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Thursday, January 20, 2022
UN General Assembly adopts Israeli resolution on combating Holocaust denial
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
The UN General Assembly approves an Israeli-sponsored resolution aimed at combating Holocaust denial.
The resolution passes by consensus and no formal vote is held.
The resolution will provide a specific classification for Holocaust denial, using the working definition put together by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. It will provide recommendations for how signatory countries can address the phenomenon, and will demand social media networks remove posts that fall under the IHRA definition.
The approval of the initiative marks just the second since Israel’s establishment that a resolution submitted by Jerusalem has been adopted by the GA. The first time came in 2005 when the body passed an Israeli resolution declaring January 27 — the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp — as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
