IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 849 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 7, 2023 Mr. Buck submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Reaffirming the State of Israel’s right to exist, condemning antisemitism in all forms, and rejecting false equivalencies between democracies and terrorist organizations.

Whereas the United States has been a friend to the State of Israel since its inception in 1948; Whereas Israel has been a friend and ally to the United States in the Middle East, especially in the Global War on Terror; Whereas the Jewish State was formed from necessity after millennia of pogroms, persecutions, and a Holocaust; Whereas Members of this body have trafficked antisemitic tropes, created and propagated false narratives, and expressed false equivalencies between the Israeli Government and the terrorists attacking them; Whereas Hamas attacked the sovereign country of Israel on October 7, 2023, slaughtering innocent civilians, including women and children; Whereas Hamas captured hundreds of civilians in the October 7 attack, including United States civilians, and seeks to use those hostages as human shields in their war with the Israeli military; and Whereas antisemitic hate crimes have increased since October 7: Now, therefore, be it