A resolution 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.

III 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES. 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. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 25, 2021 Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. MAR- SHALL, 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 re- ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION 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 in- spire such violence is condemnable and has no place in society. 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 Palestin- ians; VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:19 May 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR232.IS SR232 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •SRES 232 IS 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: ‘‘Fll the Jews’’, ‘‘Fll their mothers’’, ‘‘Fll their daugh- ters’’, 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 oc- cupation 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 mili- tary response to Palestinian terrorist attacks was killing ‘‘babies, children and their parents’’ and that Palestin- ians are ‘‘being massacred’’: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate— 1 (1) condemns hatred and violence against Jews; 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:19 May 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR232.IS SR232 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •SRES 232 IS (2) denounces the poisonous anti-Israel rhetoric 1 of elected officials that has inflamed hatred and in- 2 spired escalating violence against Jews; 3 (3) rejects the biased, incomplete, and inac- 4 curate information promulgated by the news media 5 in the United States about Israel and the Govern- 6 ment of Israel’s efforts to protect its citizens from 7 terrorism; 8 (4) celebrates the innumerable contributions of 9 American Jews to our Nation, culture, values, and 10 way of life; and 11 (5) reaffirms its intent to ensure that Jews in 12 the United States— 13 (A) are treated with dignity and respect; 14 and 15 (B) receive the full protection of the law 16 owed to them as citizens of the United States. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:19 May 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR232.IS SR232 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS