Weaponizing IHRA and ignoring foreign interference

The adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism by post-secondary institutions would only reinforce a troubling double standard.

There is extensive documentation of the IHRA definition being used to curb academic freedom by silencing, erasing, dehumanizing, and defaming Palestinians and their allies, write Louise Smith and Shenaz Kermalli.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LOUISE SMITH, SHENAZ KERMALLI

June 19, 2024

A fire is lit in front of a Muslim family’s home and destroys pro-Palestinian lawn posters; an Israeli woman pulls out a knife at a University of Toronto encampment; a man drives his car through a pro-Palestine rally in East Vancouver, narrowly avoiding protesters and bump...

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