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agogue walls, and stole a computer database with the 
congregation’s personal information, and an incident on 
February 26, 2009, when assailants threw an explosive at 
a Jewish community center in Caracas; 
Whereas, on January 6, 2009, Hamas leader, Mahmoud al- 
Zahar, argued that Jewish children and Jewish people 
around the world are ‘‘legitimate’’ targets for murder; 
Whereas Iran’s leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denied 
that the Holocaust ever occurred and has called Israel a 
‘‘filthy bacteria’’ and a ‘‘disgraceful blot’’ that should be 
‘‘wiped off the map’’; 
Whereas, on February 24, 2009, Libya’s leader, Muammar 
Gaddafi, falsely accused Israel of being among the coun-
tries fueling the violence in Darfur’s Sudan region; 
Whereas, on January 13, 2009, President Nicolas Sarkozy of 
France ‘‘utterly condemned the unacceptable violence 
. . . against individuals, private property, and religious 
buildings’’ and assured ‘‘that these acts would not go 
unpunished’’; 
Whereas, on January 28, 2009, Argentine Justice and Secu-
rity Minister Anibal Fernandez pledged to take action 
against anti-Semitism in Argentina; 
Whereas the Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin an-
nounced on January 14, 2009, that he would investigate 
allegations of anti-Semitism and incitement to hatred and 
violence at anti-Israel demonstrations; and 
Whereas, on February 25, 2009, Prime Minister Gordon 
Brown became the first world leader to sign the London 
Declaration on combating anti-Semitism, which calls on 
governments and parliamentarians to engage in edu-
cation, community outreach, training, threat identifica-
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tion, and other measures and adopt proven and best 
practice methods of countering antisemitism: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns any and all official and unofficial 
sanctioning of anti-Semitic activity by any govern-
ment; 
(2) expresses its commitment to continue to 
make it a priority to fight anti-Semitism and to pro-
mote tolerance at home and abroad; 
(3) urges all governments to take all steps nec-
essary to eradicate anti-Semitism and to promote re-
ligious tolerance; 
(4) applauds those foreign leaders who have 
condemned anti-Semitic acts and calls on those who 
have yet to take firm action against anti-Semitism 
in their countries, to do so; 
(5) reaffirms its support for the mandate of the 
Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semi-
tism; and 
(6) urges the Secretary of State to— 
(A) maintain the fight against anti-Semi-
tism as a United States foreign policy priority 
and to convey United States concern in bilateral 
meetings; 
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(B) urge governments to ensure that ade-
quate laws are in place to punish anti-Semitic 
violence as well as establish mechanisms to 
monitor, investigate, and punish anti-Semitic 
incidents; 
(C) swiftly appoint the Department of 
State’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat 
Anti-Semitism; 
(D) ensure that the Department of State’s 
Annual Country Reports on Human Rights 
Practices and International Religious Freedom 
Reports continue to document anti-Semitic inci-
dents, as required by the Global Anti-Semitism 
Review Act, including— 
(i) acts of physical violence against, or 
harassment of, Jewish people, and acts of 
violence against, or vandalism of, Jewish 
community institutions, such as schools, 
synagogues, or cemeteries, that occurred in 
each country; 
(ii) the responses of the governments 
of those countries to such actions; 
(iii) the actions taken by such govern-
ments to enact and enforce laws relating to 
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the protection of the right to religious free-
dom of Jewish people; 
(iv) the efforts by such governments 
to promote anti-bias and tolerance edu-
cation; and 
(v) instances of propaganda in govern-
ment and nongovernment media that at-
tempt to justify or promote racial hatred 
or incite acts of violence against Jewish 
people; 
(E) provide necessary training and instruc-
tion for personnel of United States embassies 
and missions to analyze and report on anti-Se-
mitic incidents as well as the response of gov-
ernments to those incidents and to support vic-
tims; 
(F) ensure that United States efforts to 
train law enforcement personnel and prosecu-
tors abroad incorporate tools to address anti- 
Semitism; and 
(G) engage with the Organization for Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe and support its 
efforts to monitor and address anti-Semitism, 
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including through support for its law enforce-
ment and civil society training programs. 
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