Kongres USA apeluje do Departamentu Stanu, aby ten nakłonił Polskę i Ukrainę do bardziej zdecydowanego zwalczania antysemityzmu.
Autorzy listu amerykańscy kongresmeni krytykują Polskę i domagają się "zwalczania antysemityzmu". Autorami listu są David Cicilline oraz Ro Khanna z Partii Demokratycznej. Domagają się, by władze USA zażądały od polskich władz całkowitego potępienia antysemityzmu oraz większej determinacji w ściganiu przestępstw związanych z antysemityzmem. W liście czytamy również, że ustawa o IPN ogranicza wolność słowa. "Burmistrz z Izraela został zmuszony do odwołania uroczystości przez lokalne władze w Polsce, bo nie chciał zmienić treści wystąpienia o współudziale Polaków w Holocauście"
Zdaniem komentatorów jest to preludium agresji na Polskę planowanej w związku z ustawami S. 447 i H.R. 1226.
Inicjatorzy listu to (za wikipedia):
David Nicola Cicilline (born July 15, 1961) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district since 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, from 2003 to 2011, and was the first openly gay mayor of a U.S. state capital. David Cicilline was born July 15, 1961, in Providence, Rhode Island. His mother, Sabra (née Peskin), is Jewish, and his father, John Francis "Jack" Cicilline, is Italian American andCatholic. His father is a prominent attorney in Providence who defended local Mafia figures in the 1970s and 1980s and was an aide to Mayor Joseph A. Doorley Jr.
As a Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, David has been a consistent supporter of a robust relationship with Israel. Israel is a strong and brave democracy and has been an inspiration for the world for more than sixty years. The State of Israel was founded on the values of pluralism, justice, and respect for human rights, and as a practicing Jew, David is proud that Israel continues to embody those same values today. It is because of these shared values and a commitment to protecting minorities and workers, rejecting discrimination of any kind, and the strong belief in freedom of speech and an impartial judiciary, that the relationship between the United States and Israel is so strong and mutually reinforcing.
Rohit Khanna (born September 13, 1976) is an American academic, lawyer, and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 17th congressional districtas a member of the Democratic Party. Khanna defeated eight-term incumbent Representative Mike Honda in the general election on November 8, 2016, after first running for the same seat in 2014. Khanna also served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary in theUnited States Department of Commerce under President Barack Obama from August 8, 2009, to August 2011.
Khanna was born in 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents are Punjabi immigrants to the United States from India. His father is a chemical engineer who graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and the University of Michigan, and his mother is a former substitute school teacher. Khanna's maternal grandfather, Amarnath Vidyalankar, was part of India's independence movement, working with Lala Lajpat Rai, and spent years in jail in the pursuit of human rights and freedom. In a Boston Globe op-ed, Khanna and Representative John Lewis examined how Gandhi's movement was intertwined with the civil rights movement. Khanna received his B.A. degree in economics with honors from the University of Chicago in 1998, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He attended Yale Law School, receiving his law degree in 2001. He specializes in intellectual property law.
