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Joe Biden speaking with attendees at the 2019 Iowa Federation of Labor Convention (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia) Earlier this week, a U.S. State Department official declared that the Biden administration “embraces and champions” the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. That definition notably defines certain criticisms of Israel as antisemitic. Addressing an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) conference on combating antisemitism, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kara McDonald stated: W...

AJC Praises FC Bayern Munich For Adopting IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism News provided by Share this article Share this article BERLIN, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) Berlin welcomes FC Bayern Munich's adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. Today's announcement coincides with International Holocaust Remembrance Day. "We warmly welcome this decision by FC Bayern Munich, the nationally and internationally renowned German soccer club, to take a clear stance against antisemitism," said Dr. R...

Headquarter of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine in Kyiv. Photo: Mr Rosewater (cc) wikimedia.org Just as in the days of Yanukovych, corruption still remains a difficult issue in Ukraine. In the latest corruption perception rankings by Transparency International, Ukraine scored only 30 points out of a possible 100. The country ranks 126th in the world, close to Azerbaijan, Djibouti and Kyrgyzstan. According to an opinion poll conducted by the Social Monitoring Centre in November, 63.6 per cent of Ukrainians believe that corruption is still one of the country’s major problems. W...