Patrick Murphy Delivers Letter Warning UN of Rising Anti-Semitism

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., met with the U.S. mission to the United Nations to deliver a letter signed by almost 90 members of Congress warning about rising anti-Semitism around the globe and urging the U.N. to do more to combat it. Murphy met with Charles Radcliffe, the head of the global issues section of the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and Leonardo SC Castilho, a human rights officer with OHCHR.

"I thank Mr. Radcliffe, Mr. Castilho, and the U.N. for their commitment to promoting and protecting human rights across the world and I look forward to continuing to work together to find ways we can expand international efforts to address this pressing global issue," Murphy said. "I hope the U.N.'s upcoming meeting on the rise of global anti-Semitism results in positive action from all member states to combat such hateful acts throughout our international community."

Three of the four organizers of the letter hailed from the Sunshine State: Republican U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart and Democrats U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch and Murphy. U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, also helped lead efforts on the letter.

Signers ranged the political spectrum from conservatives such as U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., to liberals like U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. Members of the Florida delegation who signed the letter were Republicans U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis and U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Democrats U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson.