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From the blog of Hadar Susskind at The Times of Israel

While the White House has tried to stay out of the debate over Israel, it is threatening to overwhelm the release of its strategy.

‘Antisemitism Czar’ Amichai Chikli Said That Spanish National Parliament Would Adopt the Widely-used Definition, but in Reality They Have Yet to Hold a Vote on the Matter

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In November, the State Department stated that it "views the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism as integral to the fight to eliminate this scourge."

The strategy is expected to highlight the IHRA definition but also cites the Nexus definition, which declares that double standards targeting Israel are not inherently antisemitic

White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice announced that the Biden White House is “aiming to release” its national strategy on antisemitism later this month. Expectations are appropriately high: President Joe Biden has suggested multiple times that antisemitism at the 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, motivated his decision to run for president. And he has since pledged that he would “not remain silent in the face of this antisemitic venom, vitriol, and violence.” With antise...

"On campus, DEI bureaucracies are straightforward ideological enforcers. Their ideology views Jews as emissaries of (white) power."

April saw the BDS movement launch multiple assaults on Israel and its supporters; this was achieved through "human rights" organizations, the United Nations, students and faculty on campus, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) bureaucracies. These many fronts are often designed to manufacture a narrative and consensus in which Israel is the greatest conceivable evil,

More than 100 Israeli and international civil society groups warn IHRA definition could curb work of UN bodies