On The House Floor Now: Condemning Anti-Semitism in Europe

USS CONGRESS ^ | July 9 2002

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HRES 393 IH

107th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. RES. 393 Concerning the rise in anti-Semitism in Europe.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 18, 2002 Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. LANTOS, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. NADLER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. WEINER, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. HOLT, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. KING, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. FROST, and Mr. BLUMENAUER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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RESOLUTION Concerning the rise in anti-Semitism in Europe.

Whereas there has been a significant rise in anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish people and Jewish institutions in Europe during the last 18 months;

Whereas the continued violence in the Middle East has fueled anti-Semitic sentiments in Europe;

Whereas on March 31, 2002, the Or Aviv synagogue in Marseille, France, was burned to the ground by anti-Semitic arsonists;

Whereas on March 30, 2002, Shneur Zalman Teldon and Zev Goldberg, Yeshiva students from New Jersey, were brutally beaten on the streets of Berlin, Germany, in an anti-Semitic attack;

Whereas in April 2002, supporters of Swiss Ambassador to Germany, Thomas Borer, alleged that he was removed from his post as a result of a `Jewish plot' against him;

Whereas in Belgium, many anti-Semitic attacks have been reported against Jewish institutions including a gasoline bomb attack on a Brussels synagogue;

Whereas on April 11, 2002 in Bondy, France, fifteen hooded attackers wielding sticks and metal bars assaulted a teen-age soccer team from the Maccabi Bondy association after making anti-Semitic remarks; and

Whereas anti-Semitic attacks have impacted every nation in Europe: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that--

(1) the governments of Europe should take all necessary steps to protect the safety and well-being of their respective Jewish communities; and

(2) the governments of Europe should make a concerted effort to cultivate an atmosphere of cooperation and reconciliation among the Jewish and non-Jewish residents of Europe.

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Should read US Congress.

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Bttt.

[mondonico]

Hah! Take that, you sanctimonious EU-nuchs!

[Catspaw]

I'm going to very interested in who votes for this resolution and who votes against it--and who votes present.

It's on Cspan.

[Clara Lou]

I hope this gives the Euroweenies a good case of the snits.

[goodieD]

Now if we could only do something about the anti-Semitism among the left here, including Jewish Democrats!

[Chi-townChief]

bump

[katya8]

Do these people have such lousy researchers, or did they purposely omit England and the many anti-Jewish acts committed there?

And what about the commercial boycott of Israeli products in every EU country?

I guess this is better than nothing, but it sure is weak and much too nice.

[Lent]

Bttt. Although I would have preferred a specific reference to Islamic elements in Europe being the predominant cause of these acts and therefore a more concerted effort by Eurotrash to deal with these elements.

[katya8]

What about the fact that all Israeli products now have to "wear" a yellow, Jewish star?

And while I'm at it.....why do these Senators connect this to the Palestinian Jihad, thereby establishing a reason for it, when, in reality, its completely irrational origin lies in a centuries-old European anti-semitism that is in no way connected to anything happening in the Middle East, today?

[Steve_Seattle]

I hope this passes; the Euros are so smug about their superiority to America, I would just love to rub this in their faces.

[Truthsayer20]

"Mr. HILLIARD"

Wasn't Hilliard just defeated in a Dem primary partly because of his pro-Palestinian views?

[Catspaw]

shyviking1, member since 2002-07-09

Thanks for proving our point, Euroweenie.

[Catspaw]

Naw, you won't be around Freerepublic that long.

[Catspaw]

Wow--you sound just like the post that got pulled & the poster banned, but just a little more civil.