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4 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
5 OF THE CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA,
6 DENOUNCING THE BOYCOTT DIVESTMENT AND
7 SANCTIONS MOVEMENT (BDS) AS AN ANTI-SEMITIC
8 ATTEMPT TO DELEGITIMIZE ISRAEL; AND PROVIDING
9 FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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12 WHEREAS, the City of Hallandale Beach seeks to promote an inclusive
13 environment; and
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15 WHEREAS, the “boycott, divestment and sanctions” (BDS) movement seeks the
16 "divestment" of university, municipal, church, union and other investment portfolios from
17 companies that advocates claim “aid Israel’s occupation”, as well as the “boycott” of Israeli
18 products, professionals, professional associations and academic institutions, and artistic
19 performances (in Israel and abroad); and
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21 WHEREAS, the campaign claims to be driven by a principled concern for
22 Palestinian human rights, but the idealistic message is arguably a smokescreen for a
23 nationalist agenda to abolish the State of Israel; and
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25 WHEREAS, some supporters of BDS may genuinely believe that these efforts will
26 encourage Israel to change policies with which they disagree. However, the predominant
27 drive of the BDS campaign and its leadership is not criticism of policies, but the
28 demonization and delegitimization of Israel; and
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30 WHEREAS, BDS campaigns promote a biased and simplistic approach to the
31 complex conflict, and present this dispute over territorial and nationalist claims as the fault
32 of only one party – Israel; and
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34 WHEREAS, the BDS campaign does not support Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts,
35 and rejects a two-state solution to the conflict. If successful, BDS would almost certainly
36 produce the expulsion of most Israeli Jews from their homeland and/or genocide of Jews
37 in Israel as demonstrated by many BDS supporters who chant “from the river to the sea,”
38 - a chant often used to call for the annihilation and obliteration of the Jewish people; and
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40 WHEREAS, the City recognizes the diaspora of 850,000 Jews expelled from
41 Muslim countries during the past six-decades; and
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43 WHEREAS, many of the founding goals of the BDS movement, including denying
44 the Jewish people the universal right of self-determination – along with many of the
45 strategies employed in BDS campaigns are anti-Semitic. Many individuals involved in BDS
46 campaigns are driven by opposition to Israel’s very existence as a Jewish state; and
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48 WHEREAS, the City of Hallandale Beach supports a two-state solution wherein
49 Israelis and Palestinians live side-by-side peacefully; and
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51 WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission wish to denounce the “Boycott,
52 Divestment, and Sanctions” (BDS) movement as an anti-Semitic attempt to delegitimize
53 Israel.
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55 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
56 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA:
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58 SECTION 1. Recitals Adopted. That each of the above recitals are hereby
59 adopted, confirmed, and incorporated herein.
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61 SECTION 2. The Mayor and City Commission hereby denounce the “Boycott,
62 Divestment, and Sanctions” (BDS) movement as an anti-Semitic attempt to delegitimize
63 Israel.
64 SECTION 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
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67 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ________________, 2019.
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72 JOY D. ADAMS
73 MAYOR
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79 ATTEST:
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83 JENORGEN GUILLEN, CMC
84 CITY CLERK
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89 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY AND
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94 JENNIFER MERINO
95 CITY ATTORNEY

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