Visitors to the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement’s website are greeted with a ticker showing the number of people and organizations who have signed on to say they are that “all in” for this fight: 322,552 individuals and 321 groups as of Wednesday.
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In a letter to the head of the American Zionist Movement last month, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared that the Biden administration was dedicated to “fighting efforts to delegitimize Israel” and would “counter attempts to isolate Israel in the international community.” More worryingly, Blinken wrote that the administration “enthusiastically embraces” the definition of antisemitism proposed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) a controversial definition that explicitly labels various criticisms of Israel as forms of anti-Jewish bigotry.
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03-03-2021
President Joe Biden speaking from the White House on Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
JERUSALEM, Israel – The Biden administration said Tuesday it “enthusiastically embraces” the 2016 International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of Anti-Semitism.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the move in a letter to the American Zionist Movement obtained by
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Blinken said the administration is “eager to work with allies and partners to counter Holocaust distortion and combat anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance abroad while we strengthen our efforts at home.”
The IHRA lists multiple examples of anti-Semitism, including “accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel,” “denying the Jewish people the right to self-determination” and claiming the existence of the State of Israel is a “racist endeavor.” Other examples include “drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis” and