Sanders Orders Flags to Half-Staff to Mourn the Lives Lost in the Tragic Attack on Israel One Year Ago

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME - GREETINGS:

WHEREAS: On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, targeting defenseless families in their homes, killing 1,200 innocent Israelis, and taking 230 hostages, including children and babies;

WHEREAS: This was the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust, and in the year since, Israel has fought to bring the hostages home and eliminate the terrorists who orchestrated this attack;

WHEREAS: This week, Iran launched a missile attack against Israel, emphasizing that this conflict is far from over;

WHEREAS: Alongside the ongoing attacks against Israel, there has been a shocking rise in antisemitism and pro-Hamas protests in the United States. These activists deny Israel's fundamental right to defend itself in this war between good and evil;

WHEREAS: Israel is right, and the terrorists are wrong;

WHEREAS: Arkansas stands with Israel, prays for Israel, and supports Israel as they fight to defeat the terrorists and bring the hostages home.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, acting under the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Arkansas, do hereby order that the United States flag and the state flag of Arkansas be flown at half-staff throughout the State from sunrise to sunset on Monday, October 7, 2024, one year after the tragic attack, in memory of the lives lost in Israel.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas to be affixed this 4th day of October, in the year of our Lord 2024.