International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Patriots for Europe group adopts IHRA principles combating antisemitism, express support for Israel

During the conference, participants expressed support for Israel and settlement in Judea and Samaria, while opposing sanctions and boycotts imposed on them.

Patriots for Europe members meet in Strasbourg, September 16, 2026.
In the decades after the Holocaust, the shame of images of Auschwitz played a significant role in the easing of direct threats on Jews, including acts of violence.

Global support for IHRA antisemitism definition grew in 2025

Missouri's Capitol Building in Jefferson City.

Missouri adopts IHRA’s antisemitism definition, boosts student protections

JUDGE ALFREDO Lopez, accused of antisemitism.

Argentinian judge to be tried for antisemitism after calling Jews 'rats' and 'vipers'


Texas adopts IHRA definition in establishing antisemitism commission

Lone Star State becomes first in the US to adopt the IHRA definition

Texas State Capitol.

Fight antisemitism: 'Never again' must be backed by actions - opinion

Adoption of the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism is an important step to fighting Jew-hatred and preventing violence

Demonstrators take part in an antisemitism protest outside the Labour Party headquarters in central London, Britain April 8, 2018.

Switzerland adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The IHRA working definition describes various forms of antisemitism, including hatred and discrimination against Jews and Holocaust denial.

A Swiss flag is pictured during the sunrise on the Commercial and Financial District in Geneva, Switzerland, November 23, 2017

Penn State student government adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The vote follows an April 8 resolution by the student government to fight antisemitism on campus.

Pennsylvania State University.

Over 7 antisemitic incidents per day in Canada in 2020 - B'nai Brith

The 2020 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents found an 18.3% increase in antisemitic incidents compared to 2019, with 44% of the 2,610 incidents reported being COVID-19-related.

A woman spray painting a Star of David at Foodbenders, in Toronto, Canada.

War of the words: The conflict between definitions of antisemitism

"We need to first define and identify that which we are trying to defeat, in order to defeat it."

PROTESTING OUTSIDE a meeting of the British Labour Party’s National Executive, which was set to discuss the party’s definition of antisemitism, in London in September 2018

New definitions of antisemitism diminish the role of Israel and Zionism

While it’s clear that the Nexus authors are concerned with antisemitism from the far-Right, they apparently aren’t troubled by bigotry against Jews having to do with Israel or Zionism.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, observes a moment of silence during a ceremony commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust in the Hall of Remembrance, Yad Vashem, August 2017

New 'Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism' definition unneeded - opinion

The controversy over the IHRA definition arose after several fringe Jewish groups launched a campaign against IHRA, falsely claiming it “censors” free speech and “silences” Palestinian advocacy.

DEMONSTRATORS IN Paris’s Ilan Halimi square protest antisemitism and racism in February.

UK university rejects IHRA definition of antisemitism, sparking outrage

According to the report, the vote was 671-260, plus 14 abstentions.

City University, John St, Finsbury, London.

A liberal definition of antisemitism that allows for Israel criticism

“Paying disproportionate attention to Israel and treating Israel differently than other countries is not prima facie proof of anti-Semitism."

A man carries a wooden Star of David as people attend a demonstration themed with the slogan "#unteilbar" (indivisible) to protest against antisemitism, racism and nationalism in Berlin, Germany, October 13, 2019.