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Overview
- Deputy Tabata Amaral filed PL 1.424/2026 in the Chamber of Deputies, and the proposal, submitted Monday, would anchor a legal definition of antisemitism using International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance criteria to guide public policy.
- The text says it creates no new crimes and notes the Supreme Federal Court has treated antisemitism as a form of racism since 2003, which already brings existing penalties under Brazil’s racism law.
- The bill states that normal criticism of Israel is allowed when similar to criticism of any other country, while it flags as antisemitic acts like blaming all Jews for Israeli government actions, questioning Jewish citizens’ loyalty, or equating Israel with Nazism.
- After the filing, several initial co-signers withdrew their names following public pushback, including Reginaldo Veras, Welter, Heloísa Helena, and Vander Loubet.
- The Chamber’s leadership will now assign the bill to committees for hearings and amendments, a step that could reshape its wording and influence how schools, police, and public agencies train staff and respond to reported hate incidents.