“’Facebook’s updates to its hate speech policy haven’t satisfied its IHRA-focused critics, whose goal isn’t to get Facebook to deplatform antisemitism,’ wrote Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, in the wake of the August letter, ‘but to get Facebook to deplatform criticism of Israel.'”
1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters 2. Hearings & Markups 3. On the Record Shameless plugs On 1/21, FMEP hosted a webinar entitled, “Calling the Thing…
The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) invites you to attend Calling the Thing by its Proper Name: “Apartheid” Between the Jordan River & the…
The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) invites you to attend Calling the Thing by its Proper Name: “Apartheid” Between the Jordan River & the…
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In this episode of “Occupied Thoughts,” host Peter Beinart is joined by Palestinian academics Rashid Khalidi and Nadia Abu El-Haj to discuss a recent statement…
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“Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, said that US officials were ‘weaponising’ anti-Semitism in a bid to repress human rights organisations critical of Israel. Friedman’s criticism focuses on the prevailing understanding of anti-Semitism adopted by both parties in the US, which was first defined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). The ‘working definition’, which Friedman says is politicised, states not only that anti-Semitism includes hostility towards Jews, but also ‘applying double standards” to Israel or requiring of Israel “behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.’”
Analysis by FMEP’s Lara Friedman, published at the American Prospect on November 12, 2020 Weaponizing Anti-Semitism, State Department Delegitimizes Human Rights Groups Authoritarian regimes and…