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2 Dec, 11 tweets, 6 min read
THREAD on the IHRA Definition:

Given that IHRA has been in the news recently, with Education Secretary @GavinWilliamson urging UK universities to adopt it by Christmas, here is a thread on some of the criticisms that have been levelled against it: 👇
1/ David Feldman in @guardian

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
2/ @AyyashMark in @AJEnglish

aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/…
3/ Letter signed by 122 Palestinian and Arab academics, journalists and intellectuals in @guardian

theguardian.com/news/2020/nov/…
4/ @tonylerman in @Independent

independent.co.uk/voices/labour-…
5/ @dalya_masri in @readpassage

readpassage.com/anti-palestini…
6/ Kenneth Stern (who drafted the original IHRA definition) in @guardian

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
7/ @NatashaRoth01 in @JewishCurrents

jewishcurrents.org/waging-lawfare/
8/ Brian Klug in @openDemocracy

opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
9/ Laila Naheel and Hussein Samih in @972mag

972mag.com/new-anti-semit…
10/ Salma Karmi-Ayyoub, British-Palestinian criminal barrister, speaking to journalist @OwenJones84 about the problems with IHRA from a Palestinian perspective.



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