ADL: A pro-Israel lobby with a civil rights hobby.
Incredibly important piece by @nkulw for @Jewishcurrents.
Incredibly important piece by @nkulw for @Jewishcurrents.
https://twitter.com/nkulw/status/1600957812040933543
Noah Kulwin at Jewish Currents reports what activists have been sounding the alarm on for years: the ADL is not a friend to any progressive movement, including the fight against antisemitism. And all of this directly harms the movement for Palestinian liberation.
In fact, the main priority of the ADL isn’t anyone’s safety. It’s defending apartheid Israel at any cost.
Kulwin’s report demonstrates that the ADL is more than willing to use fear-mongering language, promote false data on antisemitism that relies on its conflation with anti-Zionism, and defend antisemites—so long as Israel remains in good standing.
We know that safety comes through solidarity—not violence, not fear-mongering, and certainly not by espousing narrow politically motivated ideas about Jewish safety and antisemitism at the expense of Palestinian lives.
As right-wing fascists organize more in the US and abroad, progressive movements need to take stock of which organizations are prioritizing the safety of everyone threatened by white supremacy — and the ADL is not one of them. #droptheADL
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