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A State Department Memo Suggests It’s About to Accuse Prominent Human Rights Groups of “Anti-Semitism” – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/state-departments-anti-semitism-human-rights-amnesty-oxfam/
“‘Certain non-governmental organizations (NGOs) regularly participate in and promote the Global BDS Campaign or engage in other activities that meet the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of anti-Semitism,’...”
“... reads a memo produced by Carr’s office, which Mother Jones obtained, that urges Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to permit the release of its report...”
“‘Through their participation in the Global BDS Campaign, these organizations have advocated in favor of harming U.S. economic relations with Israel & US foreign policy interests.’”
This is Trump Admin’s rationale for demonizing human rights orgs (which, btw, don’t support BDS).
This is Trump Admin’s rationale for demonizing human rights orgs (which, btw, don’t support BDS).
Again, if you are suddenly SHOCKED to see the IHRA definition of antisemitism wielded NOT to target actual antisemitism, but to try to quash/demonize all criticism of Israel - for the love of free speech, open your damn eyes & START PAYING ATTENTION.
Some background for folks just waking up to this twisted reality - from Dec 2019: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2019/12/12/how-donald-trump-is-saving-the-occupation-by-dismantling-the-first-amendment/
Some more background for folks just waking up to this twisted reality - Feb 2020: https://jewishcurrents.org/states-are-moving-to-class-criticism-of-israel-as-antisemitism/
Some more background for folks just waking up to this twisted reality - Aug 2020: https://jewishcurrents.org/israel-advocacy-groups-urge-facebook-to-label-criticism-of-israel-as-hate-speech/
Some more background for folks just waking up to this twisted reality - hey look, a compendium of resources to make it super easy for folks to understand the issue: https://fmep.org/resource/constitutionality-issues-bds-legislation-expert-views/#headline3
Some more background for folks just waking up to this twisted reality - a nifty table tracking all the IHRA-linked attacks on US academia since Trump’s IHRA EO -
https://fmep.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/Targeting-US-AcademiaTitle-VI.pdf
https://fmep.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/Targeting-US-AcademiaTitle-VI.pdf
Some more background for folks just waking up to this twisted reality - great resource (from @IJVweb - Canadians fighting this same fight) documenting some of IHRA impacts on free speech around the world so far - https://www.ijvcanada.org/ihra-definition-at-work/
