WASHINGTON, D.C.—A Congressional resolution calling on elected officials to help educate the public on Jewish American contributions passed the House unanimously, a huge step in combating spiking antisemitism levels nationwide.
"We're seeing a significant rise in antisemitism online and in the streets, and we've got to come together on a bipartisan basis to work together to combat it," Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a leading pro-Israel supporter, told The Floridian after the unanimous vote.
He referenced the bipartisan nature of H.R. 1215, proposed by Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz following the "heinous" attack on Israel on October 7th, which resulted in the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.
Furthermore, the Anti-Defamation League recorded a 140 percent increase in antisemitic incidents between 2022 and 2023, a shocking 5,204 incidents between October 7th and December 31st, a 135 percent increase at K-12 schools, a 237 percent increase at Jewish institutions, and a 321 percent increase on college campuses.
These staggering jumps were the impetus behind Wasserman Schultz's resolution, demanding leaders "condemn and counter" antisemitism and teach the importance of Jewish-American contributions.
"A lot of [the recent antisemitic incidents are] based on misinformation from bad actors outside the United States: China and Russia trying to sow dissension and trying to bring up all the tropes of the last thousand years that everything wrong with the world is, of course, the Jews' fault," Moskowitz added, explaining the explosive appearance of Russian, Chinese, and even Iranian bots spreading antisemitic hate after October 7th.
According to Newsweek, Russia spent $1.9 billion on media propaganda last year, China spent billions on cyber-propaganda and global disinformation, and Iran spent $200 million on just state broadcasting. With those funds, the three nations have flooded the internet with antisemitic and anti-American content.
