Title: Reaffirming the need for transatlantic cooperation to combat anti-Semitism in Europe.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution reaffirms the longstanding alliance between the United States and Europe and recognizes the need for these entities to cooperatively combat anti-Semitism. The resolution encourages European governments and organizations to employ all necessary measures to address anti-Semitism.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 837 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 837

   Reaffirming the need for transatlantic cooperation to combat anti-
                          Semitism in Europe.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2020

 Mr. Keating (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Deutch, and Mr. Sires) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                           on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Reaffirming the need for transatlantic cooperation to combat anti-
                          Semitism in Europe.

Whereas anti-Semitism in Europe is widespread and increasing according to many 
        studies, including those conducted by the European Union Agency for 
        Fundamental Rights, the Pew Research Center, and media outlets;
Whereas 89 percent of Jews living in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, 
        Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United 
        Kingdom feel anti-Semitism has increased over the past decade;
Whereas 85 percent of European Jews consider anti-Semitism to be the biggest 
        social or political problem in their country;
Whereas 28 percent of European Jews experienced anti-Semitic harassment at least 
        once during the last year;
Whereas 34 percent of European Jews avoid visiting Jewish events or sites 
        because they do not feel safe;
Whereas 79 percent of European Jews have said they do not report anti-Semitic 
        incidents, with 48 percent giving the reason that ``nothing would have 
        changed had they done so'';
Whereas Congress passed the Combating European Anti-Semitism Act in 2018 to 
        require increased Department of State reporting on the scope and 
        severity of anti-Semitism in Europe;
Whereas many European governments and the European Union have adopted the 
        International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of anti-
        Semitism;
Whereas 38 percent of European Jews have considered emigrating because they did 
        not feel safe as Jews in Europe;
Whereas one-third of 7,000 Europeans surveyed said they knew just a little or 
        nothing at all about the Holocaust; and
Whereas the global rise in anti-Semitism should be cause for serious concern on 
        both sides of the Atlantic: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) reaffirms the strong transatlantic alliance between the 
        United States and Europe and our long history of addressing 
        shared challenges;
            (2) recognizes the need for the United States and Europe to 
        work together to combat anti-Semitism;
            (3) calls on all European governments to take all necessary 
        measures to ensure the safety and security of Jewish 
        communities;
            (4) recognizes the European Commission and the Organization 
        for Security and Cooperation in Europe have taken action to 
        increase education and inclusion and to criminalize anti-
        Semitic crimes and Holocaust denial;
            (5) encourages European leaders to provide robust political 
        leadership to reassure Jewish communities and to speak out 
        against manifestations of anti-Semitism and other forms of 
        intolerance across the political spectrum;
            (6) encourages European governments to ensure that school 
        curricula include education about the Holocaust, modern-day 
        anti-Semitism, and inclusive antibias training, and to mandate 
        hate crime prevention and response training into law 
        enforcement education; and
            (7) calls for increased cooperation and partnership to 
        address the scourge of anti-Semitism.
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