IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 588 
Condemning the slogan ‘‘Globalize the Intifada’’ as a call to violence against 
Israeli and Jewish people across the world and urging United States 
national, State, and local leaders to condemn it as such. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2025 
Mr. YAKYM (for himself, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. 
VAN DREW, Mr. MOORE of North Carolina, Mr. EVANS of Colorado, Mr. 
FINE, Mr. HARRIGAN, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. WILSON of South Caro-
lina, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. NEHLS, and Mr. HARRIS of Maryland) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the slogan ‘‘Globalize the Intifada’’ as a call 
to violence against Israeli and Jewish people across the 
world and urging United States national, State, and 
local leaders to condemn it as such. 
Whereas the Arabic word ‘‘intifada’’ means ‘‘uprising’’ or 
‘‘shaking off’’; 
Whereas ‘‘Intifada’’ is commonly used to describe two periods 
of violent terrorism launched against Israel and Israeli 
citizens, with the First Intifada from 1987 to 1990 and 
the Second Intifada from 2000 to 2005; 
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•HRES 588 IH 
Whereas the First Intifada and Second Intifada killed thou-
sands of Israelis in terrorist attacks that included suicide 
bombings, shootings, stabbings, and other violence in pas-
senger buses, restaurants, nightclubs, and other civilian 
areas; 
Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas committed a barbaric 
terror attack on Israel and the Israeli people, killing and 
torturing civilians indiscriminately in their homes, as well 
as at a music festival and other civilian areas; 
Whereas, in the wake of the October 7, 2023 massacre, 
scores of pro-Hamas protests broke out worldwide, in-
cluding in American cities and college campuses; 
Whereas many of these protests have prominently featured 
calls to ‘‘Globalize the Intifada’’; 
Whereas the Anti-Defamation League characterizes the slo-
gan ‘‘Globalize the Intifada’’ as ‘‘generally understood as 
a call for indiscriminate violence against Israel, and po-
tentially against Jews and Jewish institutions world-
wide’’; 
Whereas the American Jewish Committee characterizes the 
slogan ‘‘Globalize the Intifada’’ as ‘‘often understood by 
those saying and hearing it as encouraging violence 
against Israelis, Jews, and institutions supporting 
Israel’’; 
Whereas, in 2024, the Anti-Defamation League found 9,354 
antisemitic incidents in the United States, which rep-
resents ‘‘a 344-percent increase over the past five years 
and an 893-percent increase over the past ten years’’; 
Whereas the American Jewish Committee defines anti-Zion-
ism as a form of antisemitism ‘‘when Jews are verbally 
or physically harassed or Jewish institutions and houses 
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•HRES 588 IH 
of worship are vandalized in response to actions of the 
State of Israel’’; 
Whereas, on April 13, 2025, an individual set multiple fires 
at the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence while Governor 
Josh Shapiro and his family were inside following a Pass-
over Seder; 
Whereas the suspect admitted intent to cause harm motivated 
by hostility toward the Governor’s support for Israel and 
now faces charges including attempted murder, terrorism, 
and arson; 
Whereas, on May 21, 2025, two staff members at the Israeli 
Embassy, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 
were fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum in 
Washington, DC; 
Whereas in announcing charges against the alleged perpe-
trator, the Department of Justice called this a ‘‘targeted, 
antisemitic attack’’; 
Whereas, on June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado, an 
antisemitic terrorist attack on a peaceful gathering sup-
porting the return of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza re-
sulted in the death of 82-year-old Karen Diamond and 
injuries to 12 others; 
Whereas charging documents indicate the alleged perpetrator 
targeted the peaceful gathering due to its connection to 
Israel, calling the organizers a ‘‘Zionist Group’’ and say-
ing that he wanted to ‘‘kill all the Zionist people’’; 
Whereas the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 
called it ‘‘outrageous’’ to link the slogan ‘‘Globalize the 
Intifada’’ with the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; and 
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