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128 scholars ask UN not to adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

A demonstrator takes part in protests outside a meeting of the National Executive Committee of Britain's Labour Party [File: Henry Nicholls/Reuters]

More than 100 scholars have urged the United Nations not to adopt the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism due to its “divisive and polarising” effect.

In a statement published on Thursday, the 128 scholars, who include leading Jewish academics at Israeli, European, United Kingdom and United States universities, said the definition has been “hijacked” to protect the Israeli government from international criticism.

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