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SRES 336 IS

To condemn the harmful, destructive, and anti-Semitic statements of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, and to demand an apology for those statements of hate and animosity towards all Jewish people of the world.

December 16, 2005

Mr. SANTORUM (for himself, Mr. BROWNBACK,, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. BOND, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. SMITH, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. VITTER, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. TALENT, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. VOINOVICH, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

To condemn the harmful, destructive, and anti-Semitic statements of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, and to demand an apology for those statements of hate and animosity towards all Jewish people of the world.

Whereas Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, declared in an October 26, 2005, address at the World Without Zionism conference in Tehran that `the new wave that has started in Palestine, and we witness it in the Islamic World too, will eliminate this disgraceful stain from the Islamic World' and that Israel `must be wiped off the map.';

Whereas the President of Iran told reporters on December 8th at an Islamic conference in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, `Some European countries insist on saying that Hitler killed millions of innocent Jews in furnaces ... although we don't accept this claim.';

Whereas Mr. Ahmadinejad then stated, `If the Europeans are honest they should give some of their provinces in Europe ... to the Zionists, and the Zionists can establish their state in Europe.';

Whereas on December 14, 2005, Mr. Ahmadinejad said live on Iranian television, `they have invented a myth that Jews were massacred and place this above God, religions and the prophets.';

Whereas the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran, beginning with its founder, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, have issued statements of hate against the United States, Israel, and Jewish peoples;

Whereas certain leaders, including Ahmadi Nezhad, and the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, have similarly called for the destruction of the United States, and the Islamic Republic of Iran has funded, armed, trained, assisted, and sheltered leading terrorists, including terrorists in Iraq who use Iranian support to kill military personnel of the United States;

Whereas an estimated 6,000,000 Jews were killed in the Nazi Holocaust;

Whereas the remarks of President Ahmadinejad have been denounced around the world and condemned by among others, the political leaders of the United States, Arab nations, Israel, Europe, and the United Nations;

Whereas it is a crime in the Federal Republic of Germany to deny the existence of the Holocaust; and

Whereas the United Nations, in General Assembly Resolution 181 (1947), recommended the adoption of the Plan of Partition with Economic Union for Palestine, which called for an independent Jewish State: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Senate--

(1) condemns recent statements by President Ahmadinejad that denied the occurrence of the Holocaust and supported moving the State of Israel to Europe;

(2) demands an official apology for these damaging, anti-Semitic statements that ignore history, human suffering, and the loss of life during the Holocaust;

(3) supports efforts by the people of Iran to exercise self-determination over the form of government of their country;

(4) supports a national referendum in Iran with oversight by international observers and monitors to certify the integrity and fairness of the referendum; and

(5) reaffirms the need for Iran to--

(A) end its support for international terrorism; and

(B) join other Middle Eastern countries in seeking a successful outcome of the Middle East peace process.

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