Jewish Currents article criticizing the British Jewish community for attacking Jeremy Corbyn uses the same misrepresentations as the community it critiques.

German and Austrian cultural leaders are right to insist upon freedom of expression, but they should also actively extend their plea to embrace Palestinians.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has run a fascinating long report this week offering a disturbing snapshot of the political climate rapidly emerging across Europe on the issue of antisemitism. The article documents a kind of cultural, political and intellectual reign of terror in Germany since the parliament passed a resolution last year equating support for non-violent boycotts of Israel – in solidarity with Palestinians oppressed by Israel – with antisemitism.

Jewish groups and individuals from around the world stand in solidarity with the recent statement by Palestinians and Arabs challenging the IHRA definition of antisemitism.

Justin Trudeau’s appointment of Irwin Cotler is a blatant rebuke of any sense of a fair-handed approach by the Canadian government to the Palestinian cause.

More than 100 Palestinian and Arab academics challenge the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which they say “has been increasingly instrumentalized by the Israeli government and its supporters in an effort to delegitimize the Palestinian cause and silence defenders of Palestinian rights.”

Ontarians must stand up to antisemitism and all instances of racism and discrimination wherever they appear, but the IHRA definition is flawed and, at worst, limits society’s ability to fight oppression in all is forms.

According to a report from Nahal Toosi at Politico, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has developed a process to deem certain human rights groups antisemitic. “If Pompeo goes through with it, it’ll be interesting to see if Biden tries to roll it back & how & what blowback he’d get,” Toosi writes.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has adopted the IHRA’s Working Definition of Antisemitism which puts Jews at risk by implicating them in Israel’s assault on human rights.

Politico reports that the Trump administration might soon declare that number of prominent human rights organizations as antisemitic and discourage other governments from supporting them, all due to these organizations’ alleged support for the BDS movement.