Ambassador Urges Canberra to Adopt IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism

Maimon says adopting IHRA definition is vital to expose harmful stereotypes, double standards and rising new forms of anti-Semitic prejudice.

A contractor cleans anti-Israel graffiti on Magney St, Woollahra in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 11, 2024. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

Israel’s Ambassador to Australia, Amir Maimon, has called on the federal government to formally adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism.

In a post on social media platform X, Maimon said embracing the IHRA definition was “essential” to identifying and addressing modern-day anti-Semitism.