This comes via Birmingham University Friends of Palestine society.

Last night in Birmingham University’s Guild Council, the motion on the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia’s (EUMC) definition of anti-Semitism was passed.

Attempts to remove the following points from the otherwise reasonable definition of anti-Semitism were resisted, both by Guild Councillors and the Council Chairs:

– Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavour.
– Applying double standards by requiring of it a behaviour not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.
– Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.

Then, as the discussion/debate was getting more constructive, a member of the Guild executive proposed to go straight to a vote without any further discussion. The vote took place and the motion was passed by a clear majority of votes.

So now, the Guild of Students considers the above three points to be manifestations of anti-Semitism as a matter of policy.

Not only is this bad for critics of Israel, but the true meaning of anti-Semitism has been slaughtered.