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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 837 

Reaffirming the need for transatlantic cooperation to combat anti-Semitism 

in Europe. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2020 

Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. DEUTCH, and Mr. SIRES) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Reaffirming the need for transatlantic cooperation to combat 

anti-Semitism in Europe. 

Whereas anti-Semitism in Europe is widespread and increasing according to many studies, including those conducted 

by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 

the Pew Research Center, and media outlets; 

Whereas 89 percent of Jews living in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom 

feel anti-Semitism has increased over the past decade; 

Whereas 85 percent of European Jews consider anti-Semitism to be the biggest social or political problem in their 

country; 


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Whereas 28 percent of European Jews experienced anti-Semitic harassment at least once during the last year; 

Whereas 34 percent of European Jews avoid visiting Jewish 

events or sites because they do not feel safe; 

Whereas 79 percent of European Jews have said they do not 

report anti-Semitic incidents, with 48 percent giving the 

reason that ‘‘nothing would have changed had they done 

so’’; 

Whereas Congress passed the Combating European AntiSemitism Act in 2018 to require increased Department 

of State reporting on the scope and severity of anti-Semitism in Europe; 

Whereas many European governments and the European 

Union have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of anti-Semitism; 

Whereas 38 percent of European Jews have considered emigrating because they did not feel safe as Jews in Europe; 

Whereas one-third of 7,000 Europeans surveyed said they 

knew just a little or nothing at all about the Holocaust; 

and 

Whereas the global rise in anti-Semitism should be cause for 

serious concern on both sides of the Atlantic: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) reaffirms the strong transatlantic alliance 

3 between the United States and Europe and our long 

4 history of addressing shared challenges; 


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1 (2) recognizes the need for the United States 

2 and Europe to work together to combat anti-Semi3 tism; 

4 (3) calls on all European governments to take 

5 all necessary measures to ensure the safety and se6 curity of Jewish communities; 

7 (4) recognizes the European Commission and 

8 the Organization for Security and Cooperation in 

9 Europe have taken action to increase education and 

10 inclusion and to criminalize anti-Semitic crimes and 

11 Holocaust denial; 

12 (5) encourages European leaders to provide ro13 bust political leadership to reassure Jewish commu14 nities and to speak out against manifestations of 

15 anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance across 

16 the political spectrum; 

17 (6) encourages European governments to en18 sure that school curricula include education about 

19 the Holocaust, modern-day anti-Semitism, and inclu20 sive antibias training, and to mandate hate crime 

21 prevention and response training into law enforce22 ment education; and 

23 (7) calls for increased cooperation and partner24 ship to address the scourge of anti-Semitism. 

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