Posted on 08/08/2019 10:39:50 AM PDT by conservative98
TEL AVIV – In the wake of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments likening the anti-Israel BDS movement to boycotts of Nazi Germany, the US State Department has updated its definition of antisemitism to include “drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.”
The State Department’s definition of antisemitism includes most of the points outlined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s own definition.
“Criminal acts are antisemitic when the targets of attacks, whether they are people or property — such as buildings, schools, places of worship and cemeteries — are selected because they are, or are perceived to be, Jewish or linked to Jews,” the State Department’s website reads.
“Antisemitic discrimination is the denial to Jews of opportunities or services available to others and is illegal in many countries,” it continues.
At the initiative of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism Elan Carr, the new addition specifies that comparisons of Israeli policies to those of the Nazis also constitute antisemitism.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
fine and dandy
(but alas, nothing can shut down the Nazis other than burying the basturds)
[[State Department Adds Antisemitism Definition: Don’t Compare Israel to the Nazis]]
If that is the case, then Just for poops and giggles- Pres Trump should self identify as Jewish
As someone who grew up Jewish, I will continue to say that Jews who still vote for Dems have no moral right to use the term “Never Again”
Meanwhile, Europe is poised to boycott some Israeli goods.
Europe Poised to Put Warning Labels on Jewish-Made Products
Very reminiscent of:
https://i.imgur.com/gWmo68W.jpg
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Of questionable domestic significance, but should anything connected to this find it's way to a court in the US, as in support of a charge of religious bias, I doubt it will hold up. In the context of international relations, which is what State does, it's a significant statement.
Good.
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