Israeli Criticism and Anti-Semitism: The Meaning of "Not Perse" - Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

The JDA definition clearly distinguishes between «per se» anti-Semitic and «not per se» anti-Semitic Israel criticism – in contrast to the IHRA definition. Why this difference is decisive for the debate on anti-Semitism and, at the same time, is not as insurmountable as it often seems. At its party congress last weekend, The Left has decided to adopt the Jerusalem Declaration on Anti-Semitism (JDA). Anyone who follows the sometimes insolent crit…