Outcry against the decision of the city of Strasbourg to vote against adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism
“The city of Strasbourg needs this definition because in recent months there have been several notorious antisemitic acts,” said Pierre Jakubowicz, a City Councillor who voted in favor of adopting the definition.
At a meeting of the City Council, the left-wing Green Europe Ecology Party (EELV), refused to endorse the IHRA working definition, which was adopted by France in 2019 at President Emmanuel Macron’s initiative.
According to Strasbourg councillor Jean Werlen, the Council’s objection to the IHRA definition stemmed from its inclusion of examples outlining how the demonization of Israel and Zionism can be antisemitic.