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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-XXX <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br /> OF SANTA ANA CONDEMNING THE RECENT RISE IN <br /> ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT <br /> TARGETING JEWISH PEOPLE, AND STANDING IN <br /> SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE AFFECTED BY <br /> ANTISEMITISM <br /> WHEREAS, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) is an <br /> intergovernmental organization founded in 998 which unites governments and experts to <br /> strengthen, advance and promote Holocaust education, research, and remembrance <br /> worldwide to uphold the commitments of the Declaration of the Stockholm International <br /> Forum on the Holocaust, and the IHRA has 34 member countries; and <br /> WHEREAS, by a consensus vote by the members of the IHRA, an internationally <br /> recognized Working Definition of Antisemitism for use by governments and international <br /> organizations was adopted. That definition reads in full as follows: <br /> "Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed <br /> as hatred towards Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of <br /> antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewsish individuals <br /> and/or their property, toward Jewish and community institutions and <br /> religious facilities." <br /> WHEREAS, in the United States, the IHRA Working Definition is utilized by various <br /> governments and law enforcement agencies in monitoring, training, and education, <br /> including the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education; and <br /> WHEREAS, antisemitism, including harassment on the basis of actual or perceived <br /> Jewish origin, ancestry, ethnicity, identity, affiliation, or faith, remains a persistent, <br /> persuasive, and disturbing problem in society; and <br /> WHEREAS, Jewish people continue to be a targeted minority in the United States <br /> and around the world, and are consistently the most likely of all religious groups to be <br /> victimized by incidents of hate, and such incidents are increasing at an alarming rate; and <br /> WHEREAS, criminal acts are antisemitic when the target of the attacks are against <br /> the Jewish people or their property or where the attacks are selected because they are <br /> perceived to be linked to Jewish peoples; and <br /> WHEREAS, contemporary examples of antisemitic violence may include the <br /> following: (1) calling for, aiding, orjustifying the killing or harming of Jewish people (often <br /> in the name of a radical ideology or an extremist view of religion; (2) making mendacious, <br /> dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about Jewish people as such or <br /> City Council 27 — 4 1/18/2022 <br />