Ted Deutch: “I thank my friend from New York (Ms. Meng). I appreciate very much your dedicating this hour to this important topic. I…”

“I thank my friend from New York (Ms. Meng). I appreciate very much your dedicating this hour to this important topic. I appreciate your leadership. I am proud to be here with you. I am proud to be here with my friend and my neighbor from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), a powerful and eloquent spokeswoman on these issues that means so much not just to the Jewish community but to all of America. And I am glad to be here with you to condemn the increase of anti- Semitism around the world. Anti-Semitism isn't a new issue faced by Jews. For centuries, Jews have been targeted, persecuted, sometimes by their governments, sometimes by their neighbors, used as scapegoats for economic downturns and disasters, and commonly accused of being disloyal to their home country. But this hatred, unfortunately, is far from gone. It continues in a range of manifestations, from Holocaust denial to suspicion of Jewish influence over international affairs and, tragically, even in the shooting of innocent Jews. In recent days, we have seen a new face on this age-old bigotry. We are seeing demonstrations around the world that claim to be protesting Israel's actions against Hamas but too easily and far too often, political opposition to Israel's policies and actual hatred toward Jews are conflated and are indistinguishable.…”