In an abrupt effort to address the antisemitic violence that has engulfed many American university campuses in recent weeks, the U.S. House has adopted a new "Antisemitism Awareness Act" after ignoring concerns that the plan actually could threaten free speech and make Christians who adhere to the biblical account of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection subject to conviction.
Published date: 16 February 2021 12:09 UTC | Last update: 1 month 3 weeks ago
While Israel s European and US allies are happy to employ the antisemitism smear against opponents, members of the general public are not as compliant
An Israeli flag flies in front of the Old City of Jerusalem in 2017 (AFP)
As Joe Biden prepared to take office as the new US president last month, mainstream US Jewish organisations sent him a letter urging him to follow his predecessors and adopt the 2016 International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism as the operative one for US government agencies, which the State Department had already done since the Obama years.