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Source: https://www.jns.org/jns/topic/23/5/24/290442/
U.S. Antisemitism Strategy Is Futile without the IHRA Definition
(JNS) Mitchell Bard - In the new Biden administration strategy to combat antisemitism, without the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, all but the most blatant forms of antisemitism will be ignored, and antisemites will define the threat to exclude themselves. What drives critics to apoplexy are the examples of modern manifestations of antisemitism, which "might include the targeting of the State of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity." For decades, antisemites have gotten a pass by simply replacing the word "Jew" with "Israel(i)" or "Zionist." The IHRA called their bluff by stripping away the fig leaf. Martin Luther King Jr. saw through the masquerade decades ago when he declared: "When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You're talking antisemitism." The biggest red herring of the critics is that adopting the IHRA will unconstitutionally deny people their right to free speech by prohibiting criticism of Israel. Are there any sentient beings unaware of criticism of Israel? Read the New York Times for a week. Have you ever noticed that the people who complain the loudest about being silenced are the ones who regularly demonize Israel with impunity?