Recognizing November 30, 2024, as Yom Haplitim or Jewish Refugee Day.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1596 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1596

 Recognizing November 30, 2024, as Yom Haplitim or Jewish Refugee Day.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 2024

  Ms. Wasserman Schultz submitted the following resolution; which was 
  referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
 Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Recognizing November 30, 2024, as Yom Haplitim or Jewish Refugee Day.

Whereas November 30 is commemorated as ``Yom Haplitim'', otherwise known as 
        ``Jewish Refugee Day'';
Whereas November 30 is marked as a day of recognition for the 900,000 Jewish 
        people who were exiled from the Arab world during the early years of the 
        State of Israel;
Whereas Jewish people lived continuously in North Africa, the Middle East, and 
        the Gulf region for over 2,500 years;
Whereas Jewish people were subjected to societal and political discrimination 
        and denigration over generations but persevered as citizens who 
        contributed significantly to the culture and development of Egypt, 
        Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Morocco, and several other Arab and 
        Muslim-majority countries;
Whereas, in the wake of World War II and the Arab-Israeli War of 1948, entire 
        Jewish communities were forced from the countries in which they had 
        lived for millennia;
Whereas many refugees fleeing in the wake of war became citizens of Israel, and 
        they and their descendants are an indispensable part of Israeli society;
Whereas many Jewish refugees also migrated to the United States, where they have 
        made meaningful contributions to our Nation's culture and history; and
Whereas the Congress continues to support the security of the State of Israel 
        and the Jewish people around the world: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes and commemorates Yom Haplitim, or Jewish 
        Refugee Day;
            (2) recognizes the hardships of the Jewish people and 
        condemns antisemitism in all its forms;
            (3) calls for educational efforts throughout the United 
        States, the Middle East, and North Africa to teach the history 
        of the forced displacement and exile of the Jewish people; and
            (4) supports efforts in safeguarding the well-being of the 
        Jewish people against present and future threats.
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