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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 707 

Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and rejecting attempts to justify 

anti-Jewish hatred or violent attacks as an acceptable expression of 

disapproval or frustration over political events in the Middle East or 

elsewhere. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2014 

Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. ROSKAM, and Mrs. LOWEY) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and rejecting attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred or violent attacks 

as an acceptable expression of disapproval or frustration 

over political events in the Middle East or elsewhere. 

Whereas there is clear evidence of increasing incidents and 

expressions of anti-Semitism throughout the world; 

Whereas the United States Department of State released this 

week the International Religious Freedom Report for 

2013 and noted in the Executive Summary, ‘‘Throughout 

Europe, the historical stain of anti-Semitism continued to 

be a fact of life on Internet fora, in soccer stadiums, and 

through Nazi-like salutes, leading many individuals who 

are Jewish to conceal their religious identity.’’; 


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Whereas anti-Semitic acts committed and recorded in 2014 

around the world, including countries in the Middle East, 

Latin America, Europe, and North America, include incidents of murder at Jewish sites, violent attacks and 

death threats against Jews, as well as gun violence, 

arson, graffiti, anti-Semitic cartoons, and other property 

desecration at Jewish places of worship and communal 

activity; 

Whereas a survey by the Anti-Defamation League of attitudes towards Jews in more than 100 countries around 

the world, released in May 2014 found that over a quarter of the people surveyed (26 percent) hold anti-Semitic 

views, a stunning indicator of the stubborn resilience of 

anti-Semitic beliefs, even in countries where no Jews reside; 

Whereas anti-Semitic attitudes in the Middle East and North 

Africa (74 percent) far surpass those in any other region; 

Whereas the finding that 70 percent of those around the 

world who harbor anti-Semitic attitudes have never met 

a Jew shows how deeply embedded stereotypes of Jews 

that developed over centuries are in the consciousness of 

many countries and societies; 

Whereas the Anti-Defamation League survey also found that 

a majority of people surveyed overall have either not 

heard of the Holocaust or do not believe it happened as 

has been documented by factual accounts and recorded 

by history; 

Whereas this month Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban 

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ernment’s role in deporting over 400,000 Jews, most of 

whom died in Auschwitz; 

Whereas President Barack Obama said in his remarks at the 

USC Shoah Foundation Dinner on May 7, 2014, ‘‘. . . 

if the memories of the Shoah survivors teach us anything, 

it is that silence is evil’s greatest co-conspirator. And it’s 

up to us—each of us, every one of us—to forcefully condemn any denial of the Holocaust. It’s up to us to combat not only anti-Semitism, but racism and bigotry and 

intolerance in all their forms, here and around the world. 

It’s up to us to speak out against rhetoric that threatens 

the existence of a Jewish homeland and to sustain America’s unshakeable commitment to Israel’s security’’; 

Whereas in 2004, Congress passed the Global Anti-Semitism 

Review Act, which established an Office to Monitor and 

Combat Anti-Semitism, headed by a Special Envoy to 

Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism; 

Whereas the United States Government has consistently supported efforts to address the rise in anti-Semitism 

through its bilateral relationships and through engagement in international organizations such as the United 

Nations (UN), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the Organization of 

American States (OAS); 

Whereas during Israel’s July 2014 Operation Protective Edge 

aiming to stem the rocket fire and terrorist infiltrations 

by Hamas, Jews and Jewish institutions and property 

have been attacked in Europe and elsewhere, including 

attempts to invade a synagogue in Paris, fire-bombings 

of synagogues in France and Germany, assaults on Jewish individuals, and swastikas spray-painted in a heavily 


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Jewish area of London and also in Rome’s historic Jewish quarter; 

Whereas anti-Semitic imagery and comparisons of Jews and 

Israel to Nazis have been on display at demonstrations 

against Israel’s actions in Gaza around the United 

States, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, including— 

(1) placards held at many demonstrations across the 

globe comparing Israeli leaders to Nazis, accusing Israel 

of carrying out a ‘‘Holocaust’’ against Palestinians, and 

equating the Jewish Star of David with the Nazi swastika, and 

(2) demonstrations that have included chants of 

‘‘Death to Jews’’, ‘‘Death to Israel’’, or expressions of 

support for suicide terrorism against Israeli or Jewish civilians; 

Whereas Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 

continued anti-Israel incitement, including stating that 

Israel’s defense against Hamas rocket fire is ‘‘barbarism 

that surpasses Hitler’’, sparks unwarranted anger towards Jews and endangers the Turkish Jewish community and Jews around the world; 

Whereas the Governments in France, Germany, and Italy, 

the three countries where the majority of incidents have 

occurred, have strongly condemned anti-Semitism as unacceptable in European society, including French President Hollande and Prime Minister Valls, German Chancellor Merkel, and the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Italy collectively, have all made clear statements that such attacks on their Jewish communities are 

intolerable, and they have matched those words with 

strong law enforcement; 


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Whereas some civil society leaders have set strong examples, 

including the condemnation by the Union of Mosques of 

France, on behalf of their 500 mosques, called the attacks ‘‘morally unjust and unacceptable’’, and stated, 

‘‘nothing can justify any act that could harm our Jewish 

compatriots, their institutions or their places of worship’’ 

and, in Germany, the largest circulation paper, Bild, featured statements against anti-Semitism from politicians, 

business leaders, civic leaders, media personalities and celebrities with ‘‘Never Again Jew Hatred’’ on the front 

page; and 

Whereas Congress supports freedom of expression and the 

right to criticize any government or its policy and has 

played an essential role in shining a spotlight on the resurgence of anti-Semitism worldwide: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) unequivocally condemns all forms of anti3 Semitism and rejects attempts to justify anti-Jewish 

4 hatred or violent attacks as an acceptable expression 

5 of disapproval or frustration over political events in 

6 the Middle East or elsewhere; 

7 (2) decries and condemns the comparison of 

8 Israel to Nazis perpetrating a Holocaust or genocide 

9 as an insult to the memory of those who perished in 

10 the Holocaust and an affront to those who survived 

11 and their children and grandchildren, the righteous 

12 gentiles who saved Jewish lives at peril to their own 


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1 lives and to those who bravely fought to defeat the 

2 Nazis; 

3 (3) applauds those foreign leaders, especially in 

4 France, Italy, and Germany, who have condemned 

5 anti-Semitic acts and calls on those who have yet to 

6 take firm action against anti-Semitism in their coun7 tries, to do so; 

8 (4) reaffirms its support for the mandate of the 

9 United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat 

10 Anti-Semitism; 

11 (5) pledges to support and expand Holocaust 

12 educational programs at home and abroad to in13 crease awareness, counter prejudice, and enhance ef14 forts to teach the universal lessons of the Holocaust; 

15 and 

16 (6) urges the Secretary of State to— 

17 (A) maintain the fight against anti-Semi18 tism as a United States foreign policy priority 

19 and to convey United States concern in bilateral 

20 meetings; 

21 (B) ensure that the instruments of United 

22 States public diplomacy including President 

23 Barack Obama’s emissary to the Organization 

24 of the Islamic Conference pursue ways to adVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:19 Aug 01, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR707.IH HR707

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1 dress the issue of anti-Semitism where data 

2 show it is needed most; 

3 (C) ensure high-level United States partici4 pation in the 2014 Organization for Security 

5 and Cooperation in Europe high level event 

6 marking the 10th anniversary of the 2004 

7 OSCE Berlin Declaration against anti-Semi8 tism; 

9 (D) urge governments to ensure that ade10 quate laws are in place to punish anti-Semitic 

11 violence and hate crimes as well as establish 

12 mechanisms to monitor, investigate and punish 

13 perpetrators; 

14 (E) continue robust United States report15 ing on anti-Semitism as a human rights and re16 ligious freedom issue by the Department of 

17 State and the Special Envoy to Combat and 

18 Monitor Anti-Semitism; 

19 (F) provide necessary training and instruc20 tion for personnel posted in United States em21 bassies and missions to analyze and report on 

22 anti-Semitic incidents as well as the response of 

23 governments to those incidents and to hate 

24 crimes in general; 


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1 (G) ensure that United States efforts to 

2 train law enforcement personnel and prosecu3 tors abroad incorporate tools to address anti4 Semitism and other bias motivated incidents; 

5 (H) deepen engagement with the Organiza6 tion for Security and Cooperation in Europe 

7 and support its specialized efforts to monitor 

8 and address anti-Semitism, including through 

9 support for its law enforcement and civil society 

10 training programs; and 

11 (I) redouble his commitment to oppose all 

12 efforts to prevent any individual from freely ex13 ercising their religion without fear of prosecu14 tion or violence. 

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