# Jason Rapert Former Arkansas State Senator (Republican, served 2011-2023). Founder of the National Association of Christian Lawmakers (NACL), with which he uses the email address [email protected]. He is named in Stacy Peterson's 10/3/2024 email and in Milligan's 10/7/2024 Capitol Rotunda speech as the convener of an October 7 anniversary press conference at the Arkansas State Capitol Rotunda announcing support for Israel. Per Milligan's 10/7/2024 Capitol Rotunda speech text (drafted by Peterson and approved by Milligan), Rapert is the legislator Milligan connected to "an Israeli development corporation" in 2015-2016 that resulted in Act 644 of 2017 — the Arkansas legislation authorizing state Israel Bonds investments. The speech text from Milligan's voice: "Prior to being elected as State Auditor, I served as Treasurer of State for 8 years. Soon after I took that office back in 2015, I was approached by an Israeli development corporation about the potential of bringing legislation to Arkansas that would allow the state to invest in bonds from Israel. I connected the developers with Sen. Rapert, and through that connection Act 644 was born. It was enacted in 2017, and during my tenure we purchased some $85 million in bonds supporting Israel." This is Milligan's own public account of the Act 644 legislative provenance. ## October 7, 2024 Capitol Rotunda press conference Rapert organized the 10/7/2024 Capitol Rotunda event marking the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks. The press conference brought "Christian and Jewish leaders" together at the Arkansas State Capitol Rotunda. Milligan delivered remarks Peterson drafted. The event was institutionally branded as the "National Association of Christian Lawmakers" press conference per Peterson's 10/7/2024 3:54 PM email to the Israeli Embassy: "Today, with the National Association of Christian Lawmakers, Christian and Jewish leaders came together for a press conference announcing unwavering support for Israel and our Jewish friends in America." Rapert received an advance copy of the Auditor's solidarity letter to Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog on 10/3/2024 (Peterson to Rapert, "Support for Israel Letter from Auditor Milligan"). Peterson's closing — "We look forward to seeing you on Monday" — confirms Rapert and Peterson had advance coordination on the Monday 10/7 event. ## Documented relationship to the Israel Bonds adoption pattern Rapert is connected to the Israel Bonds investment-policy track on two distinct vectors. First, as the 2017 sponsor of Act 644 that legalized Arkansas state Israel Bonds purchases (per Milligan's own attribution; the legislative record itself is a follow-up reference target). Second, as the convener of the 10/7/2024 Christian solidarity press conference that Peterson designed for Milligan's first formal public-facing Israel-support event in the period leading up to Brady's 10/23/2024 pension Israel Bonds outreach. The seed list in the project schema schema describes Rapert as a person who "chairs Christian outreach for Israel Bonds." This batch does not directly document a formal DCI affiliation for Rapert, but the documented operational pattern (NACL-convened press conference where the Arkansas Auditor publicly recommitted to Israel Bonds investment, in coordination with DCI through Peterson's same-day 10/7 outreach to Berman) is consistent with that characterization. The legislative trail of Act 644 of 2017 and its predecessor or related Arkansas Israel Bonds enabling laws is a priority follow-up reference target. ## Evidence > "I connected the developers with Sen. Rapert, and through that connection Act 644 was born. It was enacted in 2017, and during my tenure we purchased some $85 million in bonds supporting Israel." > Milligan 10/7/2024 Capitol Rotunda speech text (Peterson draft 12/17/2024 distribution; the 10/4/2024 Milligan-approval draft said $95 million), israel.pdf p.1 > "Thank you to former Senator Jason Rapert for putting this event together and asking me to come say a few words." > Milligan 10/7/2024 Capitol Rotunda speech opening, Israel Speech for Monday.pdf p.1 > "Mr. Rapert, Attached is a copy of the letter that Auditor Milligan mailed to Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog today. We look forward to seeing you on Monday." > Stacy Peterson to Jason Rapert ([email protected]; BCC: Auditor Dennis Milligan), Support for Israel Letter from Auditor Milligan.pdf p.1, 10/3/2024 > "Today, with the National Association of Christian Lawmakers, Christian and Jewish leaders came together for a press conference announcing unwavering support for Israel and our Jewish friends in America." > Stacy Peterson to Israeli Embassy [email protected], Solidarity with Israel.pdf p.1, 10/7/2024 3:54 PM ## Cross-References [[dennis-milligan]] state Auditor who publicly credited Rapert with sponsoring Act 644 [[stacy-peterson]] Auditor's-office Director of Communications who coordinated the 10/7/2024 event with Rapert [[national-association-of-christian-lawmakers]] Rapert's organization [[michael-herzog]] Israeli Ambassador recipient of the Auditor's solidarity letter Rapert coordinated [[october-2024-israel-solidarity-operation]] concept page on the Auditor's-office solidarity campaign Rapert co-convened [[auditor-as-dci-channel]] DCI channel concept relevant to the Act 644 legislative origin Rapert is named with [[auditor-foia-r2-stacy-peterson]] source page