Issue - meetings

To consider Report No. DSP2004 (copy attached), which seeks approval for the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IFRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism, for submission to the Council on 23rd April, 2020.

The Cabinet considered Report No. DSP2004, which set out a proposal to recommend to the Council the adoption of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism.

Members were informed that the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government had recently written to local authorities to encourage the adoption of the definition.

The Cabinet RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL that approval be given to the adoption of the formal definition as follows:

 “Antisemitism is 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.”.