THE Green Party will debate a proposal to reject the International Holocaust Remembrance Association’s definition of anti-semitism at its annual conference next week. 

The motion is to be tabled by home affairs spokesman Shahrar Ali. If passed, it will make the Greens the first political party to officially reject the definition, which has been widely criticised for seeking to silence criticism of Israel. 

Ahead of the conference, Mr Shahrar told the Morning Star: “The IHRA definition is rightly controversial as it promotes conflation of legitimate opposition to Israel’s brutal oppression of the Palestinian people and human rights abuses under international law with unjust allegations of anti-semitism.