I’ve seen them being criticized a lot for branding anything anti-Israel as antisemitic and using that accusation of antisemitism as a tool to silence criticism of Israel.
They’ve been pro Israel the whole time. They’ve never been about defending Jews; They just defend Israel, and call any opponents antisemitic. The issue is that as Israel slid into fascism, the ADL found themselves having to defend it. Which means that now they find themselves having to defend Israel’s fascist allies, who are doing blatantly fascist shit.
I used to trust on ADL for helping to identify hate symbols. But, after that…
I’ve seen them being criticized a lot for branding anything anti-Israel as antisemitic and using that accusation of antisemitism as a tool to silence criticism of Israel.
They’ve been pro Israel the whole time. They’ve never been about defending Jews; They just defend Israel, and call any opponents antisemitic. The issue is that as Israel slid into fascism, the ADL found themselves having to defend it. Which means that now they find themselves having to defend Israel’s fascist allies, who are doing blatantly fascist shit.