LA City Council adopts definition of “antisemitism” in wake of hate incidents including hateful banner on 405 freeway.
After councilmembers returned to the chamber to resume the meeting, they heard about two hours of public comment before voting unanimously to accept the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of “antisemitism.”
Councilman Paul Koretz, who authored the resolution, said antisemitism isn’t always overt and may look different today than when his father fled Nazi Germany. But, he said, “the Nazis didn’t call themselves anti-Semites, and those who engage in modern forms of antisemitism are no different.” According to the resolution, the Anti-Defamation League counted 2,717 antisemitic incidents in the U.S. last year, a 34% increase from the year before and the highest number on record since 1979 when the league began tracking such incidents.
Jeff Warner, a coordinator for LA Jews for Peace, told the council that the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism “blurs the distinction between antisemitic speech and legitimate criticism of Israel and Zionism.” “Crisis pregnancy centers often work to attract pregnant Californians into their facilities through vague claims about the information and services they offer,” Bonta said at the time. “While crisis pregnancy centers may claim to offer comprehensive reproductive health care services, their mission is to discourage people from accessing abortion care.”
Instead, he continued, some crisis pregnancy centers falsely advertise that they provide abortion services or referrals. Then when a patient shows up, staff at the center attempt to dissuade the woman from having an abortion.
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