(New Arab) On a rainy Monday evening at the Montgomery County Council in Maryland, located near Washington, DC, a group of NGOs held a press conference calling on the Council to reject the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism, which would include criticism of Israel, and to hold a community meeting.
“We’re taking a stand against the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism,” Hannah Shraim, an organiser with MD 2 Palestine, told the New Arab, noting that they are joined by nearly 40 other groups, which represent Jews and Christians.
“It was very important for us to make that statement collectively,” she said.
