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IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Is Only "Polarizing" to Israel's Detractors
(National Post-Canada) Avi Benlolo - The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) "working definition" of antisemitism is not polarizing to anyone other than Israel's detractors and antisemites. The IHRA definition has been adopted by three dozen nations, at least six Canadian provinces and numerous states in the U.S. The IHRA's detractors refuse to acknowledge that modern antisemitism is often tied to the Jewish State (e.g., Jewish soldiers being called Nazis). They accuse those of us who defend the definition of being "right-wing" and of "weaponizing antisemitism" in order to defend Israel. This is meant to undermine our efforts to protect ourselves against hate. In the case of the IHRA definition, it's often the same people who call for universal rights and freedoms who oppose those very same rights for the Jewish people, particularly as they define their relationship with the State of Israel. The IHRA definition is not "polarizing" to anyone other than those who either lack an historical understanding or are with an agenda to exacerbate the problem of hate and defame the Jewish state. The writer is the founder and chairman of the Abraham Global Peace Initiative.