​​​​We commend this article because:

• It cites and summarises arguments made by other authors.
   

• It focuses attention on the second IHRA example, which is about allegations about the power exercised by Jews and Jewish groups in Western societies. Given the history of antisemitic statements about Jewish conspiracies during the 20th century, some authors are reluctant to discuss this example. By contrast, Deckers and Coulter take it head-on, in a section entitled Ambiguous wording about the exercise of power by Jews. They show how supporters of Israel often take advantage of this ambiguity to label as antisemitic anybody who discusses the power that Zionists exercise within Western countries.
   

• In a section called How the IHRA definition is being used in Western countries, they provide copious illustrations about how the definition has been mobilised against people who criticised Israel and cite the adverse personal and professional consequences that some suffered for doing so.
   

• It analyses the claims that the Campaign against Antisemitism (CAA) made against 19 Labour Party members and finds them to be baseless. CAA has been at the forefront of the attack on British people who dare to criticise Israel, raising much consternation as to why such a politically-driven organisation has been allowed to retain its charity status.

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Here you can find a hyperlink to the Res Publica article.