The weaponization of antisemitism accusations to silence criticism of Israel has become a global threat to academic freedom, free speech, and the fight for justice in Palestine. On April 17, 2025, over 40 Jewish scholars, Holocaust and genocide experts, and historians of antisemitism across the United States took a bold stand: they publicly violated the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition of antisemitism, exposing its dangerous role in suppressing dissent.