As @Facebook & @sherylsandberg are pressured to adopt IHRA definition, reminder: in May Congress adopted “Never Again Education Act” which…included a different — and entirely non-controversial definition of antisemitism.
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@Facebook @sherylsandberg Why isn’t there a campaign to get Facebook and others to adopt THAT definition?
Because it doesn’t re-frame antisemitism in order to delegitimize/deplatform criticism of Israel.
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Because it doesn’t re-frame antisemitism in order to delegitimize/deplatform criticism of Israel.
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@Facebook @sherylsandberg That legislation: HR 943, which became Public Law 116-141.
Text of the law: congress.gov/bill/116th-con…
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Text of the law: congress.gov/bill/116th-con…
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@Facebook @sherylsandberg The law’s definition of antisemitism:
"The term ‘antisemitism’ means a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews…”
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"The term ‘antisemitism’ means a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews…”
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@Facebook @sherylsandberg “...Rhetorical & physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”
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@Facebook @sherylsandberg Pretty straightforward & non-controversial.
Yet, instead of pushing FB & world to fight real antisemitism, we’ve got a huge campaign pushing a definition that explicitly re-purposes the fight against antisemitism into a weapon against critics of Israel/Israeli policy.
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Yet, instead of pushing FB & world to fight real antisemitism, we’ve got a huge campaign pushing a definition that explicitly re-purposes the fight against antisemitism into a weapon against critics of Israel/Israeli policy.
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