FACT CHECK · ZIONISM
Claim: Anti-Zionism is never antisemitism
MISLEADINGTHE ANSWER
Contested. IHRA definition (26 May 2016; 47 governments by 1 Jan 2026) lists denying Jews self-determination as antisemitic, not criticism like that of any state. JDA (2021, 400+ scholars) differs.
SOURCE
IHRA working definition 26 May 2016 (WJC text); CAM adoption tracker 1 Jan 2026; Jerusalem Declaration 25 Mar 2021
worldjewishcongress.org · ihra.combatantisemitism.org · jerusalemdeclaration.org
worldjewishcongress.org · ihra.combatantisemitism.org · jerusalemdeclaration.org
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