[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 12, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S921-S922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   SENATE RESOLUTION 449--CONDEMNING IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS 
PRESIDENT OF IRAN MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD'S STATEMENTS REGARDING THE STATE 
 OF ISRAEL AND THE HOLOCAUST AND CALLING FOR ALL MEMBER STATES OF THE 
                     UNITED NATIONS TO DO THE SAME

  Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
Coleman, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. 
Dole, and Mr. Martinez) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                              S. Res. 449

       Whereas President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated on 
     October 26, 2005, that ``The establishment of the Zionist 
     regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic 
     world'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on October 26, 2005, 
     that ``Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of 
     the Islamic nation's fury'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on October 26, 2005, 
     that ``There is no doubt that the new wave in Palestine will 
     soon wipe off this disgraceful blot from the face of the 
     Islamic world'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on October 26, 2005, 
     ``Is it possible for us to witness a world without America 
     and Zionism? But you should know that this slogan, this goal, 
     can certainly be achieved'';

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       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on October 26, 2005, 
     that ``The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of a war 
     of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be 
     defined in Palestinian land. As the Imam said, Israel must be 
     wiped off the map'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on December 14, 2005, 
     that ``They have invented a myth that Jews were massacred and 
     place this above God, religions and the prophets'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on December 14, 2005, 
     that ``If you have burned the Jews, why don't you give a 
     piece of Europe, the United States, Canada or Alaska to 
     Israel. Our question is, if you have committed this huge 
     crime, why should the innocent nation of Palestine pay for 
     this crime?'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on February 11, 2006, 
     that ``The real Holocaust is what is happening in Palestine 
     where the Zionists avail themselves of the fairy tale of 
     Holocaust as blackmail and justification for killing children 
     and women and making innocent people homeless'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on February 11, 2006, 
     that ``We ask the West to remove what they created sixty 
     years ago and if they do not listen to our recommendations, 
     then the Palestinian nation and other nations will eventually 
     do this for them'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on February 11, 2006, 
     ``Remove Israel before it is too late and save yourself from 
     the fury of regional nations'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on April 15, 2006, 
     that ``Whether you like it or not, the Zionist regime is 
     heading toward annihilation. The Zionist regime is a rotten, 
     dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on April 24, 2006, 
     that ``We say that this fake regime cannot logically continue 
     to live'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on May 11, 2006, that 
     ``The West claims that more than six million Jews were killed 
     in World War II and to compensate for that they established 
     and support Israel. If it is true that the Jews were killed 
     in Europe, why should Israel be established in the East, in 
     Palestine?'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on December 12, 2006, 
     that ``Thanks to people's wishes and God's will the trend for 
     the existence of the Zionist regime is downwards and this is 
     what God has promised and what all nations want . . . Just as 
     the Soviet Union was wiped out and today does not exist, so 
     will the Zionist regime soon be wiped out'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on June 3, 2007, that 
     ``With God's help, the countdown button for the destruction 
     of the Zionist regime has been pushed by the hands of the 
     children of Lebanon and Palestine . . . By God's will, we 
     will witness the destruction of this regime in the near 
     future'';
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on September 12, 2007, 
     that ``We do not accept or officially recognize Israel. They 
     are occupiers and illegitimate''; and
       Whereas President Ahmadinejad stated on January 30, 2008, 
     ``I advise you to abandon the filthy Zionist entity which has 
     reached the end of the line. It has lost its reason to be and 
     will sooner or later fall'': Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) condemns in the strongest possible terms President of 
     Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hateful and anti-Semitic 
     statements regarding the State of Israel and the Holocaust; 
     and
       (2) calls on all member States of the United Nations to 
     publicly condemn President Ahmadinejad's statements as a 
     violation of the principles of both the United Nations 
     Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I rise today with my colleague Senator 
Lautenberg of New Jersey to introduce a resolution condemning the 
comments made by Iranian President Ahmadinejad on Israel and the 
Holocaust.
  For too long, the civilized world has remained silent while the 
leader of Iran has threatened Israel's survival and denied the 
existence of the Holocaust. Since the inception of his term in office 
in 2005, President Ahmadinejad has continually been the mouthpiece for 
the vilest, most base examples of anti-Semitism and hate. Standing 
against this ceaselessly hostile rhetoric and threats, the State of 
Israel should be afforded the full support of the United States and the 
international community. President Ahmadinejad's denial of the 
Holocaust--one of the most appalling crimes against humanity the world 
has ever known--is likewise unacceptable and outrageous. My colleagues 
and I condemn these comments in the strongest possible terms, and call 
for all the civilized nations of the world to do likewise.

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