BBC training tells staff not to criticise Zionists
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The training, rolled out to BBC staff last week and seen by Middle East Eye, says people should criticise the Israeli government rather than Zionists

>> The [BBC’s new antisemitism] training, … says: "Antisemites frequently use the word ‘Zionist’ …, when they are in fact referring to Jews, whether in Israel or elsewhere.

>> “Those claiming to be ‘anti-Zionist, not antisemitic’, should do so in the knowledge that many Jewish people consider themselves to be Zionists.”

>> The course was made by the BBC Academy in conjunction with the Jewish Staff Network, the Antisemitism Policy Trust and the Community Security Trust (#CST).

>> The #BBC training also incorporates the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (#IHRA) definition of antisemitism …