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š“BREAKING! We have launched a new report exposing the harmful impacts of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism (IHRA WDA) -which conflates antisemitism with criticism of Israel- on the freedoms of expression and assembly in the EU & UK.Ā #NOIHRA bit.ly/3OXk7PF 1/11
šIt presents documented case-based evidence of infringements of individualsā & groupsā fundamental rightsĀ through the IHRA WDA, used widely by the EU and the UK. The report critically assesses a pattern of repression based on 53 incidents summarised in 26 case studies. 2/11
Our case studies unmask the biased arguments of @kschnurbein and many others who ignore and conceal the political context of the IHRA WDA and the repressive realities of its use. 3/11 
Dear @kschnurbein, to add to the important evidence already communicated to you on this platform, the European Legal Support Center has documented a consistent amount of incidents showing abuse of the IHRA WDA to suppress Palestinian rights advocacy.š§µ 1/13
1ā£In Vienna, the IHRA WDA was raised by a Jewish student union to file a complaint purporting unfounded allegations of antisemitism against decolonial scholar Walaa Alqaisiya.
Result: she was brutally smeared and disinvited without cause.
elsc.support/cases/palestinā¦ 2/13
Result: she was brutally smeared and disinvited without cause.
elsc.support/cases/palestinā¦ 2/13
2ā£In the UK, 15 university staff members of the same university were subjected to lengthy disciplinary investigations, and for some, public smearing, involving the IHRA WDA after anonymous complaints for alleged antisemitism were filed against them. 3/13
CJPME wrote to @HonAhmedHussen with concerns over reports that @CdnHeritage may force grantees to sign an attestation form in support of IHRA. Nobody should have to sign away their right to criticize racist Israeli practices in order to receive government funding #NoIHRA #cdnpoli
@HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage There are reportsĀ that @CdnHeritage may introduce an attestation form for third-party grantees which may force them to express support for the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism as a condition of receiving funding. IHRA conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
@HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage Forcing third-party grantees to attest to supporting IHRA -- which holds that calling Israel racist is antisemitic -- would almost certainly limit their right to speak about Israelās racist practices against Palestinians, amounting to a severe restriction of their liberties.
Major win at @UofT! Yesterday #UofT accepted all the recommendations of an internal antisemitism report, one of which included rejecting the dangerous IHRA definition, and instead embracing academic freedom on Israel-Palestine. Read more here: utoronto.ca/news/u-t-accepā¦ #NoIHRA
This win would not have been possible without the work of IJV members, Palestinian students & faculty, @FacultyJewish and @CAUT_ACPPU who recently voted UNANIMOUSLY to reject the dangerously-flawed #IHRA definition. Read the university's final report here: people.utoronto.ca/inclusion/antiā¦
The timing of all of this is significant as @JustinTrudeau recently renewed @IrwinCotler's role as Canada's Antisemitism Envoy, with a mandate to expand the use of IHRA in academia. This #UofT decision should stop Cotler in his tracks. #NoIHRA
Breaking: New EKOS poll shows Canadians reject efforts to brand criticism and protest of Israel as antisemitic.
80% of Canadians say that accusing Israel of human rights abuses is NOT antisemitic.
Report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info cjpme.org/survey2020_r3 #cdnpoli
80% of Canadians say that accusing Israel of human rights abuses is NOT antisemitic.
Report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info cjpme.org/survey2020_r3 #cdnpoli
New EKOS poll: 76% of Canadians say that calling for a boycott of Israel because of alleged human rights abuses is NOT antisemitic.
Read the report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info cjpme.org/survey2020_r3 #cdnpoli #cdnfp
Read the report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info cjpme.org/survey2020_r3 #cdnpoli #cdnfp
New EKOS poll: 69% of Canadians say that comparing Israelās policies to South African Apartheid is NOT antisemitic.
Read the report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info cjpme.org/survey2020_r3 #cdnpoli #cdnfp
Read the report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info cjpme.org/survey2020_r3 #cdnpoli #cdnfp
