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Wednesday 18 July 2018

Bradford Council adopts full IHRA antisemitism definition per The Jewish Chronicle but note two things

This JC report https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/bradford-votes-overwhelmingly-to-adopt-ihra-definition-1.467306 begins thus:

'Bradford Council has voted overwhelmingly to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism in a move its Labour leader said was a sign the city was a place of "welcome".

At a packed full council meeting on Tuesday night, the motion to adopt the IHRA definition was passed, as 80 Conservative and Labour Councillors united to back its implementation - the same day the party outraged British Jews by refusing to adopt the same at a national level.

Ahead of the debate, council leader Susan Hinchcliffe and the Bradford Council For Mosques both issued an appeal for "calm" among local Muslims who were concerned that adopting the IHRA definition would close down criticism of Israel. '

Note that Bradford Council has now adopted a policy that the Jeremy Corbyn led Labour Party can't bring itself to, but also that' council leader Susan Hinchcliffe and the Bradford Council For Mosques both issued an appeal for "calm" among local Muslims who were concerned that adopting the IHRA definition would close down criticism of Israel. ' Anyone surprised at that? Somehow I don't think that the borderline antisemitic BBC won't report that nugget. 

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