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The resolution increases recognition and potential protection against antisemitic threats and informs law enforcement, but risks chilling some political expression and could lead to higher local security costs.
Jewish communities and institutions are explicitly named and defended, which can justify and strengthen protective measures and support for those organizations.
The resolution documents and publicizes recent violent attacks and threats, increasing law enforcement and public awareness and supporting potential preventive actions.
Framing the slogan primarily as a call for violence could chill political speech and protest on campuses and in public spaces, affecting students and activists' expressive rights.
Emphasizing antisemitic incidents may lead to expanded policing or security measures that increase costs for local governments and taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Expresses congressional condemnation of the slogan “Globalize the Intifada” and records related findings about antisemitic incidents and violence.
Official title: Condemning the slogan "Globalize the Intifada" as a call to violence against Israeli and Jewish people across the world and urging United States national, State, and local leaders to condemn it as such.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by Rudy Yakym · Last progress July 17, 2025
Declares congressional condemnation of the slogan “Globalize the Intifada,” characterizing it as a call to violence and documenting related antisemitic incidents and violent attacks in 2024–2025. The resolution recounts the historical meaning of “intifada,” references October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, cites statements by civil society groups and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and notes a series of antisemitic and violent incidents in 2024–2025 as part of its findings.