Full Text of HR1121 95th General Assembly
HR1121 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Consul General of Israel in Chicago, Barukh | 3 |
| Binah, and his wife, Shulamit Binah, are leaving to return to | 4 |
| Israel after serving as Consul General to the Midwest; | 5 |
| together, they are returning to Israel for Mr. Binah's new | 6 |
| position as Deputy Director General (designate) for North | 7 |
| American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and
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| WHEREAS, Barukh Binah has been a member of Israel's Foreign | 9 |
| Service since 1979; he has held various positions in diplomacy, | 10 |
| research, policy planning, and media relations; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1985, he was appointed Israel's Spokesman and | 12 |
| Press Officer in New York; in 1992, he was assigned to | 13 |
| Washington, D.C., as Counselor for Congressional Affairs at the | 14 |
| Embassy of Israel; he later became the Embassy's | 15 |
| Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs; and
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| WHEREAS, In Jerusalem, Barukh Binah served as the Spokesman | 17 |
| of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director of the Press | 18 |
| Department (1991-1992); between 1999 and 2001, he served as | 19 |
| Director of the Second North American Affairs Department; he | 20 |
| also held a variety of research and policy planning positions, | 21 |
| including Comptroller of Research Quality; from 2001 - 2005, he | 22 |
| served as the Head of the International Affairs Bureau in the |
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| Center for Political Research of the Foreign Ministry; and
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| WHEREAS, Barukh Binah holds degrees, with honors, from the | 3 |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Haifa University; In | 4 |
| 1998 he graduated from Israel's National Defense College, where | 5 |
| he wrote his dissertation, Israel and the American Jewish | 6 |
| Community: a Brotherhood in Distress ; he has served as the | 7 |
| Secretary of the Israel Oriental Society and contributed to | 8 |
| literary periodicals; and
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| WHEREAS, His wife, Shulamit Binah, is an expert in Middle | 10 |
| Eastern affairs and has filled a variety of evaluation and | 11 |
| analysis positions in Israel's Foreign Ministry, IDF, and | 12 |
| National Police; she is a graduate of the Haifa University in | 13 |
| Israel (Middle Eastern History); she earned her Masters degree | 14 |
| from the City University of New York-Graduate Center; she has | 15 |
| served in Israel's Mission to the United Nations and at the | 16 |
| Embassy in Washington, D.C.; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| congratulate Barukh Binah for his years of service in the State | 20 |
| of Illinois and as he and his wife return to Israel and wish | 21 |
| them both the best in their future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Mr. Barukh Binah and his wife, Shulamit Binah, as | 2 |
| a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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