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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 496

Condemning the terrorist attack on the Delegation of Argentine Israeli Associations on July 18, 1994, the terrorist attack on a Panamanian commuter plane on July 20, 1994, and the terrorist bombings near the

Israeli embassy and a building housing Israeli and Jewish organizations

in London on July 26, 1994.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 28, 1994

Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr.

MFUME, Mr. SERRANO, and Mr. BEREUTER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

RESOLUTION

Condemning the terrorist attack on the Delegation of Argentine Israeli Associations on July 18, 1994, the terrorist

attack on a Panamanian commuter plane on July 20,

1994, and the terrorist bombings near the Israeli embassy and a building housing Israeli and Jewish organizations in London on July 26, 1994.

Whereas the bombing of the Delegation of Argentine Israeli

Associations on July 18, 1994, is the deadliest attack on

Jews in the Western Hemisphere to date, and the worst

attack on Jews outside Israel since World War II;
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Whereas the attack on the Delegation of Argentine Israeli

Associations was directed at the center of Jewish life in

Argentina;

Whereas the intimidation of the innocent continues through

bomb threats against the hospital that is caring for the

victims of the attack;

Whereas, on July 20, 1994, in another savage terrorist attack, a Panamanian commuter plane was blown up, killing 21 persons, 12 of whom were Jewish;

Whereas the same Lebanon-based group, calling itself the

‘‘Partisans of God’’, took responsibility for both diabolical

acts;

Whereas, on July 26, 1994, a bomb, apparently planted by

terrorists, exploded near the Israeli embassy in London,

injuring 14 persons;

Whereas on the same day a second bomb exploded in the

north of London outside a building housing Israeli and

Jewish organizations, injuring 5 persons;

Whereas terrorism, neo-Nazi activities, and anti-Semitic activity throughout the world continue to escalate, and the

safety and security of Jewish people throughout the

world is a matter of serious concern;

Whereas the kind of vicious hatred that motivated these attacks is still prevalent in many countries throughout the

world, including the United States;

Whereas some fanatics are apparently so opposed to the Middle East peace process that they are willing to murder innocent people to sabotage it; and

Whereas terrorism must be condemned in the strongest terms

whenever and wherever it occurs: Now, therefore, be it
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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

2 (1) extends it condolences to the families and

3 friends who lost loved ones in the bombing of the

4 Delegation of Argentine Israeli Associations on July

5 18, 1994, and the Panamanian commuter plane on

6 July 20, 1994;

7 (2) condemns these inhuman and unforgivable

8 terrorist attacks on innocent people, and calls for

9 worldwide cooperation in bringing the perpetrators

10 of this crime against humanity to justice;

11 (3) expresses support for the Jewish commu12 nities in Argentina, Panama, and the United King13 dom, and their efforts to attain safety and security

14 in their own countries;

15 (4) urges the governments and the people of

16 Argentina, Panama, and the United Kingdom, to

17 continue to work to stamp out the scourge of anti18 Semitism and neo-Nazism; and

19 (5) condemns anti-Semitism, neo-Nazi activi20 ties, and terrorism wherever they occur, and urges

21 the international community to do the same.

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