IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 942 
Honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy, murdered as a 
victim of a hate crime for his Palestinian Muslim identity, in the State 
of Illinois, United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2023 
Mrs. RAMIREZ (for herself, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and 
Ms. JACOBS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy, 
murdered as a victim of a hate crime for his Palestinian 
Muslim identity, in the State of Illinois, United States. 
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 16, 2023, at 11:30 a.m., Wadee 
Alfayoumi was brutally stabbed 26 times by a hate-driven 
perpetrator and tragically succumbed to his injuries; 
Whereas Wadee Alfayoumi’s perpetrator has been indicted for 
a hate crime by the Will County, Illinois, grand jury, as 
there is evidence the perpetrator yelled during the brutal 
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•HRES 942 IH 
killing, ‘‘All Muslims should die’’ and has been observed 
to be a consumer of media containing dehumanizing and 
hateful rhetoric that was anti-Muslim and anti-Pales-
tinian; 
Whereas Wadee Alfayoumi’s family wanted the United States 
to be his home and to provide Wadee a life of safety 
away from dehumanizing and hateful rhetoric toward 
Palestinian people, and it is a tragedy that the same de-
humanization Wadee’s family sought to escape abroad 
contributed to the loss of his life in the United States; 
Whereas no one should be a target of hate because of their 
ethnicity or religion, expressed verbally or through how 
one dresses including, but not limited to, the wearing of 
a hijab, keffiyeh, turban, mitpahat, tichel, shpitzel, 
sheitel, kippah, and yarmulke; 
Whereas dehumanizing misinformation and disinformation 
fuels 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 this great Nation; 
Whereas Wadee Alfayoumi shared a heritage, history, love, 
culture, tradition, and brilliance belonging to the Pales-
tinian people and was a symbol of another great Pales-
tinian life full of promise; 
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•HRES 942 IH 
Whereas Palestinian children, Israeli children, United States 
children, and all children across the globe deserve to live 
in peace and be free from discrimination, hate crimes, 
and violence; and 
Whereas the Israel-Hamas war has had a devastating impact 
on children, at one point the war resulting in a child 
dying every 10 minutes, according to the World Health 
Organization: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That House of Representatives 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, antisemitism, and anti- 
Palestinian and anti-Arab discrimination. 
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