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Call to Senior University Administrators to Refuse the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

We, the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network and allies, urge all universities to refuse to adopt the problematic and confusing International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance [IHRA] Working Definition of Antisemitism. We urge university administrators across a broad spectrum to join in asserting that protest and criticism of state violence constitute protected speech on campuses.

Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

The Israeli military is systematically using Palestinians as human shields in Gaza, several former detainees and soldiers tell the AP, though the practice is banned by a national court decision and international law. According to some Palestinians, it’s also happening in the occupied West Bank where the army has intensified its operations.