[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 134 (Thursday, September 18, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CONDEMNING THE RISE OF GLOBAL ANTI-SEMITISM

  (Mr. NADLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, with the unanimous passage today of H. Res. 
707, we send a clear, strong, and bipartisan message condemning the 
rising tide of anti-Semitism around the world.
  In 2014 alone, we have seen an increasing number of murders at Jewish 
sites, of violent attacks, and death threats against Jews. There has 
been a disturbing increase of anti-Semitism throughout Europe, Latin 
America, and the Middle East, including in Hungary, Turkey, Greece, 
Britain, France, and Germany.
  We must ensure that the world views such actions for what they are--
the vile and hate-fueled persecution of an entire people--rather than 
an acceptable expression of frustration with political events in the 
Middle East or anywhere else.
  Tragically, 70 years after 6 million Jewish men, women, and children 
were murdered simply for being Jews, many Jews in Europe again face 
violent anti-Semitism and must live in constant fear.
  Anti-Semitic imagery and comparisons of Jews and Israel to Nazis have 
been on display at demonstrations against Israel throughout the United 
States and the world. Make no mistake, this is a new face on a very old 
hatred. Disagreeing with Israeli policy is no excuse for anti-Semitism.
  I want to thank my colleagues, but I want to thank especially Peter 
Roskam, Nita Lowey, and Kay Granger for leading this effort with me; 
and I want to thank Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Kevin McCarthy, Ed 
Royce, and Eliot Engel who helped bring this important bipartisan piece 
of legislation to the floor.

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