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Tackling antisemitism can’t be at the expense of a free and open society
By Ian Robinson
At the heart of the Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism recently released by Jillian Segal, Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, is a flawed definition of ‘antisemitism’ published in 2016 by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Unfortunately, it has since been unthinkingly adopted by many other organisations, including the Australian government in 2021.
"The ongoing existence of sometimes rampant antisemitism is one of the most atrocious aspects of the history of European civilisation, and it must be called out and opposed whenever it occurs. But the cause of anti-antisemitism will not be advanced by clumsy attempts like this to protect Israel from legitimate criticism…"
Ian Robinson
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