(IPT) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued an “action alert” on Thursday encouraging its supporters to pressure Congress to oppose the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2019.”
The act was reintroduced in March by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and three other senators. It directs the Department of Education to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s working definition of anti-Semitism, which the State Department embraced in 2016.
Elements of this working definition encompass modern anti-Israel sentiment that “crosses the line into anti-Semitism.” That includes denying the Jewish people’s right to self-determination, claims that Israel was founded as a racist entity, and applying double standards against Israel not expected of other democracies.
