{"id":375227,"date":"2018-08-28T16:23:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T15:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/palestinian-groups-urge-labour-to-reject-ihras-false-anti-palestinian-definition-of-antisemitism-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-08-28T16:23:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T15:23:23","slug":"palestinian-groups-urge-labour-to-reject-ihras-false-anti-palestinian-definition-of-antisemitism-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/palestinian-groups-urge-labour-to-reject-ihras-false-anti-palestinian-definition-of-antisemitism-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian groups urge Labour to \u2018reject IHRA\u2019s false, anti-Palestinian definition of antisemitism\u2019 \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Palestinian civil society groups have issued a statement urging UK Labour and trade unions to reject the \u201cbiased, anti-Palestinian\u201d IHRA definition of anti-Semitism which seeks to conflate anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel.<\/p>\n

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Palestinian civil groups have urged the UK Labour Party to reject the \u201cbiased, anti-Palestinian\u201d<\/em> definition of anti-Semitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).<\/p>\n

In a letter, the groups claim the definition \u201caims to silence criticism of Israeli policies that clearly violate Palestinian human rights.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The statement<\/a>, signed by 24 Palestinian civil society groups including their trade unions, refugee networks and professional associations, is circulating on social media with the hashtag #DontSilencePalestine.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0Jewish group defends Corbyn\u2019s criticism of Israel, slams anti-Semitism claims (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It reads: \u201cPalestinian trade unions, mass organisations and networks, representing the majority in Palestinian civil society, call on the British Labour party, trade unions, city councils, universities and civil society at large to reject the IHRA\u2019s false, anti-Palestinian definition of antisemitism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The \u201cdiscredited\u201d<\/em> IHRA guidelines \u201cdeliberately conflate hostility to or prejudice or discrimination against Jews on the one hand with legitimate criticism of Israel\u2019s policies and system of injustice on the other,”<\/em>\u00a0the statement continues.<\/p>\n

It comes after reports that Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party is set to adopt the IHRA definition on anti-Semitism in full, after consistent pressure from mainstream Jewish groups and a selection of \u2018Labour Friends of Israel\u2019 MPs. In July, Labour MPs and peers unanimously passed a motion that would make the party’s parliamentarians adhere to the IHRA definition.<\/p>\n

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Labour\u2019s ruling NEC will adopt IHRA antisemitism definition in full, with all examples, on 4 September, according to three NEC members. But will that restore relations with the mainstream Jewish community? https:\/\/t.co\/TqGBXT51Y9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Robert Peston (@Peston) August 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The contention stems from the IHRA\u2019s accompanying examples of anti-Semitism – eleven in total. There are those within the party that say all eleven must be adopted if Labour is serious about stamping out anti-Semitism, while another faction claim certain examples limit free speech about Israeli state policies in regards to Palestinians.<\/p>\n

The Palestinian groups’ statement affirms that the IHRA definition \u201cattempts to erase Palestinian history, demonise solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality, suppress freedom of expression, and shield Israel\u2019s far-right regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid from effective measures of accountability in accordance to international law\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Palestinian statement urges Labour and UK trade unions to:<\/p>\n