"UN urged to reject IHRA definition of anti-Semitism by rights groups"

Sixty human and civil rights organizations have urged the United Nations Secretary-General not to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, stating that it has been used to suppress criticism of Israel. The groups have asked the UN to ensure that its efforts to combat anti-Semitism do not undermine fundamental human rights, including the right to speak and organize in support of Palestinian rights. The IHRA definition has been used to wrongly label criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic, and thus chill and sometimes suppress non-violent protest, activism, and speech critical of Israel and/or Zionism, including in the US and Europe.