GLOBAL DECLARATION: ANTIZIONISM IS JEW-HATRED
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Recognizing that hatred of Jews has manifested across civilizations and eras through
different vocabularies, frameworks and ideological systems; affirming that antijudaism,
antisemitism, and contemporary antizionism are historically interconnected expressions
of the same underlying phenomenon of Jew-hatred; acknowledging that the modern
world has witnessed the rapid spread of antizionism as a moral, political, and ideological
worldview that targets Israel and Jews collectively through the demonization of Israel
and Jewish self-determination; and committed to upholding the principles of human
dignity, historical truth, academic integrity, and the protection of all communities from
hate-based ideologies —
We, the undersigned institution/organization/individual, do hereby endorse the following
Declaration:
The Jewish people have, across millennia, been subjected to distinct and historically
documented forms of group-based hatred. These forms of hatred have occurred in
identifiable eras — antijudaism, antisemitism and antizionism — each marked by its
own ideological frameworks, libels and discriminatory practices.
Antizionism emerged as a state-sponsored ideological program in the Soviet Union and
was subsequently disseminated globally through international organizations, academic
institutions, non-governmental bodies and digital networks. Entwining with Nazi and
Middle Eastern influences, it has since developed into a coherent and systemic form of
racism, disinformation, and demonization directed at the Jewish people, Israel, Israelis,
and their supporters.
Antizionism meets the criteria of a hate movement under contemporary legal,
sociological, and human-rights frameworks by
1. Designating Jews & Israel, individually and collectively, as a threat to the moral
order;
2. Assigning collective guilt;
3. Promoting disinformation intended to demonize the target population; and
4. Normalizing hostility, exclusion and violence toward Jews and Israel.
Antizionism functions as a national-origin-based animus in several ways, including by
denying Jews and Israelis their recognized status as an indigenous people and by
delegitimizing their lawful right to national self-determination in their ancestral
homeland.
Failing to identify and name antizionism as a racist and genocidal hate movement
prevents Jewish organizations, governments, educational institutions, employers, civil
society bodies, and courts from effectively addressing discrimination, harassment and
incitement directed at Israeli and Jewish communities.
We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, therefore issue this Declaration,
affirming that antizionism is the contemporary expression of Jew-hatred in its latest
form, and committing ourselves to confronting this ideology by name wherever it
manifests.
By endorsing this Declaration, signatories commit themselves formally identifying
antizionism as a form of Jew-hatred within their organizational frameworks; ensuring
accurate public, academic and institutional education about the three eras of Jew-hatred
and the mechanisms of libel-based demonization; aligning their conduct, policies, and
reporting structures with these findings in order to safeguard Jewish individuals and
communities; and advocating for legal, governmental and institutional recognition of
antizionism as a category of hate-based misconduct that warrants formal protection and
response.
We call upon all Jewish organizations, academic institutions, synagogues, community
bodies, interfaith partners, civil society organizations, and public officials to endorse this
Declaration. Only through unified recognition that antizionism is an Israel-hating and
Jew-hating movement can we ensure legal clarity, enable institutional accountability,
protect the safety and dignity of the Jewish people, and prevent the further escalation of
violence and discrimination.
As an institution, we therefore commit to:
1. Recognizing antizionism as a form of Jew-hatred in our policies, training and
public communication
a. Acknowledge that antizionist libels such as, but not limited to, the colonizer libel, genocide libel, as well as the libels of apartheid, ethnostate, ethnic cleansing,
Zionazi and “Zionism is racism,” libels each constitute acts of hatred of Jewish
people and Israelis.
b. Naming antizionism accurately is essential for moral clarity, for the development
of consistent institutional policy, and for the protection of Jews and Israelis from
harm.
2. Terminological accuracy by adopting the correct language “antizionism”
(without a hyphen) in all institutional documents, policies, reports, educational
materials, and public communications. We recognize that:
a. The hyphenated form (“anti-Zionism”) incorrectly frames the phenomenon as a
policy position or legitimate political disagreement;
b. The unhyphenated term “antizionism” identifies it correctly as an ideology and
hate movement, structurally continuous with antijudaism and antisemitism; and
c. Removing the hyphen exposes antizionism’s function as a form of Jew-hatred,
not a political critique.
d. Accordingly, we commit to using the precise term “antizionism” consistently, to
ensure conceptual clarity and alignment with contemporary scholarship and legal
analysis.
3. Rejecting all forms of antizionist stigmatization and demonization within
academic, cultural, civic and professional spaces. Acknowledging that
antizionist ideology frequently manifests as harassment, exclusion (i.e. purging
Zionists), censorship and intimidation of Israelis and Jews in academic,
professional, cultural, civic, diplomatic and interfaith spaces. The demand that
Jews or Israelis dissociate from, condemn or apologize for Israel as a
precondition for inclusion is discriminatory and violates fundamental human rights
norms. Erasure and denial of Jewish peoplehood, history, of historic and
contemporary anti-Jewish oppression is unacceptable in any form. Education
against antizionist tropes must be ongoing and intentional for the safety and
wellbeing of Jews, Israelis and their supporters.
4. Ensuring that Jewish identity is understood in its fullness, including the
central bond between the Jewish people and Israel as a matter of peoplehood,
not politics, and that this identity is safeguarded within our community, such as
denying Jews and Israelis the right to self-determination, national identity,
indigeneity, or sovereignty, rights afforded to all other peoples, is discriminatory
and constitutes a form of ethnic and religious oppression.
5. Opposing all forms of ideological coercion that pressure Jews and Israelis to
renounce their history, identity or peoplehood.
6. Providing sustained and proactive education, training and historical
literacy to teachers, faculty, staff, media, leadership and community members
regarding the nature and mechanisms of antizionism; its ideological frameworks,
narratives, and tactics; the dangers antizionism poses to Jewish safety and
democratic societies; and the practical tools, strategies, and competencies
required to identify and challenge it effectively.
7. Standing in solidarity with Jews and Israelis worldwide against the rise of
antizionist hatred and its associated libels in media, education, public policy and
public discourse.
8. Antizionism undermines human rights discourse. We recognize that the
misuse of human rights concepts to demonize Israel and Jews erodes the
credibility of human rights frameworks globally. A worldview that targets a single
people as uniquely evil undercuts universal principles and invites the
instrumentalization of humanitarian language for political or ideological ends
By signing this Declaration, we
● Affirm the inherent dignity and equal rights of Israel and the Jewish people;
● Reject the ideological systems that cast Israel and Jews as global villains; and,
● Commit to protecting our community from the prejudices and disinformation that
define the contemporary antizionist worldview.
Declaration created on behalf of Stop Antizionism
Signed by:
Dr. Naya Lekht, Founder Stop Antizionism
Natasha H. Pein, Executive Director Stop Antizionism
PIE4ALL – Pinnacle Integrity in Education for All
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