2022-003 - Condemning the Recent Rise of Antisemitic Violence and Harassment Targeting Jewish People

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RESOLUTION NO.2022-003 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA CONDEMNING THE RECENT RISE IN ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT TARGETING JEWISH PEOPLE, AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE AFFECTED BY ANTISEMITISM WHEREAS, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1998 which unites governments and experts to strengthen, advance and promote Holocaust education, research, and remembrance worldwide to uphold the commitments of the Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust, and the IHRA has 35 member countries; and WHEREAS, by a consensus vote by the members of the IHRA, an internationally recognized Working Definition of Antisemitism for use by governments and international organizations was adopted. That definition reads in full as follows: "Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred towards Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish and community institutions and religious facilities." WHEREAS, in the United States, the IHRA Working Definition is utilized by various governments and law enforcement agencies in monitoring, training, and education, including the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education; and WHEREAS, antisemitism, including harassment on the basis of actual or perceived Jewish origin, ancestry, ethnicity, identity, affiliation, or faith, remains a persistent, persuasive, and disturbing problem in society; and WHEREAS, Jewish people continue to be a targeted minority in the United States and around the world, and are consistently the most likely of all religious groups to be victimized by incidents of hate, and such incidents are increasing at an alarming rate; and WHEREAS, criminal acts are antisemitic when the target of the attacks are against the Jewish people or their property or where the attacks are selected because they are perceived to be linked to Jewish peoples; and WHEREAS, contemporary examples of antisemitic violence may include the following: (1) calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jewish people (often in the name of a radical ideology or an extremist view of religion); (2) making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about Jewish people as such or Resolution No. 2022-003 Page 1 of 3