"If you’ve spent any time in Israel, you know that criticizing the state of Israel and the government is really an Israeli pastime," Boyer said.Regarding Israeli sovereignty, the resolution said that the area was granted to the Jews “through the oldest recorded deed, as recorded in the Old Testament." It also claimed that the Jewish presence in Israel has “remained constant throughout the past 4,000 years of history,” and added that Israel is not an occupier.The resolution included the working definition of antisemitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Boyer claimed that if the IHRA definitions was not taught in schools, Holocaust education “could be corrupted in ways that could ironically boost contemporary antisemitism rather than combat it.”
Arizona approves: Questioning Israel's right to exist is antisemitic
A legislation approved in Arizona says that schools now have to teach that it is antisemitic to say that Israel does not have a right to exist.
