH STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN ISRAEL, THE COMMONWEALTH AND AROUND THE WORLD; AND

WHEREAS, THE RECENT, SHARP RISE IN ANTISEMITISM, EXPRESSED OPENLY AND VIOLENTLY, REINFORCES THE NEED FOR OUR COLLECTIVE, CONTINUED EFFORTS TO STAND AGAINST HATRED AND BIGOTRY IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND ABROAD; NOW THEREFORE BE IT

RESOLVED, THAT THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE HEREBY CALLS ON THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE TO STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL IN THEIR TIME OF NEED, SUPPORT THE VICTIMS OF THE RECENT TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND WORK TOWARDS THE SAFE RETURN OF THOSE WHO ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT A COPY OF THESE RESOLUTIONS BE TRANSMITTED FORTHWITH BY THE CLERK OF THE SENATE TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR.

SUBMITTED BY:
SENATOR CREEM
COSPONSORS:
SENATOR RAUSCH
SENATOR FRIEDMAN
SENATOR LEWIS
SENATOR FINEGOLD
SENATOR PAYANO
SENATOR OLIVEIRA
SENATOR CRIGHTON
SENATOR TARR
SENATOR J. KENNEDY
SENATOR LOVELY
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SENATOR KEENAN
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SENATOR BARRETT
SENATOR BRADY
SENATOR MONTIGNY
SENATOR MOORE
SENATOR PACHECO
SENATOR RODRIGUES
SENATOR RUSH
SENATOR COLLINS
SENATOR O'CONNOR
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SENATOR DIDOMENICO
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SENATOR TIMILTY
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