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 118 STAT. 1282 PUBLIC LAW 108–332—OCT. 16, 2004 Public Law 108–332 108th Congress An Act To require a report on acts of anti Semitism around the world. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Anti Semitism Review Act of 2004’’. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Acts of anti Semitism in countries throughout the world, including some of the world’s strongest democracies, have increased significantly in frequency and scope over the last several years. (2) During the last 3 months of 2003 and the first 3 months of 2004, there were numerous instances of anti Semitic violence around the world, including the following incidents: (A) In Putrajaya, Malaysia, on October 16, 2003, former Prime Minister Mahatir Mohammad told the 57 national leaders assembled for the Organization of the Islamic Con ference that Jews ‘‘rule the world by proxy’’, and called for a ‘‘final victory’’ by the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims, who, he said, ‘‘cannot be defeated by a few million Jews.’’. (B) In Istanbul, Turkey, on November 15, 2003, simultaneous car bombs exploded outside two synagogues filled with worshippers, killing 24 people and wounding more than 250 people. (C) In Australia on January 5, 2004, poison was used to ignite, and burn anti Semitic slogans into, the lawns of the Parliament House in the state of Tasmania. (D) In St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 15, 2004, vandals desecrated approximately 50 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery, painting the stones with swastikas and anti Semitic graffiti. (E) In Toronto, Canada, over the weekend of March 19 through March 21, 2004, vandals attacked a Jewish school, a Jewish cemetery, and area synagogues, painting swastikas and anti Semitic slogans on the walls of a syna gogue and on residential property in a nearby, predomi nantly Jewish, neighborhood. (F) In Toulon, France, on March 23, 2004, a Jewish synagogue and community center were set on fire. (3) Anti Semitism in old and new forms is also increasingly emanating from the Arab and Muslim world on a sustained Mahatir Mohammad. 22 USC 2731 note. Global Anti Semitism Review Act of 2004. 22 USC 2651 note. Oct. 16, 2004 [S. 2292]

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