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The Danger Of The IHRA Definition Of Antisemitism
3 days ago
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/86.....disorientation See the last segment, The Art of the Deal..
The IHRA is the International Holoucaust Remembrance Alliance.
The basic definition is
"Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities"
No problem there.
The problems start with 11 examples that are usually included with it, several of which equate criticism of the state of israel or Zionism with antisemitism. Zionism or the state of Israel =/= Judaism.
• Calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical
ideology or an extremist view of religion.
• Making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about
Jews as such or the power of Jews as collective — such as, especially but not
exclusively, the myth about a world Jewish conspiracy or of Jews controlling the
media, economy, government or other societal institutions.
• Accusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing
committed by a single Jewish person or group, or even for acts committed by non-
Jews.
• Denying the fact, scope, mechanisms (e.g. gas chambers) or intentionality of the
genocide of the Jewish people at the hands of National Socialist Germany and its
supporters and accomplices during World War II (the Holocaust).
• Accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, of inventing or exaggerating the
Holocaust.
• Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of
Jews worldwide, than to the interests of their own nations.
• 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.
• Applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of
any other democratic nation.
• Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of
Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.
• Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.
• Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.
Many governmental and non governmental institutions have adopted this wholesale, despite one of the original authors having come out and saying that those examples were not intended to be used in such a way.
The Trump adminitration has been attempting to force this on universities and other institutions.
The IHRA is the International Holoucaust Remembrance Alliance.
The basic definition is
"Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities"
No problem there.
The problems start with 11 examples that are usually included with it, several of which equate criticism of the state of israel or Zionism with antisemitism. Zionism or the state of Israel =/= Judaism.
• Calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical
ideology or an extremist view of religion.
• Making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about
Jews as such or the power of Jews as collective — such as, especially but not
exclusively, the myth about a world Jewish conspiracy or of Jews controlling the
media, economy, government or other societal institutions.
• Accusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing
committed by a single Jewish person or group, or even for acts committed by non-
Jews.
• Denying the fact, scope, mechanisms (e.g. gas chambers) or intentionality of the
genocide of the Jewish people at the hands of National Socialist Germany and its
supporters and accomplices during World War II (the Holocaust).
• Accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, of inventing or exaggerating the
Holocaust.
• Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of
Jews worldwide, than to the interests of their own nations.
• 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.
• Applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of
any other democratic nation.
• Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of
Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.
• Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.
• Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.
Many governmental and non governmental institutions have adopted this wholesale, despite one of the original authors having come out and saying that those examples were not intended to be used in such a way.
The Trump adminitration has been attempting to force this on universities and other institutions.
We never defeated the Nazis because we let them live.
It wouldn't have been possible to kill avery last Nazi any more than it would be for Israel to completely eliminate Hamas.
But we didn't even try.