(Ha'aretz) Gadi Taub - "Progressive" organizations in the U.S. have called on the U.S. government not to adopt the working definition of anti-Semitism formulated by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, saying it would "suppress legitimate free speech, criticism of Israeli government actions, and advocacy for Palestinian rights." They object to citing as an example of anti-Semitism the assertion that "the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor." In other words, they wish to legitimize the UN Security Council's 1975 resolution that "Zionism is racism," though the UN decided to rescind it in 1991. The writer is a senior lecturer in communications and public policy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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