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 SENATE RESOLUTION 296--CONDEMNING ANTISEMITISM AND RECENT ANTISEMITIC 
                      ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES

  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:

                              S. Res. 296

       Whereas, on May 21, 2025, the American Jewish Committee 
     organized an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in 
     Washington, D.C., 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, D.C., 
     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, D.C., 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

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     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, D.C., 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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