[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 248 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 248

            Concerning the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 23, 2002

 Mr. Corzine submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
            Concerning the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe.

 Whereas there has been a significant rise in anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish 
        people and Jewish institutions in Europe during the last 18 months;
Whereas the continued violence in the Middle East has fueled anti-Semitic 
        sentiments in Europe;
Whereas on March 31, 2002, the Or Aviv synagogue in Marseille, France, was 
        burned to the ground by anti-Semitic arsonists;
Whereas on March 30, 2002, Shneur Zalman Teldon and Zev Goldberg, Yeshiva 
        students from New Jersey, were brutally beaten on the streets of Berlin, 
        Germany, in an anti-Semitic attack;
Whereas in April 2002, supporters of Swiss Ambassador to Germany, Thomas Borer, 
        alleged that he was removed from his post as a result of a ``Jewish 
        plot'' against him;
Whereas in Belgium, many anti-Semitic attacks have been reported against Jewish 
        institutions, including a gasoline bomb attack on a Brussels synagogue;
Whereas on April 11, 2002, in Bondy, France, 15 hooded attackers wielding sticks 
        and metal bars assaulted a teen-age soccer team from the Maccabi Bondy 
        association after making anti-Semitic remarks; and
Whereas anti-Semitic attacks have impacted every nation in Europe: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the governments 
of Europe should--
            (1) take all necessary steps to protect the safety and 
        well-being of their respective Jewish communities; and
            (2) make a concerted effort to cultivate an atmosphere of 
        cooperation and reconciliation among the Jewish and non-Jewish 
        residents of Europe.
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