In the United States, Trump is moving to use the IHRA’s definition to apply Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Israel from its critics by effectively saying that Judaism is a nationality or a race and thus criticizing Israel becomes an “official” form of anti-Semitism. This will threaten the federal funding to university campuses where the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has a presence, essentially targeting Palestinian activism on college and university campuses.