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THREAD on the IHRA Definition:
Given that IHRA has been in the news recently, with Education Secretary @GavinWilliamson urging UK universities to adopt it by Christmas, here is a thread on some of the criticisms that have been levelled against it:
Given that IHRA has been in the news recently, with Education Secretary @GavinWilliamson urging UK universities to adopt it by Christmas, here is a thread on some of the criticisms that have been levelled against it:
1/ David Feldman in @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/02/the-government-should-not-impose-a-faulty-definition-of-antisemitism-on-universities
2/ @AyyashMark in @AJEnglish https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/11/23/the-ihra-and-the-palestinian-struggle-for/
3/ Letter signed by 122 Palestinian and Arab academics, journalists and intellectuals in @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/nov/29/palestinian-rights-and-the-ihra-definition-of-antisemitism
4/ @tonylerman in @Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/labour-antisemitism-israel-palestine-ihra-a9051401.html
5/ @dalya_masri in @readpassage https://readpassage.com/anti-palestinian-racism-is-behind-ihras-antisemitism-definition/
6/ Kenneth Stern (who drafted the original IHRA definition) in @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/13/antisemitism-executive-order-trump-chilling-effect
8/ Brian Klug in @openDemocracy https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/code-of-conduct-for-antisemitism-tale-of-two-texts/
9/ Laila Naheel and Hussein Samih in @972mag https://www.972mag.com/new-anti-semitism-definition-denies-palestinians-right-challenge-oppression/
10/ Salma Karmi-Ayyoub, British-Palestinian criminal barrister, speaking to journalist @OwenJones84 about the problems with IHRA from a Palestinian perspective.
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