[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 232--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT ACTS OF 
  VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE 
 WORLD AND THE POISONOUS RHETORIC FROM POLITICIANS AND OTHERS PROMOTED 
 BY THE MEDIA THAT HAS HELPED INSPIRE SUCH VIOLENCE IS CONDEMNABLE AND 
                        HAS NO PLACE IN SOCIETY

  Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
Marshall, Mr. Cruz, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Braun, Mr. Daines, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
Cramer, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. 
Hagerty) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 232

       Whereas Jews across the United States have been threatened, 
     cursed at, spit on, burned, and physically attacked in at 
     least 193 antisemitic acts of violence during the first week 
     of the 2021 conflict between Israel and Palestinians;
       Whereas pro-Palestinian protestors threatened, shoved, and 
     threw fireworks at bystanders in the Diamond District of 
     Midtown Manhattan, an area with many Jewish-owned businesses;
       Whereas pro-Palestinian protestors punched, threw objects, 
     and directed antisemitic slurs at a group of Jewish men 
     eating at a restaurant in Los Angeles;
       Whereas convoys of trucks bearing Palestinian flags drove 
     through London shouting through loudspeakers: ``F__ the 
     Jews'', ``F__ their mothers'', ``F__ their daughters'', and 
     ``Rape their daughters'';
       Whereas an elderly Jewish man was beaten with sticks by a 
     mob at a pro-Palestinian protest in Toronto;
       Whereas a Member of Congress called Israeli Prime Minister 
     Benjamin Netanyahu an ``ethno-nationalist'' on the floor of 
     the House of Representatives and in a tweet accused the 
     Israeli military of committing war crimes;
       Whereas, after the announcement of a ceasefire in Israel, a 
     Member of Congress tweeted, ``The Israeli military's 
     occupation continues. The blockade continues. The ethnic 
     cleansing continues.'';
       Whereas a Member of Congress described Israel in a tweet as 
     an ``apartheid state''; and
       Whereas a Member of Congress tweeted that the Israeli 
     military response to Palestinian terrorist attacks was 
     killing ``babies, children and their parents'' and that 
     Palestinians are ``being massacred'': Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) condemns hatred and violence against Jews;
       (2) denounces the poisonous anti-Israel rhetoric of elected 
     officials that has inflamed hatred and inspired escalating 
     violence against Jews;
       (3) rejects the biased, incomplete, and inaccurate 
     information promulgated by the news media in the United 
     States about Israel and the Government of Israel's efforts to 
     protect its citizens from terrorism;
       (4) celebrates the innumerable contributions of American 
     Jews to our Nation, culture, values, and way of life; and
       (5) reaffirms its intent to ensure that Jews in the United 
     States--
       (A) are treated with dignity and respect; and
       (B) receive the full protection of the law owed to them as 
     citizens of the United States.

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