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EXAMPLES OF ANTISEMITIC BEHAVIOR RELATIVE TO ISRAEL AS IDENTIFIED BY THE IHRA :
Demonizing Israel
• Characterizing Israel or Israelis using symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism .
• Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis .
• Blaming Israel for all inter-religious or political tensions .
Holding Israel To A Double Standard
• Requiring Israel to behave in a manner not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation ..
• Focusing on Israel only for peace or human rights investigations by multilateral organizations .
Delegitimizing Israel
• Denying only the Jewish people their right to selfdetermination , and denying Israel the right to exist .
The U . S . Commission on Civil Rights has found that anti-Israeli and anti- Zionist propaganda that is disseminated on many campuses include references to the medieval antisemitic blood libel of Jews slaughtering children for ritual purposes and stereotypes of Jews as greedy , aggressive , overly powerful , or conspiratorial .