Many universities have been reluctant to embrace a definition that, among other things, considers some criticisms of Israel as antisemitic. The university’s decision was part of a lawsuit settlement.

The report, unveiled ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, followed a year marked by extreme antisemitic incidents.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said, "Illinois is going to continue to be a beacon of policies that are antithetical to the retrograde policies of a Trump administration.”

Harvard University has settled in two lawsuits that accused the school of antisemitism on campus.   The first, brought by Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish Americans

In office, Biden took a range of actions to fight antisemitism both before and after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel changed the landscape for Jews in the United States and around the world.

The New York Republican said the U.S. needs to be the 'moral clarity on the U.N. Security Council and at the United Nations at large'

Jean-Marie, who has three daughters including Marine, the youngest, was a polarising figure, convicted multiple times of antisemitism ... later renamed the National Rally, as part of the younger Le Pen’s efforts to transform it into one of France ...

Alain Finkielkraut, a prominent French philosopher, also said in the magazine Le Point that he would “consider the nightmare of having to vote for the National Rally to block antisemitism.”

The definition, adopted by the the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance as well as more than 40 nations, says that certain kinds of criticism of Israel and Zionism can be antisemitic.

After rejecting calls for months, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally summoned a Tuesday national cabinet meeting to discuss Australia’s rising wave of antisemitic attacks and other incidents. This followed the torching of a childcare centre in Maroubra in Sydney overnight, which saw anti-Jewish graffiti sprayed on the building.

More recently, Musk has faced criticism for hosting a conversation with Alice Weidel, the leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right political party. The AfD has been linked to Nazi-sympathetic rhetoric that has even alienated other far-right movements, such as Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in France.

Albanese’s left-wing Labor government has been accused of pursuing anti-Israel positions. Following the arson attack of the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on Dec. 6, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that these positions helped ignite attacks on Jews.