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NYC Mayor Mamdani Revokes IHRA Antisemitism Definition on Day 1
(Times of Israel) Luke Tress - In one of his first acts in office on Thursday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked the city's implementation of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, which says that some forms of Israel criticism are antisemitic. The definition has been adopted by a broad range of national and local governments worldwide. It says that denying the Jewish people the right to self-determination is discriminatory, and says it is antisemitic to claim "that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor." Mamdani also nullified an order that opposed the campaign to boycott Israel. Mamdani is a longtime supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement targeting Israel.