A new report released by the AMCHA Initiative on December 14 found that American universities’ policies are insufficient in protecting Jewish students from anti-Zionist harassment on campus.
As the 2016 Internal Holocaust Remembrance Associationâs (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism continues to be adopted by organizations and universities who find it useful as a way of identifying instances of anti-Semitismâand especially the ânew anti-Semitismâ which couches itself as criticism of Israelâpredictably, though unsurprisingly, groups that wish to continue to slander and libel the Jewish state have come out in opposition to it. What bothers these indignant individuals? Possibly the section of the IHRA definition that suggests that âApplying double standards by requiring of [Israel] a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nationâ is anti-Semitic.