[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 409 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                      October 30, 2003.
Whereas the outgoing prime minister of Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, has 
        become notorious over the years for his overt anti-Semitism and 
        opposition to the State of Israel;
Whereas Dr. Mahathir opened the 57-nation, October 2003 summit of the 
        Organization of the Islamic Conference in Malaysia by characterizing 
        Israel and Jews around the world as ``the enemy'' who ``rule the world 
        by proxy'';
Whereas incendiary rhetoric of this nature can be neither excused nor 
        rationalized;
Whereas Dr. Mahathir's anti-Semitic remarks are despicable and could serve to 
        incite further sectarian violence;
Whereas, among the 57 national representatives in attendance, none raised their 
        voice in protest and many applauded Dr. Mahathir's statements; and
Whereas President George W. Bush traveled to Thailand to attend the October 20-
        21, 2003, meeting in Bangkok of the leaders of Asia-Pacific Economic 
        Cooperation (APEC) and rebuked Dr. Mahathir for his ``wrong and 
        divisive'' remarks: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) thoroughly repudiates the damaging rhetoric of the outgoing 
        prime minister of Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, which embodies age-old 
        stereotypes of Jewish global domination and grotesque anti-Semitism on 
        an international scale;
            (2) reaffirms the rebuke made by President George W. Bush of Dr. 
        Mahathir and his injurious sentiments on October 20, 2003, stating that 
        the remarks ``stand squarely against what I believe'';
            (3) calls upon other governments and international bodies, notably 
        the European Union, to condemn these remarks as dangerous incitement; 
        and
            (4) deplores the tacit acquiescence of those national 
        representatives in attendance at the October 2003 Organization of the 
        Islamic Conference as willing complicity in spreading a message of hate 
        and incitement against Jews.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.