Whereas the slogan from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free is an antisemitic call to arms with the goal of the eradication of the State of Israel, which is located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea; Whereas the slogan seeks to deny Jewish people the right to self-determination and calls for the removal of the Jewish people from their ancestral homeland; Whereas Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations and their sympathizers have used and continue to use this slogan as a rallying cry for action to destroy Israel and exterminate the Jewish people; Whereas this rallying cry can promote violence against the State of Israel and the Jewish community globally; Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas committed a barbaric and uncivilized slaughter against the Jewish people, killing 1,200 people; Whereas victims of this massacre included children, the elderly, Holocaust survivors, and women, who were murdered indiscriminately in their homes, communities, public spaces, and at a music festival; Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas reportedly beheaded dozens of babies, committed countless atrocities, and violently raped women; Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas recorded and broadcasted to the world mutilation, desecration, and public parading of bodies; Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas took over 240 hostages, including children, women, elderly Israelis, Americans, and other foreign nationals; Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered the highest number of Jewish people since the Holocaust; Whereas Hamas’ 2017 Charter states, Hamas rejects any alternative to the full and complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea. ; Whereas Hamas’ 2017 Charter states, There shall be no recognition of the legitimacy of the Zionist entity. ; Whereas Hamas’ 2017 Charter states, Resistance and jihad for the liberation of Palestine will remain a legitimate right. ; Whereas this slogan is used by the same people who utter death to America and death to Israel