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EXCLUSIVE: Labour grassroots campaign to jettison IHRA definition of antisemitism

Constituency Labour Party branches are being urged to submit motions for Labour conference to replace it with the Jerusalem Declaration

May 19, 2021 11:49
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A grassroots campaign has been launched to drop the internationally recognised definition of antisemitism at Labour’s annual party conference.

Constituency Labour Party branches are being urged to submit motions for Labour conference to replace the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance with the Jerusalem Declaration.

The move comes despite warnings from the Community Security Trust that adopting the Declaration could hamper efforts to tackle antisemitism.

Labour activists are being urged on hard-left websites to attend this year’s party conference, being held in Brighton in September, while CLPs are being called on to submit motions to debate and vote on replacing the IHRA definition.