The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and Boston Consulting Group helped design a plan to displace Palestinians under the guise of aid. But resistance to this violence is rising, from BDS to American classrooms.
In a momentous vote, the National Education Association voted to cut all ties with the Anti-Defamation League. The reason? “Despite its reputation as a civil rights organization, the ADL is not the social justice educational partner it claims to be.”
In a recent speech, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt compared Gaza protesters to ISIS and celebrated the Trump administration’s crackdown on universities.
The ADL says antisemitism is at an all-time high, but that is because it counts pro-Palestine actions among its audit of “antisemitic” incidents.
Challenges to Zionism in the late 1960s and 1970s sparked an effort to redefine antisemitism focused on defending Israel while attacking the political Left. This resulted in the IHRA definition and the assault on Palestine activism we see today.
The Trump administration’s recent investigation of 60 schools for “antisemitic discrimination” appeared to target campus protests. But, a closer look shows it was driven by pro-Israel groups’ use of civil rights law to push a broad right-wing agenda.
The Anti-Defamation League’s flagship “No Place for Hate” program brings the organization’s Israel advocacy into K-12 schools across the country under the guise of anti-bias education. Administrators and educators should be on alert.
Early this year investment research firm Morningstar caved to a multi-year ADL pressure campaign and exempted Israel from its socially responsible investing ratings. This success in exempting Israel from investor accountability is just the beginning.
The New York Times ran a lengthy exit interview with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, reflecting on the last four years. As usual, he comes off as a man gripped by delusion.