A resolution condemning antisemitism and recent antisemitic attacks in the United States.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 296 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 296

 Condemning antisemitism and recent antisemitic attacks in the United 
                                States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 2025

Mr. Lankford (for himself, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. 
   McCormick, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Moran, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Schumer) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Condemning antisemitism and recent antisemitic attacks in the United 
                                States.

Whereas, on May 21, 2025, the American Jewish Committee organized an event at 
        the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, which brought together 
        Jewish young professionals and diplomats from around the world and 
        featured members of the Multifaith Alliance and IsraAID in a discussion 
        of humanitarian diplomacy and how a coalition of organizations are 
        working together in response to humanitarian crises throughout the 
        Middle East and North Africa;
Whereas, shortly after Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky left the event, they 
        were shot and murdered;
Whereas the suspect in that attack proceeded to enter the event inside the 
        Capital Jewish Museum and told law enforcement, ``I did it for 
        Palestine, I did it for Gaza.'';
Whereas, as law enforcement escorted the suspect outside, he shouted, ``Free 
        Palestine'';
Whereas Sarah Milgrim, a Jewish American from Kansas and staff member at the 
        Embassy of Israel in Washington, DC, was committed to peacebuilding, 
        passionate about people-to-people relations, dedicated to preserving the 
        environment and all its life forms, a lay leader of American Jewish 
        Committee Access, and a member of the American Jewish Committee-Mimouna 
        Michael Sachs Fellowship for Emerging Leaders, where she was focused on 
        advancing relations in the Middle East and North Africa;
Whereas Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli-German dual citizen, moved from Jerusalem 
        to work at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, DC, where he focused on 
        Middle East issues, and was passionate about creating connections 
        between people and countries for the benefit of the region of the Middle 
        East;
Whereas Sarah and Yaron met at the Embassy of Israel and fell in love in the 
        aftermath of the October 7th terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel and 
        were set to build a future together with a marriage proposal on the 
        horizon;
Whereas, immediately after the murder of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, 
        there was celebration of that attack on all major social media 
        platforms, including calls for more violence and an increased presence 
        of the phrases ``what goes around comes around'' and ``long live the 
        intifada'', as well as glorification and justification of that violence 
        and characterization of the suspect in the attack as a hero;
Whereas, on June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado, several individuals took part in 
        a peaceful walk organized by ``Run for Their Lives'', showing support 
        for the hostages still held captive by Hamas;
Whereas, during this walk, an individual shouted ``Free Palestine'' and threw 2 
        lit Molotov cocktails into the crowd, resulting in multiple injuries, 
        including severe burns;
Whereas the murders of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky and the attack in 
        Boulder, Colorado, were the result of antisemitism, extremism, and 
        political violence, which are threats not only to Jewish individuals, 
        but to all of society in the United States;
Whereas, following the attack in Boulder, Colorado, there was a similar 
        celebration of that attack, and of the attacker, as occurred after the 
        May 21, 2025, attack, on all major social media platforms, including 
        praise of the suspect in the attack as a courageous figure and hero and 
        encouraging additional violence;
Whereas, since the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel, 
        antisemitism has surged in the United States and around the world;
Whereas, according to the report published by the American Jewish Committee 
        entitled ``The State of Antisemitism in America 2024''--

    (1) 77 percent of Jewish Americans say they feel less safe as a Jewish 
person in the United States because of the October 7, 2023, terrorist 
attack by Hamas on Israel;

    (2) 56 percent of Jewish Americans say they altered their behavior out 
of fear of antisemitism in 2024, a sharp increase from previous years;

    (3) 90 percent of Jewish Americans say antisemitism has increased in 
the United States since the terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel; and

    (4) 33 percent of Jewish Americans say they have been the personal 
target of antisemitism, in person or virtually, at least once over the last 
year;

Whereas, according to the 2024 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents conducted by the 
        Anti-Defamation League, individuals in the United States experienced 
        9,354 incidents of antisemitism in 2024, a historic high, and for the 
        first time ever, a majority of those incidents, 58 percent, contained 
        references to Israel or Zionism;
Whereas Jewish Americans make up approximately 2.4 percent of the population of 
        the United States, yet account for 68 percent of religiously motivated 
        hate crimes reported, according to the 2023 Hate Crimes Statistics 
        Report issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
Whereas the 1,989 reported hate crimes against Jewish Americans in 2023, 
        including assault, arson, larceny, vandalism, imitation, and other acts 
        of violence, was the highest number of anti-Jewish hate crimes ever 
        reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
Whereas, according to the 2023 Hate Crimes Statistics Report issued by the 
        Federal Bureau of Investigation, antisemitic hate crimes increased a 
        staggering 63 percent since the annual report issued in 2022;
Whereas antisemitism is not just a Jewish problem, but a problem that threatens 
        democracy and all of humanity; and
Whereas fighting antisemitism will not only protect the Jewish community in the 
        United States but also protect our democracy: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) mourns the loss of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky;
            (2) unequivocally condemns antisemitism in all its forms, 
        including the antisemitic attack on and murder of Sarah Milgrim 
        and Yaron Lischinsky, and the antisemitic attack in Boulder, 
        Colorado;
            (3) stands with the Jewish communities in the United States 
        and throughout the world and all those effected by the 
        antisemitic attacks that occurred in Washington, DC, on May 21, 
        2025, and in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025;
            (4) wishes for the swift recovery of all victims of the 
        attack in Boulder, Colorado;
            (5) encourages all of society to denounce and combat all 
        manifestations of antisemitism and ensure that antisemitism is 
        not normalized;
            (6) recognizes the importance of resources and action in 
        the aftermath of attacks, including the distribution of 
        resources from the Nonprofit Security Grant Program of the 
        Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
            (7) reaffirms the commitment of the people of the United 
        States to combat hate, bigotry, antisemitism, and violence 
        against Jewish Americans.
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