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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 418 

Condemning Hamas and antisemitic student activities on college campuses 

in the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 19, 2023 

Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Mr. 

BUDD) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning Hamas and antisemitic student activities on 

college campuses in the United States. 

Whereas, on October 7, 2023, the terrorist organization 

Hamas invaded Israel, massacred at least 1,400 Israeli 

civilians, wounded more than 3,700 civilians, and took 

unarmed civilians as hostages; 

Whereas at least 30 United States citizens have been killed, 

and at least 13 United States citizens are still missing; 

Whereas Hamas has perpetrated barbaric atrocities, including 

the targeted killing, rape, and mutilation of civilian men, 

women, and children, including infants; 

Whereas, in the wake of such horrific attacks, students at 

universities in the United States have praised and justified the actions of Hamas, expressed solidarity with the 


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terrorists, and vocally supported the atrocities of Hamas, 

including the murder of children; 

Whereas students at Harvard University wrote that they 

‘‘hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence’’; 

Whereas the President of the Student Bar Association of 

New York University School of Law wrote ‘‘to express, 

first and foremost, my unwavering and absolute solidarity 

with Palestinians in their resistance against oppression 

toward liberation and self-determination. Israel bears full 

responsibility for this tremendous loss of life’’; 

Whereas students at the Ohio State University praised ‘‘our 

heroic resistance in Gaza who have shown the world yet 

again that the spirit of the Palestinian people cannot and 

will not be trampled, and that our resistance to Zionism 

and Western imperialism remains strong’’; 

Whereas the University of North Carolina chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine claimed ‘‘it is our moral obligation to be in solidarity with the dispossessed, no matter the pathway to liberation they choose to take. This 

includes violence’’; 

Whereas the New York University chapter of Students for 

Justice in Palestine rejected ‘‘peaceful discourse’’ and instead claimed ‘‘there is no peace in a colonized people living under occupation, subjugation, and apartheid’’; 

Whereas the University of Virginia chapter of Students for 

Justice in Palestine declared that the mass murder of civilians was ‘‘an unprecedented feat for the 21st century’’ 

and ‘‘a step towards a free Palestine’’; 


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Whereas Columbia University was forced to close its campus 

to the public after an Israeli student was violently assaulted; 

Whereas students across the country have organized protests 

and vigils in solidarity with Hamas, praising the actions 

of the terrorist organization and chanting antisemitic slogans; and 

Whereas the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

has warned of increased threats in the United States by 

actors inspired by Hamas: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) fully and completely condemns the out3 rageous terrorist attacks by Hamas on the people of 

4 Israel, which resulted in the mass murder of civil5 ians, including babies; 

6 (2) denounces the rhetoric of anti-Israel, pro7 Hamas student groups as antisemitic, repugnant, 

8 and morally contemptible for sympathizing with gen9 ocidal violence against the State of Israel and risk10 ing the physical safety of Jewish Americans in the 

11 United States; 

12 (3) acknowledges that Israel has the right to 

13 exist and defend itself; 

14 (4) emphasizes that Jewish Americans have the 

15 right to safety and security in the United States; 

16 and 


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1 (5) encourages the United States Government 

2 to fully and completely support Israel and its right 

3 to exist and defend itself. 

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