A racist endeavour?
One of the eleven examples of antisemitism in the IHRA is this: “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.” With the IHRA adoption by Labour, some on the Labour left, has asserted their “right” to call Israel a “racist endeavour”. Shortly after the Labour NEC vote a posters carrying the slogan “Israel is a racist endeavour” popped up around London. At first appearance it seems not an unreasonable slogan: Israel’s government is doing a lot of racist things, passing racist laws and occupying...