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






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 409

    Repudiating the recent anti-Semitic sentiments expressed by Dr. 
Mahathir Mohamad, the outgoing prime minister of Malaysia, which makes 
      peace in the Middle East and around the world more elusive.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 2003

    Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Cantor, and Ms. Berkley) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                       on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Repudiating the recent anti-Semitic sentiments expressed by Dr. 
Mahathir Mohamad, the outgoing prime minister of Malaysia, which makes 
      peace in the Middle East and around the world more elusive.

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.
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