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GA HR2054
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/27/2012
Primary Sponsor
Stacey Abrams
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution commending the State of Israel and recognizing the special friendship between Georgia and Israel, including their efforts to promote economic and commercial partnerships.
- Notes that the U.S. established full diplomatic relations with Israel upon its founding on May 14, 1948, and that 2012 marks 64 years since Israel's reestablishment as a sovereign state.
- Highlights the Georgia-Israel partnership formalized in December 1992, when Governor Zell Miller and Consul General Alon Liel signed a Memorandum of Understanding, and the establishment of a Southeastern Region American-Israel Chamber of Commerce in March 1992.
- References additional trade ties, including the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade, and Tourism establishing a Middle East Trade Office in Israel in June 1996 and Governor Roy Barnes leading a technology and trade mission to Israel in June 2000.
- Declares Georgia's "unequivocal support" for Israel's continued existence as a country and democracy, describing Israel as a pluralistic democratic system and "what is right about the Middle East."
Legislative Description
State of Israel; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/27/2012
Full Bill Text
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