The ADL and other pro-Israel groups praised the Biden administration’s highly-anticipated National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, but it’s unlikely they’re completely satisfied as the White House declined to endorse the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
Dr. Steve Feldman gave a lecture to medical students in Arkansas but in order to be paid had to sign an oath promising he wouldn’t boycott Israel. Feldman refused, and now talks to Michael Arria about the disturbing debacle.
Georgia’s General Assembly failed to pass a bill adopting the IHRA’s controversial working definition of antisemitism for the third time, but Israel lobby groups are continuing to push similar laws across the country.
The American Bar Association passed a resolution condemning antisemitism but removed a reference to the controversial IHRA definition from its text.
The effort to criminalize criticism of Israel is hitting new strides, including a renewed effort led by international politicians to censor anti-Zionist views online.
New Jersey Palestine solidarity organizations are calling on state legislators to reject new resolution to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network stands with our colleague Dr. Lara Sheehi who is facing false charges of antisemitism at George Washington University due to her political views on Zionism.
Harvard reversed its Ken Roth decisions, but the academic careers of Israel critics are still being consistently threatened. The latest case is Dr. Lara Sheehi at George Washington University.
Despite pressure from pro-Israel groups, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has not embraced the controversial IHRA working definition of antisemitism.
This week the White House announced that it was beginning to develop a national strategy to combat antisemitism. It’s too soon to know what this effort will look like, but there are concerns it will include the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, which has been used to target critics of Israel.