Here’s every Zionist ‘Jewish’ organization endorsing Nazi-style censorship

Just for the record.

Earlier this month, Meta—which presently owns Facebook and Instagram—enacted a policy update to ban the word “Zionist” from individual user posts in polemical contexts. According to Jewish Insider, “several Jewish groups pushed for the policy change.”¹ The president of the World Jewish Congress likewise extolled the move, which over 150 “advocacy groups” proved influential in enacting:²

‘Meta’s decision is a much-needed advancement in our ongoing fight against online antisemitism and hatred,’ said Ronald Lauder, WJC’s president. ‘By recognizing and addressing the misuse of the term “Zionist,” Meta is taking a bold stand against those who seek to mask their hatred of Jews.’

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Nearly 150 advocacy groups and experts provided input that led to Meta’s policy update, including CyberWell, a nonprofit that has been documenting the swell of online antisemitism and Holocaust denial since the start of the Hamas-Israel war. CyberWell, which is based in Tel Aviv, employs the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, a popular and controversial document that categorizes some criticism of Israel as antisemitism.

In a press release, CyberWell said it provided Meta with data demonstrating the widespread use of ‘Zionist’ as a euphemism for Jews and Israelis, adding that it will track how well the company enforces its new policy.

So who are the Zionists and Israelis we’re not allowed to ‘demonize’?

To be unbiased and neutral on my part, I will allow them to speak for themselves.

The list

“Adopt IHRA Coalition” gloated over Meta’s decision and urged:³

…YouTube, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Telegram, Reddit, and other social media platforms to follow Meta's lead by similarly identifying and fighting both classic and new forms of antisemitism. Jewish users, like every other minority, deserve to be safe when using social media.

“Jewish users”? Obviously only the Zionist ones, because JVP and NK don’t matter to them. Anyways, that letter conveniently lists all 35 signatories:⁴

• Acción y Comunicación sobre Oriente Medio (ACOM) (Spain)

• Alleanza per Israel (Italy)

• Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC)

• Belgian Friends of Israel (BFOI)

• BrightMind (Israel)

• Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) (UK)

• Center for Information and Documentation Israel (CIDI) (Netherlands)

• Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) (Canada)

• Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) (U.S.)

• Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA)

• End Jew Hatred (U.S.)

• Federation of Finland-Israel Associations

• Fuente Latina

• Honest Reporting

• Honestly Concerned (Germany)

• I Like Israel (Germany)

• Ireland Israel Alliance (IIA)

• Med Israel for Fred (MIFF) (Norway, Denmark, Iceland)

• North West Friends of Israel (NWFOI) (UK)

• Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) (Australia)

• Online Hate Task Force

• Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) (U.S.)

• Simon Wiesenthal Center

• Solomon - osservatorio sulle discriminazioni (Italy)

• South African Zionist Federation (SAZF)

• StandWithUs

• Stop Antisemitism (U.S.)

• Students Supporting Israel (SSI) (U.S.)

• The International Legal Forum (ILF)

• The Lawfare Project (U.S.)

• UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI)

• United with Israel

• WerteInitiative jüdisch deutsche Positionen (Germany)

• Zachor Legal Institute (U.S.)

• Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)

Meta’s stated policy

From the horse’s mouth:⁵

We recognize there is nothing approaching a global consensus on what people mean when they use the term ‘Zionist.’ However, based on our research, engagement, and on-platform investigation into its use as a proxy term for Jewish people and Israelis in relation to certain types of hateful attacks, we will now remove content that targets ‘Zionists’ with dehumanizing comparisons, calls for harm, or denials of existence on the basis that ‘Zionist’ in those instances often appears to be a proxy for Jewish or Israeli people.

“Dehumanizing comparisons”…

“Calls for harm”…

“Denials of existence”…

Need I say more?

1. Haley Cohen (Jul. 9, 2024), “Meta updates hate speech policy on term ‘Zionist’ to include attacks on Jews and Israelis,” Jewish Insider.

2. Asaf Elia-Shalev (Jul. 9, 2024), “Meta bans use of ‘Zionists’ as a cover for attacks on Jews or Israelis,” Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

3. Jul. 2024, “Applauding Meta’s Decision to Fight New Forms of Antisemitism,” Adopt IHRA Coalition.

4. Ibid.

5. Jul. 9, 2024, “Update from the Policy Forum on our approach to ‘Zionist’ as a proxy for hate speech,” Meta.