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Here is a list of cases where the IHRA definition has been used to chill pro-Palestine speech on American university campuses: (1/x)
Columbia University
“This is the first complaint of its kind since Trump’s December executive order adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Agency’s (IHRA’s) antisemitism definition to Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.” https://newvoices.org/2020/02/19/at-columbia-jewish-students-like-me-are-caught-in-a-culture-war/
“This is the first complaint of its kind since Trump’s December executive order adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Agency’s (IHRA’s) antisemitism definition to Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.” https://newvoices.org/2020/02/19/at-columbia-jewish-students-like-me-are-caught-in-a-culture-war/
Rutgers
“The Education Dept...adopted a hotly contested definition of anti-Semitism that included ‘denying the Jewish people the right to self-determination’ by, for example, “claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor...” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/us/politics/rutgers-jewish-education-civil-rights.html
“The Education Dept...adopted a hotly contested definition of anti-Semitism that included ‘denying the Jewish people the right to self-determination’ by, for example, “claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor...” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/us/politics/rutgers-jewish-education-civil-rights.html
Point Park University
“Like the very similar IHRA definition that is promoted by Israel & its lobby, the State Dept definition includes claims that it is anti-Semitic to say Israel’s foundation was a ‘racist endeavor’ or to apply ‘double standards’...” https://electronicintifada.net/content/how-israel-lobby-pressured-pittsburgh-university/30236
“Like the very similar IHRA definition that is promoted by Israel & its lobby, the State Dept definition includes claims that it is anti-Semitic to say Israel’s foundation was a ‘racist endeavor’ or to apply ‘double standards’...” https://electronicintifada.net/content/how-israel-lobby-pressured-pittsburgh-university/30236
University of Michigan
“‘It has been sort of a site of controversy because the issue with the way that IHRA defines it is that it conflates anti-Semitism with critique of Israel,’ Student 1 said.” https://www.michigandaily.com/section/government/trump-executive-order-prompts-discussion-free-speech-anti-semitism-0
“‘It has been sort of a site of controversy because the issue with the way that IHRA defines it is that it conflates anti-Semitism with critique of Israel,’ Student 1 said.” https://www.michigandaily.com/section/government/trump-executive-order-prompts-discussion-free-speech-anti-semitism-0
UCLA
“Many of the allegedly egregious statements made during the guest lecture that is the subject of the StandWithUs complaint satisfy the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism.” https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/506540988/ocr-to-investigate-ucla-for-title-vi-violations-based-on-complaints-filed-by-standwithus-and-zachor-legal-institute
“Many of the allegedly egregious statements made during the guest lecture that is the subject of the StandWithUs complaint satisfy the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism.” https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/506540988/ocr-to-investigate-ucla-for-title-vi-violations-based-on-complaints-filed-by-standwithus-and-zachor-legal-institute
Duke University
“Duke University reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education to resolve a complaint alleging anti-Semitism at a conference on Gaza co-sponsored by the university last March...” https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/01/31/duke-resolves-anti-semitism-complaint
“Duke University reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education to resolve a complaint alleging anti-Semitism at a conference on Gaza co-sponsored by the university last March...” https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/01/31/duke-resolves-anti-semitism-complaint
Georgia Tech
“‘GT is punishing student advocacy for Palestinian rights by subjecting YDSA to a drawn-out investigation & imposing sanctions that are virtually impossible for them to fit into their busy schedules.’” https://palestinelegal.org/news/2019/10/24/tell-georgia-tech-dont-punish-students-over-palestine-talk-gnnkx
“‘GT is punishing student advocacy for Palestinian rights by subjecting YDSA to a drawn-out investigation & imposing sanctions that are virtually impossible for them to fit into their busy schedules.’” https://palestinelegal.org/news/2019/10/24/tell-georgia-tech-dont-punish-students-over-palestine-talk-gnnkx
