JTA – An intergovernmental body devoted to commemorating the Holocaust adopted a definition of anti-Semitism that includes some hate speech against Israel.
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, or IHRA, adopted the definition on May 26, according to a statement posted earlier this week on its website. The organization was launched in 1998 and has 31member states, all of them Western nations, and 11 observer countries.
“Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews,” reads the newly adopted text, which the IHRA called a “non-legally binding working definition.”
Manifestations, the definition reads, “might include the targeting of the State of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity” though “criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as anti-Semitic.”
The examples section of the definition includes classic forms of Jew hatred such as “stereotypical allegations about Jews as such” and spreading conspiracy theories about Jews, as well as calls to harm Jews.
It also mentions Israel eight times, listing as examples behaviors such as “claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor” and “applying double standards by requiring of it [Israel] a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.” Comparing Israel to Nazi Germany is also listed, along with “accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, of inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust.”
The text closely resembles a document that had served as the European Union’s working definition of anti-Semitism before Brussels distanced itself from the definition following lobbying and criticism by pro-Palestinian activists.
Adopted in 2005 by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia – a body set up by the European Union to combat racism – it was removed in 2013 from the website of the Fundamental Rights Agency, the body that replaced the centre. A spokesperson for the agency told JTA the EU neither needed nor had a real definition for the phenomenon. She said the document had been pulled as part of maintenance work on the website.
In 2012, the prominent anti-Israel activist Ben White wrote on the website Electronic Intifada that the EU’s working definition’s “real agenda may be to stifle Palestine solidarity activism.”
IHRA adopted the working definition of anti-Semitism during a plenary session in Bucharest less than three months after Romania, which is one of Israel’s staunchest allies within the European Union, assumed the rotating chairmanship of the body. An Israeli official who spoke to JTA on the condition that he not be quoted said Israel had requested the definition, although the IHRA credited the body’s Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial which is composed of experts drawn from IHRA’s 31 Member Countries.
The decision to adopt the working definition “was made in consensus with 31 Member Countries, of which Israel is one of the 31,” Laura Robertson, IHRA’s communication officer, said.
Gideon Behar, the director of the Department for Combating Antisemitism in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, welcomed the definition’s adoption. “Despite protests in Israel and in the Jewish world that the EU is leaving us without a formal definition of anti-Semitism, three years ago this definition disappeared from the website, and we still don’t know why,” Behar told the news site nrg earlier this week.
“By adopting this working definition, the IHRA is setting an example of responsible conduct for other international fora,” said IHRA’s chair, Mihnea Constantinescu, in a statement to media. He noted the involvement of Germany, another key supporter of Israel in the bloc, in getting the text passed.
Of IHRA’s 31 members, which include the United States and Canada, 24 are EU member states. Another two EU states are observers.
Separately, a French cartoonist artist won first prize Tuesday at the second International Holocaust Cartoon Contest in Tehran, which has been widely panned in the West as a offering a podium for anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
Zeon won for a caricature of a money-filled cash register emblazoned with the words “Shoah business” — Shoah is the Hebrew word for Holocaust. The register, shaped to look like the entrance to the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland, shows the figure 6,000,000 – the number of Jews killed in the genocide. It features a key shaped like a Star of David.
There are numerous parallels between Nazi Germany of 1935 and Israel today: To wit: 1) a culture of victimhood. 2) the devaluing of other human beings due to their race & religion. 3) an elected terrorist as leader. 4) a policy of killing ten of the enemy for every one of their own killed. 5) a desire for “liebenstrom’ and thus the theft of other people’s land. 5) the rejection of Jesus Christ by both societies. 6) World disapproval of policies that are racist and illegal..
ed note–Christopher, I think a better way of putting it is that there are numerous parallels between how Nazi Germany has been portrayed and Israel today.
1. The Germans were victims. WWI was horrific in terms of the devastation that was unjustly wrought on her by organized Jewish interests, who then used the social/political devastation following that war as an entryway for attempting the introduction of Bolshevism in Germany, which failed.
2. Everything that took place as vis a’ vis Hitler and National Socialism was not an action, but rather a reaction to what occurred previously. That the Jews got caught up in it was perfectly reasonable/understandable due to their involvement with what was done to Germany.
3. Hitler was a ‘terrorist’ only in the same sense that Palestinians today resisting the occupation of their lands and the murder of their people are ‘terrorists’ as well.
4. Liebensraum was not stealing others’ lands, but rather taking back what was stolen from them following the previous war.
5. Germans were not ‘rejectors’ of Jesus Christ. Christianity remained very strong in Germany before, during and throughout the entire WWII period.
6. The ‘world disapproval’ of Hitler’s policies was due entirely to the fact that the Jews–as they do now–controlled the press in the west and therefore created this disapproval by virtue of a coordinated effort.
Hitler was demonized from the moment he started to speak the truth about the German economy and who was responsible for it. The International Jewry declared war on Germany in 1933. there are newspapers from that year that show it. “The Daily Express”. See it on You Tube. The Jews started their smear campaign against Hitler and they still have not stopped after 7 decades. Now the HOLOHOAX has been converted as the new religion.
However the real criminals who are responsible for more than 179 million innocent people in the last century are never mentioned in the Jewish controlled news media.
Hey Christopher and MG: you are using the wrong word. It must be LEBENSRAUM not something with ” liebens..” ( love ).” Lebensraum ” means “room to live or expand” It is the second time I’m correcting this wrong expression of ” liebenstrom/ raum. Please consider this in the future.
ed note–my apologies Eva, and thank you. I thought something looked not-quite-right about that.
I see Phillips is still frothing Garbage about the Fuhrer
Defamation and Hate Speech that are surely coming louder, right from the whining Jew’s mouths…
The HOLOOAX in Germany didn’t happen !!!!
Hitler went into Poland to stop the masacre that was being carried on, by Bolshevik Jews in Russia.
After 60 million Russians were massacred by Jews in Russia … That is a Holocaust !!!
Vampire jews on steroids again and again distorting History !!!
NAZIS WERE MUCH BETTER HUMANS, being a NAZI is a compliment !!! Not the loads of twisted lies coming from the jews that r4un hollywood,. pushing thousands of Anti-Nazi Picture jew’s Propaganda from HollyJewWood…
Furthermore; Semites are the Palestinians…
The jews are exterminating and committing Genocide on Palestinians since 1947 and yes,
THAT IS A HOLOCAUST HAPPENING BY VAMPIRE JEWS ION PALESTINE !!!!!
ZIONIST JEWS = JEWS
AIPAC = USA
ISIS = ISRAEL SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
Welcome to the “Jews World Order”…
Protest it’s when we say we don’t agree with something.
Resistance is when we ensure that things which we disagree, no longer take place…!!!
RESIST !!!!!
How the Jews control ALL the Media ???
How are they shoving down our throats their infamous “Jews World Order” ???
Is easy, they have the Monopoly via the “Federal Reserve Jews Bank” in the USA to Print Control and Distribute ALL Dollar bills in the Planet…
Every country in Earth, (except Syria, Iran and North Korea) have a jews’s Central Bank controlling all finances and holding hostages by Unpayable Debts, All Nations and ALL Politicians , Judges and Generals in the Planet this way:
ROTHSCHILD OWNED BANKS:
Afghanistan: Bank of Afghanistan
Albania: Bank of Albania
Algeria: Bank of Algeria
Argentina: Central Bank of Argentina
Armenia: Central Bank of Armenia
Aruba: Central Bank of Aruba
Australia: Reserve Bank of Australia
Austria: Austrian National Bank
Azerbaijan: Central Bank of Azerbaijan Republic
Bahamas: Central Bank of The Bahamas
Bahrain: Central Bank of Bahrain
Bangladesh: Bangladesh Bank
Barbados: Central Bank of Barbados
Belarus: National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
Belgium: National Bank of Belgium
Belize: Central Bank of Belize
Benin: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
Bermuda: Bermuda Monetary Authority
Bhutan: Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan
Bolivia: Central Bank of Bolivia
Bosnia: Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana: Bank of Botswana
Brazil: Central Bank of Brazil
Bulgaria: Bulgarian National Bank
Burkina Faso: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
Burundi: Bank of the Republic of Burundi
Cambodia: National Bank of Cambodia
Came Roon: Bank of Central African States
Canada: Bank of Canada – Banque du Canada *****
Cayman Islands: Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
Central African Republic: Bank of Central African States
Chad: Bank of Central African States
Chile: Central Bank of Chile
China: The People’s Bank of China
Colombia: Bank of the Republic
Comoros: Central Bank of Comoros
Congo: Bank of Central African States
Costa Rica: Central Bank of Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
Croatia: Croatian National Bank
Cuba: Central Bank of Cuba
Cyprus: Central Bank of Cyprus
Czech Republic: Czech National Bank
Denmark: National Bank of Denmark
Dominican Republic: Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
East Caribbean area: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
Ecuador: Central Bank of Ecuador
Egypt: Central Bank of Egypt **********
El Salvador: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea: Bank of Central African States
Estonia: Bank of Estonia
Ethiopia: National Bank of Ethiopia
European Union: European Central Bank
Fiji: Reserve Bank of Fiji
Finland: Bank of Finland
France: Bank of France
Gabon: Bank of Central African States
The Gambia: Central Bank of The Gambia
Georgia: National Bank of Georgia
Germany: Deutsche Bundesbank
Ghana: Bank of Ghana
Greece: Bank of Greece
Guatemala: Bank of Guatemala
Guinea Bissau: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
Guyana: Bank of Guyana
Haiti: Central Bank of Haiti *****
Honduras: Central Bank of Honduras
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Hungary: Magyar Nemzeti Bank
Iceland: Central Bank of Iceland
India: Reserve Bank of India
Indonesia: Bank Indonesia
Iran: The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Iraq: Central Bank of Iraq
Ireland: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland
Israel: Bank of Israel
Italy: Bank of Italy
Jamaica: Bank of Jamaica
Japan: Bank of Japan
Jordan: Central Bank of Jordan
Kazakhstan: National Bank of Kazakhstan
Kenya: Central Bank of Kenya
Korea: Bank of Korea
Kuwait: Central Bank of Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan: National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
Latvia: Bank of Latvia
Lebanon: Central Bank of Lebanon
Lesotho: Central Bank of Lesotho
Libya: Central Bank of Libya
Lithuania: Bank of Lithuania
Luxembourg: Central Bank of Luxembourg
Macao: Monetary Authority of Macao
Macedonia: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia
Madagascar: Central Bank of Madagascar
Malawi: Reserve Bank of Malawi
Malaysia: Central Bank of Malaysia
Mali: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
Malta: Central Bank of Malta
Mauritius: Bank of Mauritius
Mexico: Bank of Mexico
Moldova: National Bank of Moldova
Mongolia: Bank of Mongolia
Montenegro: Central Bank of Montenegro
Morocco: Bank of Morocco
Mozambique: Bank of Mozambique
Namibia: Bank of Namibia
Nepal: Central Bank of Nepal
Netherlands: Netherlands Bank
Netherlands Antilles: Bank of the Netherlands Antilles
New Zealand: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Nicaragua: Central Bank of Nicaragua
Niger: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
Nigeria: Central Bank of Nigeria
Norway: Central Bank of Norway
Oman: Central Bank of Oman
Pakistan: State Bank of Pakistan
Papua New Guinea: Bank of Papua New Guinea
Paraguay: Central Bank of Paraguay
Peru: Central Reserve Bank of Peru
Philip Pines: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Poland: National Bank of Poland
Portugal: Bank of Portugal
Qatar: Qatar Central Bank
Romania: National Bank of Romania
Russia: Central Bank of Russia
Rwanda: National Bank of Rwanda
San Marino: Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino
Samoa: Central Bank of Samoa
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
Senegal: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
Serbia: National Bank of Serbia
Seychelles: Central Bank of Seychelles
Sierra Leone: Bank of Sierra Leone
Singapore: Monetary Authority of Singapore
Slovakia: National Bank of Slovakia
Slovenia: Bank of Slovenia
Solomon Islands: Central Bank of Solomon Islands
South Africa: South African Reserve Bank
Spain: Bank of Spain
Sri Lanka: Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Sudan: Bank of Sudan
Surinam: Central Bank of Suriname
Swaziland: The Central Bank of Swaziland
Sweden: Sveriges Riksbank
Switzerland: Swiss National Bank
Tajikistan: National Bank of Tajikistan
Tanzania: Bank of Tanzania
Thailand: Bank of Thailand
Togo: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
Tonga: National Reserve Bank of Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago: Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia: Central Bank of Tunisia
Turkey: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
Uganda: Bank of Uganda
Ukraine: National Bank of Ukraine
United Arab Emirates: Central Bank of United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom: Bank of England
United States: Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Uruguay: Central Bank of Uruguay
Vanuatu: Reserve Bank of Vanuatu
Venezuela: Central Bank of Venezuela
Vietnam: The State Bank of Vietnam
Yemen: Central Bank of Yemen
Zambia: Bank of Zambia
Zimbabwe: Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
Canada has long been under these ludicrous guidelines. Land of the free speech, not so much. But yanno …. you really do stop caring about these ludicrous laws after awhile. If you ever followed them in the first place….
They want to clamp down on free speech everywhere and have done a superb job at it. Problem is… people STILL eventually wriggle out from beneath and express themselves nonetheless.
#6 Alex Thank you for the list.