CAIR anti-Semites fight ‘Anti-Semitism Awareness’ bill

April 5, 2019   

(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.

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