Title: Condemning the horrific anti-Semitic events in the wake of rising tensions in Israel, and reaffirming the House of Representative's commitment to combating hate, bigotry, and violence against the Jewish community.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
This resolution condemns the heinous and inexcusable acts of violence that have led to the injuries of Jewish Americans in May 2021 and all times prior.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 428 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 428

   Condemning the horrific anti-Semitic events in the wake of rising 
   tensions in Israel, and reaffirming the House of Representative's 
commitment to combating hate, bigotry, and violence against the Jewish 
                               community.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2021

Mr. Sessions submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Condemning the horrific anti-Semitic events in the wake of rising 
   tensions in Israel, and reaffirming the House of Representative's 
commitment to combating hate, bigotry, and violence against the Jewish 
                               community.

Whereas, on May 18, 2021, a caravan of vehicles displaying Palestinian flags 
        drove by Sushi Fumi in Los Angeles, and men in those vehicles instigated 
        an act of anti-Semitic violence against a group of diners;
Whereas the men in the vehicles displaying Palestinian flags jumped out of their 
        vehicles, and after asking the men dining at the restaurant if they were 
        ``Jews'', two of whom replied they were, the men violently attacked the 
        diners;
Whereas Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles condemned the attack, saying hate and 
        discrimination have no place in the city of Los Angeles, and in a tweet 
        called it an ``organized, anti-Semitic attack'';
Whereas the attack on these Jewish diners by the pro-Palestinian caravan is 
        being investigated as a possible hate crime;
Whereas, on May 14, 2021, a freshman at the University of New Mexico was taken 
        to the hospital and treated for serious injuries, including internal 
        bleeding and a concussion, after being assaulted by a group of students 
        who yelled anti-Semitic slurs;
Whereas the victim is identified to be Runi Saponar, a Jewish American from 
        Israel, who was wearing a shirt that signaled his religious affiliation;
Whereas the victim noted that the attackers yelled anti-Semitic slurs, and the 
        Anti-Defamation League is investigating the incident as an anti-Semitic 
        hate crime;
Whereas, on May 16, 2021, an anti-Israel activist assaulted a Jewish journalist, 
        Jason Rantz, as he was documenting an anti-Israel rally in Seattle, 
        Washington;
Whereas these stated anti-Semitic incidents are merely a few of the many that 
        have occurred in the last week as tensions rise in Israel and the 
        surrounding region;
Whereas these anti-Semitic, violent instances came in the midst of an alarming 
        surge in anti-Semitic hate crimes and incidents, which has caused many 
        Jewish Americans across the United States to be fearful and feel unsafe;
Whereas the use of anti-Semitic terminology and rhetoric related to the Israeli-
        Palestinian conflict, such as ``Hitler was right'', ``low life Jews 
        should be wiped from this Earth'', and ``Jews are animals, not humans'', 
        has perpetuated anti-Semitism that has resulted in Jewish Americans 
        being harassed, assaulted, and violently confronted over the conflict in 
        Israel;
Whereas according to reports by the Anti-Defamation League, there were 2,024 
        reported anti-Semitic incidents throughout the United States in 2020, 
        2,107 incidents were recorded in 2019, and there has been a surge of 
        anti-Semitism during the conflict in Israel and the surrounding region 
        during the beginning of May 2021; and
Whereas the people of the United States will always recognize the victims of 
        this anti-Semitic violence: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the heinous and inexcusable acts of violence 
        that have led to the injuries of Jewish Americans in May 2021, 
        and all times prior;
            (2) condemns any anti-Semitism in the choice of offenders 
        to target Jewish citizens; and
            (3) reaffirms the commitment of the Federal Government to 
        combat hate, bigotry, and violence against Jewish Americans and 
        to prevent tragedies like these from ever happening again.
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