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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell, Harriet Sherwood and Richard Adams

Jewish leaders urge Edinburgh University to uphold antisemitism definition

View down a street towards the domed Old College building
The Old College building at the University of Edinburgh. Peter Mathieson, the university’s principal, said it had begun reviewing its investments in Israel. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Jewish leaders have urged the University of Edinburgh to uphold a controversial definition of antisemitism after the institution revealed it was reviewing its support for it.

The university said on Sunday it could unadopt the internationally recognised definition written by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), which its critics argue restricts freedom of speech on Israel and Palestine.

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