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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 942 

Honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy, murdered as a 

victim of a hate crime for his Palestinian Muslim identity, in the State 

of Illinois, United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 19, 2023 

Mrs. RAMIREZ (for herself, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and 

Ms. JACOBS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy, 

murdered as a victim of a hate crime for his Palestinian 

Muslim identity, in the State of Illinois, United States. 

Whereas Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian MuslimAmerican boy, was loved by his family and friends as an 

energetic, loving, and joyous light who brought sunshine 

to his loved ones and classmates; 

Whereas, on October 16, 2023, at 11:30 a.m., Wadee 

Alfayoumi was brutally stabbed 26 times by a hate-driven 

perpetrator and tragically succumbed to his injuries; 

Whereas Wadee Alfayoumi’s perpetrator has been indicted for 

a hate crime by the Will County, Illinois, grand jury, as 

there is evidence the perpetrator yelled during the brutal 


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killing, ‘‘All Muslims should die’’ and has been observed 

to be a consumer of media containing dehumanizing and 

hateful rhetoric that was anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian; 

Whereas Wadee Alfayoumi’s family wanted the United States 

to be his home and to provide Wadee a life of safety 

away from dehumanizing and hateful rhetoric toward 

Palestinian people, and it is a tragedy that the same dehumanization Wadee’s family sought to escape abroad 

contributed to the loss of his life in the United States; 

Whereas no one should be a target of hate because of their 

ethnicity or religion, expressed verbally or through how 

one dresses including, but not limited to, the wearing of 

a hijab, keffiyeh, turban, mitpahat, tichel, shpitzel, 

sheitel, kippah, and yarmulke; 

Whereas dehumanizing misinformation and disinformation 

fuels sentiments of hate that result in violence against 

those who belong or who are perceived to belong to a certain ethnic or religious group; 

Whereas the Palestinian community’s migration to the 

United States dates back to the late 19th century; 

Whereas the United States is home to one of the largest Palestinian diasporas in the world that is made up of lawyers, doctors, teachers, business owners, law enforcement, 

and others, all who contribute to the history, arts, commerce, promise, and character of this great Nation; 

Whereas Wadee Alfayoumi shared a heritage, history, love, 

culture, tradition, and brilliance belonging to the Palestinian people and was a symbol of another great Palestinian life full of promise; 


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Whereas Palestinian children, Israeli children, United States 

children, and all children across the globe deserve to live 

in peace and be free from discrimination, hate crimes, 

and violence; and 

Whereas the Israel-Hamas war has had a devastating impact 

on children, at one point the war resulting in a child 

dying every 10 minutes, according to the World Health 

Organization: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That House of Representatives recognizes 

2 that— 

3 (1) the United States lost the beautiful light of 

4 Wadee Alfayoumi because of hate; 

5 (2) it is the duty of elected officials and media 

6 to tell the truth without dehumanizing rhetoric when 

7 informing the public of factual information; 

8 (3) freedom of speech and peaceful protest are 

9 constitutionally protected and a fundamental corner10 stone of democracy; and 

11 (4) the United States has zero tolerance for 

12 hate crimes, Islamophobia, antisemitism, and anti13 Palestinian and anti-Arab discrimination. 

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