[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 496 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 496

Condemning the terrorist attack on the Delegation of Argentine Israeli 
  Associations on July 18, 1994, the terrorist attack on a Panamanian 
 commuter plane on July 20, 1994, and the terrorist bombings near the 
Israeli embassy and a building housing Israeli and Jewish organizations 
                      in London on July 26, 1994.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 1994

Mr. Ackerman (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. 
     Mfume, Mr. Serrano, and Mr. Bereuter) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Condemning the terrorist attack on the Delegation of Argentine Israeli 
  Associations on July 18, 1994, the terrorist attack on a Panamanian 
 commuter plane on July 20, 1994, and the terrorist bombings near the 
Israeli embassy and a building housing Israeli and Jewish organizations 
                      in London on July 26, 1994.

Whereas the bombing of the Delegation of Argentine Israeli Associations on July 
        18, 1994, is the deadliest attack on Jews in the Western Hemisphere to 
        date, and the worst attack on Jews outside Israel since World War II;
Whereas the attack on the Delegation of Argentine Israeli Associations was 
        directed at the center of Jewish life in Argentina;
Whereas the intimidation of the innocent continues through bomb threats against 
        the hospital that is caring for the victims of the attack;
Whereas, on July 20, 1994, in another savage terrorist attack, a Panamanian 
        commuter plane was blown up, killing 21 persons, 12 of whom were Jewish;
Whereas the same Lebanon-based group, calling itself the ``Partisans of God'', 
        took responsibility for both diabolical acts;
Whereas, on July 26, 1994, a bomb, apparently planted by terrorists, exploded 
        near the Israeli embassy in London, injuring 14 persons;
Whereas on the same day a second bomb exploded in the north of London outside a 
        building housing Israeli and Jewish organizations, injuring 5 persons;
Whereas terrorism, neo-Nazi activities, and anti-Semitic activity throughout the 
        world continue to escalate, and the safety and security of Jewish people 
        throughout the world is a matter of serious concern;
Whereas the kind of vicious hatred that motivated these attacks is still 
        prevalent in many countries throughout the world, including the United 
        States;
Whereas some fanatics are apparently so opposed to the Middle East peace process 
        that they are willing to murder innocent people to sabotage it; and
Whereas terrorism must be condemned in the strongest terms whenever and wherever 
        it occurs: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) extends it condolences to the families and friends who 
        lost loved ones in the bombing of the Delegation of Argentine 
        Israeli Associations on July 18, 1994, and the Panamanian 
        commuter plane on July 20, 1994;
            (2) condemns these inhuman and unforgivable terrorist 
        attacks on innocent people, and calls for worldwide cooperation 
        in bringing the perpetrators of this crime against humanity to 
        justice;
            (3) expresses support for the Jewish communities in 
        Argentina, Panama, and the United Kingdom, and their efforts to 
        attain safety and security in their own countries;
            (4) urges the governments and the people of Argentina, 
        Panama, and the United Kingdom, to continue to work to stamp 
        out the scourge of anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism; and
            (5) condemns anti-Semitism, neo-Nazi activities, and 
        terrorism wherever they occur, and urges the international 
        community to do the same.
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