Calling 'Israel' Racist Is Not Anti-Semitic, Insists International Jewish Coalition
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Forty Jewish organizations from around the world have issued a joint statement dispelling the notion that calling Israel a racist country is anti-Semitic.
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By Middle East Monitor
Forty Jewish organisations from around the world have issued a joint statement dispelling the notion that calling Israel a racist country is anti-Semitic. The group denounced sections of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism saying that it stifles criticism of Israel with false accusations of racism against Jews.
The statement by the international coalition, which also includes dozens of non-Jewish groups from 15 different countries, coincides with a row within the British Labour Party over some of the examples of anti...
