IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 364 
Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirming the support of Con-
gress for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat 
Anti-Semitism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2009 
Mr. KLEIN of Florida (for himself, Mr. PENCE, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. MCMAHON, 
Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
KIRK, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. ELLISON, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. HOLT, Mr. GRAY-
SON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. HALL of New York, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. POE of 
Texas, Mr. LANCE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. WOLF, and 
Mr. ROHRABACHER) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirming the 
support of Congress for the mandate of the Special 
Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, and for 
other purposes. 
Whereas in 2004, Congress passed the Global Anti-Semitism 
Review Act, which established an Office to Monitor and 
Combat Anti-Semitism, headed by a Special Envoy to 
Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, which provides Con-
gress with the Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism Re-
port, most recently in 2004 and 2008; 
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Whereas according to the Contemporary Global Anti-Semi-
tism Report released by the Department of State’s Office 
of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semi-
tism, ‘‘[o]ver the last decade, United States embassies 
and consulates have reported an upsurge in anti-Semi-
tism’’; 
Whereas anti-Semitic acts committed and recorded in 2008 
and 2009 include violent attacks and death threats 
against Jews, as well as gun violence, arson, graffiti, 
stoning, and other desecration of Jewish communal prop-
erty and places of worship; 
Whereas the U.S. Department of State and other foreign gov-
ernments and multilateral institutions have noted the 
challenge of gathering data on anti-Semitism, particularly 
in more closed societies with limited victims’ rights; 
Whereas the 2008 Department of State Contemporary Global 
Anti-Semitism Report notes the growth of comparisons of 
Israeli policy to that of the Nazis and that, despite grow-
ing efforts by governments to promote Holocaust remem-
brance, the Holocaust is frequently invoked as part of 
anti-Semitic harassment as a rhetorical means to threat-
en and offend Jews; 
Whereas since the commencement of Israel’s military oper-
ation in Gaza on December 27, 2008, a substantial in-
crease in violence, including physical and verbal attacks, 
arson and vandalism against synagogues, and desecration 
of cemeteries and Holocaust memorial sites have been re-
ported; 
Whereas interspersed with expressions of criticism of Israeli 
policy and actions, anti-Semitic imagery and comparisons 
of Jews and Israel to Nazis have been widespread at 
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demonstrations against Israel’s action around the United 
States, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America; 
Whereas placards held at many demonstrations across the 
globe have compared Israeli leaders to Nazis, accused 
Israel of carrying out a ‘‘Holocaust’’ against Palestinians, 
and equated the Jewish Star of David with the Nazi 
swastika; 
Whereas demonstrations have included chants of ‘‘death to 
Israel’’ or expressions of support for suicide terrorism 
against Israeli or Jewish civilians; 
Whereas Jewish communities face an environment in which 
the convergence of anti-Semitic sentiment and demoniza-
tion of Israel in the media and the public debate have 
fostered a hostile environment and a sense of insecurity 
in these countries; 
Whereas incitement to hatred, discrimination, and violence 
against Jews continues in some state-run media, particu-
larly in the Middle East, where government-owned, gov-
ernment-sanctioned, or government-controlled publishing 
media promulgate anti-Jewish stereotypes, such as the 
myth of the Jewish blood libels in editorial cartoons and 
articles, and produce Arabic translations of anti-Semitic 
tracts such as ‘‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’’ and 
‘‘Mein Kampf’’; 
Whereas some governments fail to respond adequately to 
anti-Semitic incidents including attacks on Jewish citi-
zens, monuments, building, and cemeteries; 
Whereas the latest incidents in Venezuela include an incident 
on January 30, 2009, when the Tiferet Israel synagogue 
in Caracas was attacked by armed men who destroyed re-
ligious objects, spray-painted ‘‘Jews, get out’’ on the syn-
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