Filistinli ve Arap entelektüeller, İsrail devletinin eleştirilmesinin antisemitizm (Yahudi karşıtlığı) sayılmasına ve antisemitizm tanımının Filistin'in haklarını savunanları susturmak için bir araç olarak kullanılmasına karşı çıktı.
Palestinian rights and the IHRA definition of antisemitism (Letters)
Filistinli ve Arap 122 gazeteci, akademisyen ve entelektüel yayımladığı ortak bir bildiride Uluslararası Holokost Anma İttifakı'nın (IHRA), antisemitizm tanımına tepki gösterdi.
Guardian gazetesinde yayımlanan bildiride, IHRA'nın antisemitizm tanımıyla, İsrail devletinin tüm Yahudilerin kendi kaderini tayin hakkını temsil ettiğini varsayarak Yahudilik ile Siyonizm'i birleştirmeye çalıştığı belirtildi.
Bildiride IHRA'nın antisemitizm tanımına itiraz edilerek, "Antisemitizme karşı mücadele, Filistinlilerin haklarının ve topraklarının işgaline karşı yürütülen mücadeleyi gayri meşrulaştırmak için bir oyuna dönüştürülmemelidir." denildi.
IHRA'nın antisemitizm ile siyonizmi birleştirerek İsrail devletinin eylemlerinin tartışılmasını engellemeye çalıştığının kaydedildiği bildiride, İsrail devletini ırkçı olarak gören herkese karşı antisemitizm suçlaması yapılmasının, İsrail'in ne yaparsa yapsın "cezadan muaf tutulacağı" anlamına geleceği ve bunun temel adalete, insan hakları ile uluslararası hukukun temel normlarına aykırı olduğu vurgulandı.
Bildiride, antisemitizmle mücadelenin uluslararası hukuk ve insan hakları çerçevesinde tanımlanması gerektiğine işaret edilerek, "Bu İslamofobi, Filistin ve Arap düşmanlığı gibi her türlü ırkçılık ve yabancı düşmanlığına karşı mücadelenin bir parçası olmalıdır. Bu mücadelenin amacı, tüm ezilen grupların özgürlüğünü garanti etmek olmalıdır. Antisemitizm, baskıcı ve yağmacı bir devletin savunmasına yönelik geliştirildiğinde derinden bozulur." ifadeleri kullanıldı.
Bildiride, şunlar kaydedildi:
"Kendi kaderini tayin hakkı, başka bir toplumu köklerinden koparma ve onların topraklarına geri dönmelerini engelleme hakkını ya da devlet içinde demografik çoğunluğu sağlamanın bir yoluna başvurmayı içermez. Filistinlilerin kendilerinin, ebeveynlerinin, büyükanne ve büyükbabalarının sınır dışı edildikleri topraklara geri dönme talepleri antisemitik olarak yorumlanamaz. Böyle bir talebin İsraillileri endişeye sürüklemesi, bunun ne haksız ne de antisemitik olduğunu kanıtlar. Bu 1948 tarihli 194 sayılı Birleşmiş Milletler Genel Kurul kararında temsil edildiği şekliyle uluslararası hukuk tarafından tanınan bir haktır." (AA)
Guardian'da yer alan orjinal bildirinin altında olan isimler:
Samir Abdallah
Filmmaker, Paris, France
Nadia Abu El-Haj
Ann Olin Whitney Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University, USA
Lila Abu-Lughod
Joseph L Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia University, USA
Bashir Abu-Manneh
Reader in Postcolonial Literature, University of Kent, UK
Gilbert Achcar
Professor of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK
Nadia Leila Aissaoui
Sociologist and Writer on feminist issues, Paris, France
Mamdouh Aker
Board of Trustees, Birzeit University, Palestine
Mohamed Alyahyai
Writer and novelist, Oman
Suad Amiry
Writer and Architect, Ramallah, Palestine
Sinan Antoon
Associate Professor, New York University, Iraq-US
Talal Asad
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Graduate Center, CUNY, USA
Hanan Ashrawi
Former Professor of Comparative Literature, Birzeit University, Palestine
Aziz Al-Azmeh
University Professor Emeritus, Central European University, Vienna, Austria
Abdullah Baabood
Academic and Researcher in Gulf studies, Oman
Nadia Al-Bagdadi
Professor of History, Central European University, Vienna
Sam Bahour
Writer, Al-Bireh/Ramallah, Palestine
Zainab Bahrani
Edith Porada Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, USA
Rana Barakat
Assistant Professor of History, Birzeit University, Palestine
Bashir Bashir
Associate Professor of Political Theory, Open University of Israel, Raanana, State of Israel
Taysir Batniji
Artist-Painter, Gaza, Palestine and Paris, France
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Writer, Paris, France
Mohammed Bennis
Poet, Mohammedia, Morocco
Mohammed Berrada
Writer and Literary Critic, Rabat, Morocco
Omar Berrada
Writer and Curator, New York, USA
Amahl Bishara
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Tufts University, USA
Anouar Brahem
Musician and Composer, Tunisia
Salem Brahimi
Filmaker, Algeria-France
Aboubakr Chraïbi
Professor, Arabic Studies Department, INALCO, Paris, France
Selma Dabbagh
Writer, London, UK
Izzat Darwazeh
Professor of Communications Engineering, University College London, UK
Marwan Darweish
Associate Professor, Coventry University, UK
Beshara Doumani
Mahmoud Darwish Professor of Palestinian Studies and of History, Brown University, USA
Haidar Eid
Associate Professor of English Literature, Al-Aqsa University, Gaza, Palestine
Ziad Elmarsafy
Professor of Comparative Literature, King’s College London, UK
Noura Erakat
Assistant Professor, Africana Studies and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, USA
Samera Esmeir
Associate Professor of Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Khaled Fahmy
FBA, Professor of Modern Arabic Studies, University of Cambridge, UK
Ali Fakhrou
Academic and writer, Bahrain
Randa Farah
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Western University, Canada
Leila Farsakh
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Khaled Furani
Associate Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, Tel-Aviv University, State of Israel
Burhan Ghalioun
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Sorbonne 3, Paris, France
Asad Ghanem
Professor of Political science, Haifa University, State of Israel
Honaida Ghanim
General Director of the Palestinian forum for Israeli Studies Madar, Ramallah, Palestine
George Giacaman
Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies, Birzeit University, Palestine
Rita Giacaman
Professor, Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Palestine
Amel Grami
Professor of Gender Studies, Tunisian University, Tunis
Subhi Hadidi
Literary Critic, Syria-France
Ghassan Hage
Professor of Anthropology and Social theory, University of Melbourne, Australia
Samira Haj
Emeritus Professor of History, CSI/Graduate Center, CUNY, USA
Yassin Al-Haj Saleh
Writer, Syria
Dyala Hamzah
Associate Professor of Arab History, Université de Montréal, Canada
Rema Hammami
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Birzeit University, Palestine
Sari Hanafi
Professor of Sociology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Adam Hanieh
Reader in Development Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK
Kadhim Jihad Hassan
Writer and translator, Professor at INALCO-Sorbonne, Paris, France
Nadia Hijab
Author and human rights advocate, London, UK
Jamil Hilal
Writer, Ramallah, Palestine
Serene Hleihleh
Cultural Activist, Jordan-Palestine
Bensalim Himmich
Academic, novelist and writer, Morocco
Khaled Hroub
Professor in Residence of Middle Eastern Studies, Northwestern University, Qatar
Mahmoud Hussein
Writer, Paris, France
Lakhdar Ibrahimi
Paris School of International Affairs, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, France
Annemarie Jacir
Filmmaker, Palestine
Islah Jad
Associate Professor of Political Science, Birzeit University, Palestine
Lamia Joreige
Visual Artist and Filmaker, Beirut, Lebanon
Amal Al-Jubouri
Writer, Iraq
Mudar Kassis
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Birzeit University, Palestine
Nabeel Kassis
Former Professor of Physics and Former President, Birzeit University, Palestine
Muhammad Ali Khalidi
Presidential Professor of Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center, USA
Rashid Khalidi
Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Columbia University, USA
Michel Khleifi
Filmmaker, Palestine-Belgium
Elias Khoury
Writer, Beirut, Lebanon
Nadim Khoury
Associate Professor of International Studies, Lillehammer University College, Norway
Rachid Koreichi
Artist-Painter, Paris, France
Adila Laïdi-Hanieh
Director General, The Palestinian Museum, Palestine
Rabah Loucini
Professor of History, Oran University, Algeria
Rabab El-Mahdi
Associate Professor of Political Science, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Ziad Majed
Associate Professor of Middle East Studies and IR, American University of Paris, France
Jumana Manna
Artist, Berlin, Germany
Farouk Mardam Bey
Publisher, Paris, France
Mai Masri
Palestinian filmmaker, Lebanon
Mazen Masri
Senior Lecturer in Law, City University of London, UK
Dina Matar
Reader in Political Communication and Arab Media, SOAS, University of London, UK
Hisham Matar
Writer, Professor at Barnard College, Columbia University, USA
Khaled Mattawa
Poet, William Wilhartz Professor of English Literature, University of Michigan, USA
Karma Nabulsi
Professor of Politics and IR, University of Oxford, UK
Hassan Nafaa
Emeritus Professor of Political science, Cairo University, Egypt
Nadine Naber
Professor, Deptartment of Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Issam Nassar
Professor, Illinois State University, USA
Sari Nusseibeh
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Al-Quds University, Palestine
Najwa Al-Qattan
Emeritus Professor of History, Loyola Marymount University, USA
Omar Al-Qattan
Filmmaker, Chair of The Palestinian Museum & the A.M.Qattan Foundation, UK
Nadim N Rouhana
Professor of International Affairs, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA
Ahmad Sa’adi
Professor, Haifa, State of Israel
Rasha Salti
Independent Curator, Writer, Researcher of Art and Film, Germany-Lebanon
Elias Sanbar
Writer, Paris, France
Farès Sassine
Professor of Philosophy and Literary Critic, Beirut, Lebanon
Sherene Seikaly
Associate Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Samah Selim
Associate Professor, A, ME & SA Languages & Literatures, Rutgers University, USA
Leila Shahid
Writer, Beirut, Lebanon
Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
Lawrence D Biele Chair in Law, Hebrew University, State of Israel
Anton Shammas
Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Yara Sharif
Senior Lecturer, Architecture and Cities, University of Westminster, UK
Hanan Al-Shaykh
Writer, London, UK
Raja Shehadeh
Lawyer and Writer, Ramallah, Palestine
Gilbert Sinoué
Writer, Paris, France
Ahdaf Soueif
Writer, Egypt/UK
Mayssoun Sukarieh
Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, King’s College London, UK
Elia Suleiman
Filmmaker, Palestine-France
Nimer Sultany
Reader in Public Law, SOAS, University of London, UK
Jad Tabet
Architect and Writer, Beirut, Lebanon
Jihan El-Tahri
Filmmaker, Egypt
Salim Tamari
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Birzeit University, Palestine
Wassyla Tamzali
Writer, Contemporary Art Producer, Algeria
Fawwaz Traboulsi
Writer, Beirut Lebanon
Dominique Vidal
Historian and Journalist, Palestine-France
Haytham El-Wardany
Writer, Egypt-Germany
Said Zeedani
Emeritus Associate Professor of Philosophy, Al-Quds University, Palestine
Rafeef Ziadah
Lecturer in Comparative Politics of the Middle East, SOAS, University of London, UK
Raef Zreik
Minerva Humanities Centre, Tel-Aviv University, State of Israel
Elia Zureik
Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University, Canada (The Guardian)
