{"id":122438,"date":"2021-02-09T16:03:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122438"},"modified":"2021-02-09T16:43:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:43:13","slug":"biden-vows-to-take-effective-action-against-anti-semitismwhile-ignoring-these-democrat-anti-semites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-vows-to-take-effective-action-against-anti-semitismwhile-ignoring-these-democrat-anti-semites\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Vows To \u2018Take Effective Action\u2019 Against Anti-Semitism\u2026While Ignoring These Democrat Anti-Semites"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-vows-to-take-effective-action-against-anti-semitismwhile-ignoring-these-democrat-anti-semites%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122438&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1129252462-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Last week, the Biden administration announced that \u2014 in line with prior administrations \u2014 they would be embracing the IHRA\u2019s definition of anti-Semitism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) have a \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holocaustremembrance.com\/resources\/working-definitions-charters\/working-definition-antisemitism\"><span>working definition<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d of anti-Semitism:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cAntisemitism is<\/span> a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and\/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>To guide its work, they provide a list of examples which \u201cmay serve as illustrations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical ideology or an extremist view of religion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about Jews as such or the power of Jews as collective \u2014 such as, especially but not exclusively, the myth about a world Jewish conspiracy or of Jews controlling the media, economy, government or other societal institutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Accusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a single Jewish person or group, or even for acts committed by non-Jews.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Denying the fact, scope, mechanisms (e.g. gas chambers) or intentionality of the genocide of the Jewish people at the hands of National Socialist Germany and its supporters and accomplices during World War II (the Holocaust).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, of inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>This definition has been adopted or endorsed by multiple countries and organizations across the world, including the United States (since December 2019), United Kingdom (since December 2016), and Germany (since September 2017). The United Nations and European Union have also \u201cexpressed support\u201d for the IHRA\u2019s working definition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Kara McDonald, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/biden-admin-embraces-ihra-anti-semitism-definition-shunned-by-progressives\/\">announced<\/a> the Biden administration\u2019s decision, saying \u201cAs prior US administrations of both political stripes have done, the Biden Administration embraces and champions the [IHRA\u2019s] working definition [of anti-Semitism]. We applaud the growing number of countries and international bodies that apply it. We urge all that haven\u2019t done so to do likewise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking to an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe meeting, McDonald also said, \u201cWe must educate ourselves and our communities to recognize anti-Semitism in its many forms, so that we can call hate by its proper name and take effective action. That is why the IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism, with its real-world examples, is such an invaluable tool.\u05f4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, if the Biden administration truly wishes to \u201crecognize anti-Semitism in its many forms,\u201d and \u201ctake effective action,\u201d they should explain why multiple prominent anti-Semitic Democrats and Leftist organizations have yet to be condemned by Biden or the Democratic party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ilhan Omar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Voted as 2019\u2019s biggest anti-Semite by StopAntisemitism.org, Omar has a consistent history of peddling anti-Semitic rhetoric. She has accused American Jews of possessing<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2019\/03\/ilhan-omars-dual-loyalty-charge-was-anti-semitic\/584314\/\"><span>dual loyalty<\/span><\/a><span>, alleged that Jews buy their influence with<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/03\/07\/700901834\/minnesota-congresswoman-ignites-debate-on-israel-and-anti-semitism\"><span>money<\/span><\/a> <span>\u2014 \u201cIt\u2019s all about the Benjamins\u201d \u2014 accused \u201cevil\u201d Israel of having<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/rep-ilhan-omar-defends-2012-tweet-accusing-israel-of-hypnotizing-the-world\/\"><span>hypnotized the world<\/span><\/a><span>,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ilhan-omar-israel-bds-movement-iran-sanctions-very-different\"><span>supported<\/span><\/a> <span>the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and submitted a resolution in the House of Representatives<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/omar-introduces-resolution-defending-boycotts-of-israel-likens-it-to-boycott-of-nazi-germany-soviet-union\"><span>comparing<\/span><\/a> <span>boycotting Israel to boycotting the Nazis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She remains a member of the House Budget Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rashida Tlaib<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Tlaib has continued to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar-miftah-anti-semitism-israel-palestine-bds-2019-8\"><span>associate<\/span><\/a> <span>with open anti-Semites, as well as organizations which have praised Palestinian suicide bombings which target Jewish civilians. She has shared and promoted rhetoric calling for the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/02\/rashida-tlaibs-all-too-telling-anti-israel-tweet\/\"><span>destruction<\/span><\/a> <span>of the Jewish state, including the Palestine Liberation Organization\u2019s slogan \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,\u201d as well as cartoons mocking Holocaust victims.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She also supports the BDS movement, has spread <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/tlaib-deletes-retweet-claiming-settlers-killed-boy-found-dead-in-rain-filled-pit\/\">blood libels<\/a>, and described a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/05\/13\/politics\/rashida-tlaib-holocaust-comments\/index.html\"><span>false<\/span><\/a> <span>history of Israel, saying that the home of Judaism for thousands of years was created out of thin air in the aftermath of the Holocaust, to \u201ccreate a safe haven for Jews, post-the Holocaust, post-the tragedy and the horrific persecution of Jews across the world at that time.\u201d Tlaib also favors a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/forward.com\/news\/breaking-news\/408368\/michigan-democratic-nominee-endorses-one-state-solution-cuts-to-israeli\/\"><span>one-state<\/span><\/a> <span>\u201csolution\u201d to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She remains a member of the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Black Lives Matter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition to multiple instances of anti-Semitism during Black Lives Matter marches, such as<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2020\/10\/30\/united-states\/a-widely-circulated-video-showed-jews-being-harassed-at-black-lives-matter-protest-the-attacker-is-part-of-a-fringe-group\"><span>harassment<\/span><\/a><span>, and<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/youngisrael.org\/press-release\/young-israel-condemns-anti-semitism-at-black-lives-matter-march\/\"><span>chants<\/span><\/a> <span>of \u201cIsrael, we know you, you murder children, too,\u201d<\/span> <span>the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/article\/2020\/aug\/24\/ask-politifact-black-lives-matter-anti-semitic\/\"><span>2016 platform<\/span><\/a> <span>of Black Lives Matter claimed that providing aid to Israel is \u201ccomplicit in the genocide taking place against the Palestinian people,\u201d and described Israel as \u201can apartheid state.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In June 2020, Black Lives Matter United Kingdom<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukblm\/status\/1277177624884850689\"><span>tweeted<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cAs Israel moves forward with the annexation of the West Bank, and mainstream British politics is gagged of the right to critique Zionism, and Israel\u2019s settler colonial pursuits, we loudly and clearly stand beside our Palestinian comrades. FREE PALESTINE.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Al Sharpton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>As part of a long career of controversy and alleged corruption, \u201ccivil rights icon\u201d Al Sharpton has routinely engaged in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/haworth-democrats-obsession-al-sharpton-ian-haworth\"><span>anti-Semitic<\/span><\/a> <span>rhetoric. He faced heavy criticism for his role in the Crown Heights race riots of 1991. During the funeral of Gavin Cato, a seven-year-old boy who was accidentally killed by one of the cars in the motorcade of the leader of an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic movement, Sharpton said: \u201cIt\u2019s an accident to allow an apartheid ambulance service in the middle of Crown Heights.\u201d During the Crown Heights riots which followed, Yankel Rosenbaum, a 29-year-old Jewish student, was surrounded, beaten and stabbed, later dying in the hospital. Many criticized Sharpton for his role in inflaming tensions, citing remarks such as \u201cIf the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In March 2000, a House<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/BILLS-106hconres289ih\/html\/BILLS-106hconres289ih.htm\"><span>resolution<\/span><\/a> <span>was introduced \u201cCondemning the racist and anti-Semitic views of the Reverend Al Sharpton,\u201d and included claims that Sharpton \u201ccondoned anti-Semitic views in that protesters from the Reverend Sharpton\u2019s National Action Network have referred to members of the Jewish faith as \u2018bloodsucking [J]ews\u2019, and \u2018Jew bastards,\u2019\u201d and \u201creferred to members of the Jewish faith as \u2018white interlopers\u2019 and \u2018diamond merchants,\u2019\u201d and also criticized his \u201cvicious verbal anti-Semitic attacks directed at members of the Jewish faith, and in particular, a Jewish landlord, arising from a simple landlord-tenant dispute with a black tenant,&nbsp; incited widespread violence, riots, and the murder of five innocent people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Women\u2019s March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Former national co-chairs of the Women\u2019s March \u2014 Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory and Bob Bland \u2014 were all \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/09\/21\/the-womens-march-still-has-an-anti-semitism-problem\/\"><span>edged out<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d from the organization after they \u201c<\/span><span>alienated donors and the grassroots with their unapologetic embrace of Louis Farrakhan, despite his notorious anti-Semitism.\u201d<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/courtney-love-linda-sarsour-an-anti-semitic-terrorist\/\"><span>Sarsour<\/span><\/a><span>, in particular, has endorsed the BDS movement, supported a one-state solution, and stated in an interview that one cannot be both a feminist and a Zionist, despite the fact that Israel is the only country in the region to offer any form of gender equality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Zahra Billoo, who then joined the Women\u2019s March board, was quickly removed after past tweets surfaced, including<\/span> <span>\u201capartheid Israel kills children as a hobby\u201d and that she saw no \u201cdifference between American youth leaving the country to join isis or idf .\u2009.\u2009. both are murderous, war crime committing terrorist entity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other members of the organization include Charlene Carruthers, who tweeted about a supposed \u201cmassacre in Gaza,\u201d and that she is \u201cafraid .\u2009.\u2009. to speak out against the Israeli occupation [because she\u2019s] witnessed the consequences,\u201d Samia Assad, who retweeted a video with the caption \u201cIsrael = worse than the devil,\u201d and Rinku Sen, who wrote a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed criticizing America\u2019s acceptance of the \u201csupremacist aspects of Zionism,\u201d and has also called Zionism a \u201cmovement that claims all of the land from Iraq to Egypt for Ashkenazi (white) Jews.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><em>@ighaworth<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">&nbsp;<em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the Biden administration announced that \u2014 in line with prior administrations \u2014 they would be embracing the IHRA\u2019s definition of anti-Semitism. 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