During March, university campuses across the UK will see Israel smeared by IAW events, falsely comparing Israel to the racist South African Apartheid regime.
If you want to understand more about why this comparison is so wrong, read Chapter 4 of Professor Alan Johnson’s “Israel and the Palestinians: A Guide to the Debate”: click here.
The UK Government has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, which states that “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavour” is antisemitic.
If IAW is saying that the actual existence of Israel as a Jewish state is intrinsically racist in the same way as apartheid was, that’s a breach of the IHRA definition and is therefore antisemitic.
We would like you to email your MP and ask them to confirm their support for the IHRA definition, and to ask them to write to the Prime Minister asking how any breaches of the IHRA definition in universities during IAW will be tackled.
Please take part in the campaign https://www.israelbritain.org.uk/wb/?referral=wb
If you haven’t used the IBA (Israel Britain Alliance) system before you need to add your first name, surname and email address on the first page.
On the next page, add your postcode and click “search” and the system will find the addresses associated with that postcode.
Click on your address and the system will automatically find your MP. You can't enter your MP's details manually. You can view and alter the text of the email.
Press “submit” and you’ll send the email to them.
Please send any responses you receive to luke@webelieveinisrael.org.uk
Every email counts so please join the campaign and forward it to your friends and family as well as sharing it on Facebook and Twitter.
https://www.israelbritain.org.uk/wb/?referral=wb
Best wishes,
Luke Akehurst,
Director, We Believe in Israel
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