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March 4, 2021       Share:    

Source: https://jewishinsider.com/2021/03/tony-blinken-biden-ihra-definition-antisemitism/

Blinken: Biden Administration Embraces IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism

(Jewish Insider) Melissa Weiss - On Feb. 23, Secretary of State Tony Blinken wrote that the Biden administration "enthusiastically embraces" the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism, "including its examples." These examples include "drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis," "denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor" and "applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation." The definition has been adopted by dozens of countries in recent years.

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