Texas becomes first state to officially adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism
i24NEWS
June 17, 2021
Texas on Wednesday became the first US state to officially adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.
Governor Greg Abbott signed the bill after passing nearly unanimously in the State Senate and House of Representatives with no legislators voting against it.
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations praised Texas for adopting the working definition of antisemitism that includes a 38-word statement on what antisemitism is followed by 11 examples, including seven related to Israel.
"[Texas adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism] sets an example for the rest of the country by joining the growing global coalition of countries, major cities, and institutions that have rallied behind this key instrument in addressing the urgent threat of antisemitism," the Conference of Presidents said in a statement. "It is essential to define antisemitism in order to combat it successfully."
Earlier this month, Switzerland became the 36th country to adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism.
2 comments:
I like Texas. If folks don't like Texas, we don't care and please don't move here. Most folks are hard working honest people that take care of each other. We don't care for discrimination against any person or group of persons. We are a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary State with Constitutional Carry. We take care of our own borders. We believe in Law and Order and not in Defunding our Police. Sometimes we stumble but before we fall we always hand off the ball.
Fathers Day is coming up and I might go out and buy something that can't be bought in other states. Just because I live in Texas.
So if you are Hasidic or Latvik Jew like me, you are, by definaition, an anti-Semite?So when we gather to burn the zionist flag in Brooklyn it is because we hate ourselves? What stupidity. We hate Zionism because it was founded by an anti-semitic Christian pastor named Thomas Brightman in the 1500's. He hated Jews and wanted them to all return to Palestine so they could, in his words, convert. It was then adopted in more recent times by Theodor Herzl, who hated Jews and whose first solution was to convert, then move to Uganda, then start an athiest state called "Israel"
Please learn your history you ignorant fools. Zionism and Judaism are NOT the same thing-Please speak the truth.Do you see Netanyahu wearing a Kippa, keeping kosher, following Halacha or acting like an amoral corrupt goy? Use your head.
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