Die Linke Distances Itself from IHRA Antisemitism Definition, Backs Jerusalem Declaration

A resolution passed at the May 2025 federal party congress of Die Linke, titled "Antisemitismus, Repression und Zensur bekämpfen," remains in force and sets out how the party addresses antisemitism. The text states that Die Linke endorses the Jerusalem Declaration and rejects the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, opposing the practice of reading it as a binding definition in municipalities, public authorities and Bundestag resolutions. The party's position is examined in the current issue of Der Freitag by Konstantin Nowotny, who notes that several competing efforts exist to formulate a precise definition of antisemitism, among them the IHRA definition, the Jerusalem Declaration and the Nexus document. Knowing these distinctions is described as especially useful at present. The article is published on freitag.de.