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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Holocaust of World War II that resulted in the
3 mass murder of approximately 6 million Jews in Europe has been
4 documented and verified by legitimate historians and the Allied
5 Forces that liberated the survivors; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Inflammatory remarks made about the Holocaust and
7 Jewish people do a great disservice to our shared goals of
8 tolerance, respect, and worldwide peace; and
 
9     WHEREAS, In October 2005, Iranian President Mahmoud
10 Ahmadinejad gave a speech at a conference in Tehran entitled
11 "World Without Zionism" where he declared that "Israel must be
12 wiped off the map"; and
 
13     WHEREAS, In December 2005, Iranian President Mahmoud
14 Ahmadinejad called the Holocaust a "myth" and suggested that
15 Israel be moved to Europe, Canada, or the United States; and
 
16     WHEREAS, On December 12, 2006, the Iranian government
17 organized a two-day gathering called the International
18 Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust, to
19 which Holocaust deniers were invited and asked to speak,
20 leading to a United Nations resolution condemning Iran; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, On February 28, 2007, Ahmadinejad said to a
2 meeting of Sudanese Islamic scholars in Khartoum that "the
3 Zionists are the true manifestation of Satan"; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6 the people of the State of Illinois condemn the hateful and
7 incendiary comments made by Iranian President Mahmoud
8 Ahmadinejad.