A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the slogan "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" and its derivations are antisemitic and a call for genocide and the destruction of the Jewish state.

Bill: 118-sres-497
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2023-12-13
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5964)

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-12-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution expresses the sense that the slogan <em>from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free</em> and its derivations are anti-Semitic  and a call for genocide and destruction of the Jewish state.</p>

tv_txt: III 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 497 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 13, 2023 Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mr. Hagerty , Mr. Barrasso , Mrs. Britt , Mr. Scott of Florida , Mr. Ricketts , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Budd , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Sullivan , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Thune , Mrs. Fischer , Mr. Graham , Mr. Tuberville , and Mr. Lankford ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION To express the sense of the Senate that the slogan From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free and its derivations are antisemitic and a call for genocide and the destruction of the Jewish state.

1. Sense of the Senate regarding the meaning of the slogan From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free It is the sense of the Senate that the slogan From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free and its derivations are antisemitic and a call for genocide and the destruction of the Jewish state.