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Whereas France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark 
have witnessed numerous physical and verbal attacks di-
rected against individuals of the Jewish faith and have 
experienced acts of vandalism against Jewish institutions; 
Whereas, since the second Intifada began, one-third of the 
total anti-Semitic attacks committed worldwide have 
taken place in France; 
Whereas, according to an Anti-Defamation League survey, al-
most two-thirds of Europeans believe ‘‘that the recent 
outbreak of violence against Jews in Europe is a result 
of anti-Israel sentiment and not traditional anti-Semitic 
or anti-Jewish feelings’’; 
Whereas in Belgium in particular, since the beginning of the 
‘‘al-Aqsa Intifada’’ in the autumn of 2000, the number 
of violent actions against Jews and Jewish institutions 
has increased, with the suspected perpetrators mainly 
from Muslim and Arab communities; 
Whereas on December 5, 2001, the Chief Rabbi of Brussels, 
Albert Gigi, was physically assaulted by a group of 
youths in Brussels; 
Whereas in August 2003 in Denmark, the widely circulated 
newspaper Jytland Posten carried a radical Islamist’s 
offer of a reward of $35,000 for the murder of prominent 
Jews; 
Whereas more than 50 years after the horrors of the Holo-
caust, anti-Semitism has again become a disease spread-
ing throughout the world; 
Whereas these murderous and one-sided approaches are not 
directed at finding a fair and balanced solution to the 
Israeli-Palestinian conflict and are also assaults not only
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on Jews, but also on what Israel represents, which is 
democratic values, modern society, and the West; 
Whereas on April 28, 2004, the Organization for Security 
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), comprised of coun-
tries from Europe, Central Asia, and North America, 
convened a conference in Berlin focusing on the problem 
of anti-Semitism, including sessions on the roles of gov-
ernments, civil society, education, and media in com-
bating prejudice and in promoting tolerance; 
Whereas this was the second OSCE conference on anti-Semi-
tism intended to draw high-level attention to the problem 
of anti-Semitism in Europe and focusing on practical 
measures that can be taken by the OSCE and nongovern-
mental organizations to combat anti-Semitism and pro-
mote tolerance; 
Whereas clause 3 of the summary statement at the OSCE 
Conference on Anti-Semitism stipulated that the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict should not be allowed to serve as a 
cover for the expression of anti-Semitic positions and 
opinions; 
Whereas at that conference, Secretary of State Colin Powell 
stated that ‘‘[w]e are appalled that in recent years the 
incidence of anti-Semitic hate crimes has been on the in-
crease within our community of democratic nations . . . 
[a]ll of us recognize that we must take decisive measures 
to reverse this disturbing trend,’’ adding that ‘‘our states 
must work together with non-governmental organizations, 
religious leaders and other respected figures within our 
societies to combat anti-Semitism by word and deed . . . 
[w]e need to work in close partnership to create a culture 
of social tolerance and civic courage, in which anti-Semi-
tism and other forms of racial and religious hatred are
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met with the active resistance of our citizens, authorities 
and political leaders’’; 
Whereas as a prelude to this anti-Semitism conference, EU 
countries, in coordination with the United States, worked 
to reaffirm anti-Semitism as a form of racism and xeno-
phobia and secured references to anti-Semitism in three 
resolutions adopted by consensus at the 60th Session of 
the United Nations Commission on Human Rights; and 
Whereas section 598 of division D of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199), requires that 
‘‘a description of persecution targeted at specific reli-
gions, including acts of anti-Semitism’’ be included in the 
report required by section 102(b)(1)(B) of the Inter-
national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 
6412(b)(1)(B)): Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that—
(1) all countries should formally recognize the 
seriousness of acts of anti-Semitism and should take 
decisive action against those individuals and entities 
that incite hatred and perpetrate criminal acts 
against Jewish populations; 
(2) member countries of the European Union 
(EU) should continue to officially and publicly repu-
diate those individuals and entities that carry out 
acts of anti-Semitism and should undertake tougher 
and more unified measures to combat the growth of 
violence and intimidation throughout the European
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continent against individuals of the Jewish faith and 
Jewish institutions; 
(3) the EU should protect the safety and well-
being of their Jewish communities through the es-
tablishment of the position of a director to monitor 
and combat anti-Semitism within the EU through 
education, media analysis, and coordination with re-
sponsible partners in each EU member country; 
(4) the delegates from the 55 countries at the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu-
rope (OSCE) Conference on Anti-Semitism should 
call on their governments to make anti-Semitism a 
criminal offense and should establish a framework 
within the OSCE to monitor anti-Semitic activities 
in the OSCE region, to monitor governmental imple-
mentation of legislation to combat anti-Semitism, to 
coordinate between law enforcement organizations in 
such countries, and to implement relevant edu-
cational programs for the next generation of Euro-
peans; 
(5) the President should direct the United 
States Permanent Representative to the United Na-
tions to work with EU member countries to secure 
passage of a resolution condemning anti-Semitism at
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the upcoming session of the United Nations General 
Assembly; and 
(6) combating acts of anti-Semitism worldwide 
through concrete diplomatic efforts, on both a bilat-
eral and multilateral basis, should be a foreign pol-
icy priority for the United States, and the Secretary 
of State should regularly report to Congress on the 
status of these efforts.
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