In an article headlined “Green Party urged to suspend candidates who breached IHRA definition of antisemitism”, published on 6 December 2019, we reported as fact that Mr Shahrar Ali had breached the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s definition of antisemitism by comparing Israel’s 2009 offensive on Gaza to the Shoah on Holocaust Memorial Day. In fact, this was our characterisation of a speech by Dr Ali which had not been made on Holocaust Memorial Day, and he denies that he made any comparison between Israel’s 2009 offensive on Gaza to the Shoah. In the speech, he said that “just because you observe the ‘niceties’ of Holocaust Memorial Day does not mean that you have learned the lessons of history. Just because you surround yourself with sycophants and propagandists does not mean that you will not face the war crimes tribunal”. The article also contained a quote from the Board of Deputies President, without its full context, which it suggested, erroneously, was aimed directly at Mr Ali. This correction has been published following an upheld ruling by the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
Ipso ruling: Shahrar Ali
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