IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 99 
Honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy, murdered 
as a victim of a hate crime for his Palestinian-Muslim identity, in 
the State of Illinois. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2024 
Mrs. RAMIREZ (for herself, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. FOS-
TER, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. BUSH, Mr. AMO, and Mr. CAR-
SON) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian-Amer-
ican boy, murdered as a victim of a hate crime for 
his Palestinian-Muslim identity, in the State of Illinois. 
Whereas Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian-Muslim- 
American 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 14, 2023, at 11:30 a.m., Wadee 
Alfayoumi was brutally stabbed 26 times by a hate-driven 
perpetrator and tragically succumbed to his injuries; 
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Whereas Wadee Alfayoumi’s perpetrator has been indicted for 
a hate crime by the Will County, Illinois, grand jury, and 
the Department of Justice has opened a hate crimes in-
vestigation into the events leading to Wadee Alfayoumi’s 
death, as there is evidence the perpetrator yelled during 
the brutal killing, ‘‘All Muslims must die and your people 
must die’’ and has been observed to be a consumer of 
media containing dehumanizing and hateful rhetoric that 
is anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian; 
Whereas Wadee Alfayoumi was born and raised in the United 
States, and his family wanted the United States to pro-
vide them a life of safety away from dehumanizing and 
hateful rhetoric toward Palestinian people; 
Whereas no one should be a target of hate because of their 
ethnicity or religion, whether such ethnicity or religion is 
expressed verbally or through how one dresses, such as 
through the wearing of a hijab, keffiyeh, turban, 
mitpahat, tichel, shpitzel, sheitel, kippah, or yarmulke; 
Whereas dehumanizing misinformation and disinformation 
fuel sentiments of hate that result in violence against 
those who belong or who are perceived to belong to a cer-
tain 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 Pal-
estinian diasporas in the world that is made up of law-
yers, doctors, teachers, business owners, law enforcement, 
and others, all who contribute to the history, arts, com-
merce, promise, and character of the United States; 
Whereas Wadee Alfayoumi shared a heritage, history, love, 
culture, tradition, and brilliance belonging to the Pales-
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tinian people and was a symbol of another great Pales-
tinian life full of promise; 
Whereas Palestinian children, Israeli children, children in the 
United States, and those all across the globe deserve to 
live in peace and be free from discrimination, hate 
crimes, and violence; and 
Whereas the recent Israel-Gaza conflict has had a particu-
larly devastating impact on children in the region, includ-
ing at one point resulting in a Palestinian child dying 
every 10 minutes, according to the World Health Organi-
zation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress recognizes that— 
(1) the United States lost the beautiful light of 
Wadee Alfayoumi because of hate; 
(2) it is the duty of elected officials and media 
to tell the truth without dehumanizing rhetoric when 
informing the public of factual information; 
(3) freedom of speech and peaceful protest are 
constitutionally protected and a fundamental corner-
stone of democracy; and 
(4) the United States has zero tolerance for 
hate crimes, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and anti- 
Palestinian and anti-Arab discrimination. 
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