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US HRes597

US HRes597
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.


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Introduced
07/17/2025
In Committee
07/17/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

119th Congress

Bill Summary

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.

AI Summary

This resolution condemns the 1994 terrorist bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people and injured over 300, marking the deadliest attack on Jewish people outside Israel since the Holocaust. The resolution highlights the extensive evidence linking the attack to Hezbollah, a terrorist group based in Lebanon and sponsored by Iran, and details the decades-long struggle for justice, including the investigations by Argentine prosecutors Alberto Nisman and Marcelo Martinez Burgos, who accused Iranian officials of directing the bombing. It acknowledges the complex legal and political challenges in the case, including the mysterious death of prosecutor Nisman, judicial misconduct, and repeated failures to bring the perpetrators to justice. The resolution calls for accountability, supporting recent developments such as Argentina's 2019 designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, the 2024 Argentine Court of Cassation ruling affirming Iran's responsibility, and the 2025 law allowing trials in absentia. Ultimately, the resolution condemns the attack, honors the victims, calls for international cooperation in arresting suspects, and stands in solidarity with the Jewish community in Argentina and Latin America during a time of rising antisemitism.

Committee Categories

Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (4)

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (on 07/17/2025)

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