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US HR597
Resolution
Status
7/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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AI Summary
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Condemns the July 18, 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and injured over 300, which was the deadliest attack on Jewish people outside Israel since the Holocaust at that time
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Calls for accountability for Iranian officials and Hezbollah operatives linked to the attack, noting that Argentine prosecutors formally charged 8 Iranian nationals in 2006 and INTERPOL issued arrest warrants
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Commends Argentina for designating Hezbollah and Hamas as terrorist organizations in 2019, passing a 2025 law allowing trials in absentia, and a June 2025 ruling authorizing trial for 10 accused men
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Urges INTERPOL member countries to comply with arrest orders for individuals responsible, including current Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi
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Expresses solidarity with Argentina's Jewish community of over 250,000 people, the largest in Latin America and 6th largest in the world
Legislative Description
Condemning the attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, and encouraging accountability for the attack.
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
7/17/2025