[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 162 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S13812]
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 SENATE RESOLUTION 337--TO CONDEMN THE HARMFUL, DESTRUCTIVE, AND ANTI-
 SEMITIC STATEMENTS OF MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN, AND 
TO DEMAND AN APOLOGY FOR THOSE STATEMENTS OF HATE AND ANIMOSITY TOWARDS 
                     ALL JEWISH PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

  Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. Brownback, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Stabenow, 
Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Dole, 
Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Smith, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. 
DeWine, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Talent, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Martinez, 
Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Salazar) 
submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 337

       Whereas Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, 
     declared in an October 26, 2005, address at the World Without 
     Zionism conference in Tehran that ``the new wave that has 
     started in Palestine, and we witness it in the Islamic World 
     too, will eliminate this disgraceful stain from the Islamic 
     World'' and that Israel ``must be wiped off the map.'';
       Whereas the President of Iran told reporters on December 
     8th at an Islamic conference in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, ``Some 
     European countries insist on saying that Hitler killed 
     millions of innocent Jews in furnaces . . . although we don't 
     accept this claim.'';
       Whereas Mr. Ahmadinejad then stated, ``If the Europeans are 
     honest they should give some of their provinces in Europe . . 
     . to the Zionists, and the Zionists can establish their state 
     in Europe.'';
       Whereas on December 14, 2005, Mr. Ahmadinejad said live on 
     Iranian television, ``they have invented a myth that Jews 
     were massacred and place this above God, religions and the 
     prophets.'';
       Whereas the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
     beginning with its founder, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, 
     have issued statements of hate against the United States, 
     Israel, and Jewish peoples;
       Whereas certain leaders, including Ahmadi Nezhad, and the 
     Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, have similarly called for the 
     destruction of the United States, and the Islamic Republic of 
     Iran has funded, armed, trained, assisted, and sheltered 
     leading terrorists, including terrorists in Iraq who use 
     Iranian support to kill military personnel of the United 
     States;
       Whereas an estimated 6,000,000 Jews were killed in the Nazi 
     Holocaust;
       Whereas the remarks of President Ahmadinejad have been 
     denounced around the world and condemned by among others, the 
     political leaders of the United States, Arab nations, Israel, 
     Europe, and the United Nations;
       Whereas it is a crime in the Federal Republic of Germany to 
     deny the existence of the Holocaust; and
       Whereas the United Nations, in General Assembly Resolution 
     181 (1947), recommended the adoption of the Plan of Partition 
     with Economic Union for Palestine, which called for an 
     independent Jewish State: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) condemns the recent statement by President Ahmadinejad 
     that denied the occurrence of the Holocaust and supported 
     moving the State of Israel to Europe;
       (2) demands an official apology for these damaging, anti-
     Semitic statements that ignore history, human suffering, and 
     the loss of life during the Holocaust; and
       (6) reaffirms the need for Iran to--
       (A) end its support for international terrorism; and
       (B) join other Middle Eastern countries in seeking a 
     successful outcome of the Middle East peace process.

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