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resolution relating to the end of apartheid and support for the people of Palestine and Israel in the resolution of conflict Whereas, the cultural, historical, and ancestral connection to native lands is an indispensable component of the human experience, and Whereas, the region of Asia known since the 16th century as “the Levant” has been subject to colonization and oppression for millennia, with all peoples within this region enduring generations of war, imperialism, and slavery, and Whereas, the partitioning of Palestine following the expiration of the British colonial mandate and the subsequent development of the two-state model has operated as a platform for proxy conflict between foreign powers, which has caused all occupants of the territory to endure violence and loss, and Whereas, on September 16, 2025, the United Nations Human Rights Council’s “Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel” published a legal analysis of the conduct of the State of Israel in Gaza and concluded that Israeli authorities had committed acts violating Article II, subsections (a), (b), and (c) of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and that Israeli security forces have genocidal intent to destroy, in whole or in part, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and Whereas, the people of Palestine have been subjected to famine, denial of medical care, and other humanitarian crises, and Whereas, it is essential that our broader human community commit itself to liberty, peace, fellowship, charity, justice, care for the marginalized, human rights, and international law, and Whereas, the State of Vermont has traditionally committed to trauma- informed approaches to issue resolution, and Whereas, the State of Vermont has historically opposed all forms of apartheid and has taken action to divest itself from apartheid states, including the enactment of 1986 Acts and Resolves No. 246, which removed State investments and deposits in South Africa, and Whereas, all of the cultures, nations, and peoples of the Levant have made invaluable contributions to the well-being, prosperity, and enlightenment of humanity at large, and the stakes of continuing conflict and apartheid are an issue of global concern, now therefore be it

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Brian Cina (D)*,  Esme Cole (D),  Troy Headrick (D),  Kate Logan (D),  Jubilee McGill (D),  Chloe Tomlinson (D), 

Read first time, treated as a bill, and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs (on 02/04/2026)

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