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The lawyer who acted for the so-called Campaign Against Antisemitism in the EHRC investigation of Labour, outlines what he hopes will be the EHRC Report's lasting significance: the criminalisation of opinion. https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/antisemitism-in-the-labour-party-the-ehrc's-report-and-its-impact
By this deranged standard, when the lead author of the Working Definition of Antisemitism said that right-wing Jewish groups have 'weaponiz[ed]' this definition to stifle criticism of Israel -- he was unlawfully harassing Jews. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/13/antisemitism-executive-order-trump-chilling-effect
By this deranged standard, when a liberal pro-Israel Jewish group says that allegations of antisemitism are being 'weaponized, to quash legitimate criticism and activism directed at Israeli government policies', it is unlawfully harassing Jews. https://peacenow.org/entry.php?id=37124#.X89zIen7Si5
And by this deranged standard, when Amos Goldberg, Professor in Department of Jewish History at the Hebrew University, says that antisemitism allegations are used 'very frequently' to 'suppress criticism of Israel', he unlawfully harassed Jews. https://www.972mag.com/antisemitism-israel-jews-ihra/
As the lawyer noted, the EHRC's absurd report does not establish law. It is to be hoped that its reasoning, which is a menace to the elementary democratic principle of freedom of expression, will at some point be challenged and demolished in Court.
