Zionist Usurpers Waging War on American Education & Students
& Allied with Reactionary White Supremacists & Other Fascists
Zionist Playbook for Controlling Campus-Censor, Suppress, Sanction, Expel
Zionist Organizations Targeting Campuses and Curriculum
Propaganda War on American Education & Children
Hasbara - Zionist Propganda Mobilization of Zionists Worldwide to REPEAT Slogans!
Strategy for weaponizing 'Anti-semitism' and the "Holocaust"
How to Rebut the Anti-semitism and holocaust 'spade' cards?
When Zio-Cons throw down the 'Anti-Semitism" card to put you on the defensive for standing up for PRO-AMERICA values such as The Bill of Rights, the American's Creed...in short, our values as Americans that we are ALL EQUAL IN THE EYES OF OUR CREATOR AND UNDER THE RULE OF LAW. We have NO Caste system; No Aristocracy!!! Zio-Cons do NOT share our American values. They believe they are SUPERIOR and deserve Special Treatment and are ABOVE the LAW! Learn more about our American Creed Here.
The Rebuttal is as Follows:
... HOW DARE YOU TRIVIALIZE THE DEATH OF SIX MILLION JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST AND THE 150 MILLION PEOPLE KILLED BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS.
...How Dare you Show Contempt for the survivors and the murdered by using the naked slur of anti-semitism as a cheap rhetorical device in your feeble attempt to push your pathetic self-serving partisan position.
... You are a DISGRACE to Jews and your tactics are Anti-American, Jew-Hating, and Fascist.
...and if you they are super annoying, throw in, "You are a malignant narcissist sociopath" ghetto-ass gangster.
....and "People like you are the Bernie Madoff of Holocaust racketeering--you prey on the anxieties of Jews for your personal gain...You are a threat to the Jewish People and to the national security of the United States.".
...and "You are the velociraptor of Zionism-the most extremist, violent, deplorable barbaric genocidal maniac cut from the same cloth as Stalin--Clearly you got programmed by the Russians while you were a serf in the Pale of Settlement."
DM: Commentary: College Campuses: Zionist "Semantic Infiltration" subverting Democracy, Judaism, and Freedoms
Commentary: Anti-Semitic "Semantic Infiltration" subverting Democracy, Judaism, and Freedoms
by TULPPP
College Campus: Where your children are expected to learn and experience American Freedoms and values.
Terrorist (Zionist) Strategy--Controlling our Language to Control our Foreign & Domesic Policy: Insinuating by "semantic infiltration" a malicious definition of Anti-Semitism defining as Anti-Semitic all dissent and all forms of resistance towards the terrorist-Holocaustic-criminal regime led by Putin's Puny Mini-Bibi. According to professorial Senator Patrick Moynihan of New York, the term "semantic infiltration" was coined by Dr. Fred Charles Ikle (formerly a professor of political science at MIT, followed by appointment as director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency) in a paper on American difficulties in negotiating with communist countries (published by the Rand Corporation), where Ikle pointed to the process whereby
we come to adopt the language of our adversaries in describing political reality.
Ikle gave to this process the intriguing term "semantic infiltration." Quoting Ikle directly, He said:
Paradoxically, despite the fact that the State Department and other government agencies bestow so much care on the vast verbal output of Communist governments. we have been careless in adopting the language of our opponents and their definitions of conflict issues in many cases where this was clearly to our disadvantage.
Semantic infiltration is the clear and undeniable objective of the persistent, pathological Zionist campaign against Reality itself epitomized by the attempt to force-feed resisters with implementation of the discredited, malicious IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism.
Once the Zionist legally bind us to their dystopian alternative reality, they will control our foreign policy by knee-capping our ability to agree upon a set of facts, which is necessary for both acquiring knowledge and for establishing a commonly agreed upon set of facts necessary for making policy decisions. If we can't agree about the existence of a pothole, or the existence of non-person Palestinians, we can neither organize municipal resources to repair our streets nor address the gross violations of Israel--which by definition is Anti-Semitic to speak of. Thus, like a dufus dive bar bouncer usless for anything but fear-factor presence, the hyper-power United States will be confined to the roles of spectator of war crimes and perpetrator of war crimes as the chief military and financial sponsor of Israel's collective madness and barbarism.
Zionist engaged in abuse of our laws and judicial resources (aka lawfare) are usurpers and terrorists seeking to impose their evil totalitarian Jewish-Supremacist Sharia-Zionist conformism on Americans--especially Jewish young peopl. The objective is Totalitarian non-thinking compliance among individuals now melted into 'masses' of drones unable to defend their freedoms and liberties against overwhelming forces of state media performing classic Soviet propaganda functions that amplify Stasi-styled Big Lies, Sloganeering, DoubleSpeak, Veils of Verbiage, Misrepresentations, Scapegoating, and Demonizing of refuseniks (dissenters and speakers of Truth). The enemy is subverting our own democratic institutions by attempting to legitimize a coup'd etat on campus with a patina of positivist legal legitimacy through implementation of a fraudulent definition of Anti-Semitism granting them exclusive rights to persecute, sanction, and expel anyone daring to speak of Israel's war crimes, genocide, and Apartheid by forcing us not to speak about our values and our American's Creed.
Instead they seek to force our surrender of our independence, our free will, our belief in Truths we hold self-evident such as our belief that all men and women are created equal, in the the eyes of our Creator, and as matter affirmed collectively by generations of Americans about the best way for our self-governance. As one nation among many nations, we have decided as a matter of declaration and by binding treaty obligation to enshrine our belief that all men and women are entitled to equality under the rule of law.
Word Up, Here's this year's Holocaust Ransom note from God's Chosen Victims!
Because Uber-Jablonski-Zionists are generally clever wordsmiths, Zionists instead of taking up arms against America have chosen to take up words instead for waging verbal abuse and domestic violence against the American people. Thus semantic manipulation and deception is high-tech weaponry in the Zionist arsenal. Not surprisingly, Zionists have done a definitional extension of their Holocaust racketeering--their exclusive right to be top-floor, first-class, seniority status as victims in perpetuity, which according to their reasoning entitles them to annual U.S. taxpayer gift of $3 Billion in unrestricted funds used for violating human rights; building 4-meter-high 'security walls' around Palestinian cities; building illegal settlements prohibited by international law; and acting against U.S. national interests with impunity because of God's chosen people are blameless for eternity.
Finally, A disagreeable definition for Anti-Semitism
The latest bit of Zionist wordsmithing is promoted by a Zionist-lobbying group serving as a kind of umbrella for an international ring of Holocaust racketeers. The "International Holocaust Remberance Alliance" definition of Anti-Semitism is nothing but classic Soviet doublespeak where their definition focuses on so-called "New Anti-Semitism," which is conveniently defined as any dissent or criticism of the Israel's Apartheid Occupation and egregious human rights violations. Israeli spokespersons pretend that it is normal for Western democracies to authorize military personnel to maim and murder children; or build 4-meter high walls for imprisoning residents of municipalities; or sponsoring pogroms against Palestinians in the West Bank. If it were not for guilt about the Holocaust, which the racketeering organizations remind us of, Israel might have been nuked by now. Seriously, were it not for their Holocaust racketeering, would anybody be sympathetic about their plight? Their apparent genetic disposition to engage in genocidal campaigns and uncontrollable warmongering? How would average Americans respond to the goading of our goverment by a foreign adversary?/ally? to do their bidding by having the USA engage in fighting their expensive, stupid, unconscionable wars?
Zionists trivialize the Holocaust--and therefore are by Definition Anti-Semitic.
This is an inherently Anti-Semitic strategy trivializing the Holocaust by obsence and absurd comparisons of truth-telling about Zionism being an 19th-century European colonial-settler ideology manifesting features of not merely equal to plain fascism but tantamount to Nazism which is fascism plus the ideological components of a God-ordained master race, liberated from moral constraints of Western civilization by Yahweh's double-standard for Israelis who are exempt from the Golden Rule--treat thy neighbors as thou wish to be treated--or any Mosaic commandments about coveting what belongs to others; murdering, stealing, perpetual warmongering, and truly blasphemous counterfeit claims of Anti-Semitism that dishonor grandparents and their generation who lost millions--not a thousand--SIX million fellow Europeans who shared Jewish identity. Millions of non-Jewish people were also murdered by the Nazi regime including nearly THREE million Soviet prisoners of war, and TWO million non-Jewish ethnic Poles.
Problem: Zionists serving as agents of a foreign fascist regime are waging war against American Freedoms and Values. Their objective is to literatlly stifle Thinking to achieve a Totalitarian takeover. By Definition, the Banality of Evil is Non-Thinking, Just Doing. Zionists are exerting an outsized influence in transforming the fourth estate--the free press--into their non-state actor terrorist propaganda network performing classic Soviet propaganda functions for amplifying Stasi-styled Big Lies, Bold Assertions, and Slogans while dictatorially defining our reality through deployment of DoubleSpeak, Veils of Verbiage, Misrepresentations, Scapegoating, and Demonizing of refuseniks (dissenters and speakers of Truth). The Zionist enemy from within is subverting our own democratic institutions by attempting to legitimize a coup'd etat on campus with a patina of positivist legal legitimacy provided by a legally-binding implementation of their malicious definition of Anti-Semitism, which has the singular purpose of stifling all perceived anti-Nazi, anti-terrorist criticism of Israel. Adoption of their Definition of reality has been shown to be hazardous to democratic insitutions and a linchpin of Zionist efforts to persecute, sanction, and expel any discussion of the terrorist Israeli regime's perpetration of war crimes, genocide, and Apartheid! Their Definition of reality is incompatible with American principles of equality, rule of law, and protecton of constitutional freedoms and liberties.
Zionists seek our surrender of our independence, our free will, our belief in Truths we hold self-evident such as our belief that all men and women are created equal, in the the eyes of our Creator, and as matter affirmed collectively by generations of Americans about the best way for our self-governance. As one nation among many nations, we have decided as a matter of declaration and by binding treaty obligation to enshrine our belief that all men and women are entitled to equality under the rule of law.
Israel is a rogue state; a terrorist state; a dreadful neighbor; an annoyance to its American Ally, and now a Usurper of my American rights; my independence; my nation. I refuse to surrender my liberties to some totalitarian terrorists hijacking Judaism from the vast majority of freedom-loving Jews in Israel, America, and around the world. I refuse to endorse a warmonging pathetic thug acting out its inferiority complex on a world stage like a vaudeville actor making a minstrel performance as the stereo-typical evil-global-conspiracy Jew but plainly relying on the protection provided by the strongman in plain sight, namely the self-destructivesuperpower and its so-called Western alliance who appear hellbent on destroying the world order agreed upon after the loss of 150 million souls between two world wars. Do we NOT know who are, and what our grandparents fought for and suffered through so that we may NEVER again succumb to tyranny, to grave crimes against humanity.
Our rules reject moral relativism. Our laws--and the laws of Moses--reject What-aboutism; Nazism in all of its forms; totalitarianism in all of its manifestations; territorial imperialism; Apartheid aggression against Christians and Muslims residing in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, who if born today would be born into hellish ghetto prison with 4-meter (yard) high concrete walls imprisoning Mary and Joseph who would while trying to escape to Nazareth with baby Jesus be either in the sites snipers perced in guard towers or shot dead at security gates designed for preventing escape of any prisoners, including baby Jesus no matter if his untimely death by aerial bombardment or sniper fire resulted in eternal damnation for all mankind. Let's say a 10-year old Jesus somehow survived biblical King Herod's killing of all children below the age of two for the sake of killing any potential political rival--something Bibi Netanyahu would surely do just as he's killing off his own hostages today. What would happen when rebellious Jesus places a Palestinian flag on the security fence? He'd be shot dead by an IDF sniper. Business as usual in King Bibi's terrorist regime.
Israel's terrorist regime pisses on America's Greatest Generation
Our rules condemn as war crimes killing of children. Our rules condemn as genocide the "obliteration: of civilians being used as human shields. Our patriotic duty renounces any relations with terrorist who insist on their right to piss on the graves of the greatest generation of Americans who created the international-rules-based order held in contempt by some sanctimonious cowardly religious-nationalist fanatics whose arrogance, incompetence, and cruelty is the greatest catastrophe for all humanity in this new century and a colossal failure of the U.N. Security Council to safeguard collective security due the hypocrisy and double-standards of the so-called leader of the free world.
AJC Ted Deutche Tells How to Control Campus
His User-Guide for demonizing protesters and for creating a pathetic pity party of victim status is provided above.
American Jewish Committee (AJC) | Talking Points provided to College Students
How to Deflect Attention from Israel War Crimes by Playing Victim & Throwing Down the Counterfeit Anti-Semitism Card
AJD teaches 'hasbara' Propganda: Distort Reality, Selective Facts, Mischaracterizations, Big Lies
Attack American Values of Equality, Freedom, and Humanity by Demonize & Delegitimize
TALKING POINTS, provided by American Jewish Committee
2023Oct | AJC | Anti-Justice Response
The National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) has designated Thursday, October 12, 2023 as the “National Day of Resistance.”
The National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) has designated Thursday, October 12, 2023 as the “National Day of Resistance.”
The “National Day of Resistance” is celebrating the vicious, unprovoked murder of more than 1,200 innocent people and the kidnapping of dozens more, including many Americans.
While announcing the Day of Resistance on Instagram on Saturday, @NationalSJP wrote “We witness a historic win for the Palestinian resistance,” describing Hamas’ brutal terror attacks against Israel on October 7.
Organizers have overtly stated “Responsibility for every single death falls solely on the Zionist entity” and that the attacks “are the natural and justified response” to poor conditions for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
They have also praised Palestinian “martyrs,” Hamas terrorists who were killed in the effort to attack Israeli civilians.
The “National Day of Resistance” is siding with a known terrorist organization, Hamas, that deliberately targets civilians, and calls for the death of all Jewish people.
Hamas’ charter explicitly rejects efforts for peace in the Middle East and instead calls for the destruction of Israel and death to all Jews.
Hamas has received vast international support to build a society in the Gaza Strip, but has used the funds to build weapons instead of taking care of the Palestinian people.
As President Biden said, “Hamas does not stand for the Palestinian people’s right to dignity and self-determination. Its stated purpose is the annihilation of the State of Israel and the murder of Jewish people. … Hamas offers nothing but terror and bloodshed with no regard to who pays the price.”
The “National Day of Resistance” is not seeking peace with the Israelis or a shared society; they are seeking the destruction of Israel as a Jewish, democratic state.
They call for “dismantling Zionism,” meaning Israel’s desire for a Jewish state
While many Jewish students have deep concern for the plight of the Palestinians, the killing of more than 1,200 innocent Israelis cannot be justified or celebrated.
The “National Day of Resistance” is creating a hostile atmosphere for Israelis and American Jews who are in mourning, including on our campus.
Israel is the ancestral Jewish homeland and the present-day home of more than 7 million Jews. Jews all over the world are devastated by this weekend’s terrorist acts
Many American Jews on this campus have family and friends in Israel right now impacted by Hamas’ brutal terrorism
The “National Day of Resistance” creates an unsafe environment for Jewish students on campus
National SJP organizers have made clear their movement is focused on “not just slogan and rallies, but armed confrontation with the oppressors.”
Anti-Israel demonstrations like this have led to a rise in antisemitic activity on American college campuses across the country, including attacks on Jewish students
We stand with Israel against terror and Israel has every right to defend itself.
In doing so, we stand with the U.S. government and international leaders from around the world who have condemned the terrorist actions against Israel
There is no justification for the killing of more than 1,200 innocent civilians, including at least 14 Americans.
Our university must make clear that support for terrorism and the celebration of the death of innocent civilians is not in keeping with our campus values.
This is not a moment for moral equivalence. We want our university to make clear their opposition to protests in support of Hamas and the attacks against Israel
We call on university leaders to ensure the safety of Jewish students, faculty and staff on campus and to speak out against antisemitism
GENERAL TALKING POINTS
This was an unprovoked [false, war crime, true] , vicious attack that deliberately targeted civilians within Israel, including those at a music festival.
At 6:30 AM October 7, on the joyous Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists from Gaza launched a surprise attack and infiltrated Israel with one goal: to murder Israelis.
More than 1,200 Israeli citizens have been murdered.
This is an unspeakable crime that deserves the world’s condemnation [as do the war crimes committed by the State of Israel]
The world awoke to horrific images of brutal violence from Hamas terrorists: indiscriminate shooting of Israeli civilians, videos of alleged kidnappings, and celebrations of death and destruction.
There have even been reports of Hamas terrorists posing as IDF soldiers and Israeli police.
Hamas is an Iran-backed terror group
Like many terror groups across the Middle East, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and Houthi militants in Yemen, they are funded, trained, armed, and supported by the Iran regime.
Hamas’ mission is to destroy the Jewish State of Israel and its inhabitants. The Hamas charter explicitly states that “Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.” and that “The Day of Judgment will not come about until Muslims fight Jews and kill them.”
Israel has every right to defend itself [false, Israel has no blank check to commit war crimes. The rules for self-defense apply to Israel like every other country, unless Israel is the Jewish Taliban].
Hamas, and any allies that come to its defense, must be held accountable.
Israel has every right – and obligation – to defend its citizens against terror.
AJC | Excerpts from AJC University Administrators Guide
Hasbara Guidebooks for Students, Educators, and Administrators
ADL Guides
ADL Student Guide for CENSORING SOCIAL MEDIA on behalf of Nazi-Zionist Netanyahu
[with my commentary]
Online Hate and Harassment Safety Guide
https://www.adl.org/online-hate-and-harassment-safety-guide
Introduction
Our Online Hate and Harassment Reporting Guide is designed to help targets of hate protect themselves and report hateful content on major social media and online game platforms. However, social media and gaming companies often have burdensome reporting systems that do not consider the users and communities that are being targeted.
Reporting hate and harassment is important for two main reasons: it shows social media and gaming companies that this sort of material has no place on their platforms, and it is an advocating tool to keep fighting for equitable online spaces.
As current events trigger surges in hateful online comments, posts, and messages, it is more important than ever for targets of hate to continue to speak out–while being able to do so safely.
Reporting Hate and Harassment, and Protecting Yourself Online
When facing online hate and harassment, there are two important steps to take, especially for members of marginalized communities: (1) using safety features and (2) reporting incidents.
This guide contains links to help you do both on major platforms.
Safety features: These tools are offered to users by social media and gaming companies, and consist of actions that you can take to secure various elements of your experience, including:
Muting to fully blocking specific accounts from messaging you or viewing your page
Securing your own account (such as using privacy settings or restricting comments)
Preventing others from accessing your account (such as various layers of sign-in security)
Companies use different terms for many of these features, but they are ubiquitous and we strongly recommend using them so you can continue to express yourself freely without becoming a target of hate.
Reporting incidents:
Our guide helps you figure out which content you should report – and how. When you file a report using the links below, you can expect to be guided through a standard process.
First, you will get a notification that the report has been filed. This may pop up on-screen in the platform’s reporting area, or it may come as an email. From here, an action by the platform can take anywhere from several days to several weeks.
Actions can look like any of the following:
A warning might be placed on the content, flagging it as sensitive or under review.
The content might be limited, meaning the platform takes steps intended to limit the viewability and reach of the content, which lowers the number of people who can organically discover it.
The platform might take more serious steps to help minimize the viewers of the content ( “deamplification”) or ensure uploaders cannot profit from it ( “demonetization”).
The content might be removed completely.
Please try to stay patient! While platforms state that they try to respond to all complaints within a few business days, it can be frustrating to not hear back for weeks and sometimes months. It is critical that you continue to follow up on your complaint with the moderation staff assigned to your case and ensure the incident is correctly recorded.
For support at any stage of the online incident reporting process, please feel free to reach out to https://www.adl.org/report-incident.
The guide below covers high-level examples of how platforms define some key types of hateful content, how targets of hate can report hateful or discriminatory content to platforms, and how to take full advantage of each platform’s safety features. All language in the guide below is lifted directly from major platforms’ safety sites.
What You Should Report, How to Report It, and Safety Features on Major Platforms
Activision/Blizzard
“This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language. Harassment takes many forms, and is not necessarily limited to the type of language used, but the intent.”
“This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images.”
“This category includes both clear and masked language and/or links to websites containing such language or images.”
How to report: https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/99516
Safety features: https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/14319
Amazon
“You are not allowed to express hatred for people based on characteristics like: race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability. It’s not allowed to promote organizations that use such hate speech.”
“We allow links to other products on Amazon, but not to external sites. Don't post links to phishing or other malware sites. We don't allow URLs with referrer tags or affiliate codes.”
“Don't post content that encourages illegal activity like: Violence, Illegal drug use, Underage drinking, Child or animal abuse, Fraud. We don't allow content that advocates or threatens physical or financial harm to yourself or others. This restriction includes terrorism. Jokes or sarcastic comments about causing harm aren't allowed.
How to report: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GLHXEX85MENUE4XF
Safety features: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GRFTMVHP4HXMESSP
Prohibited and Restricted Items: https://pay.amazon.com/help/6023
Bumble
“We aim to foster a diverse and inclusive community on Bumble. We prohibit content or behavior that promotes or condones hate, dehumanization, degradation, or contempt against marginalized or minoritized communities based on the following protected attributes: race/ethnicity, national origin/nationality/immigration status, caste, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or serious health condition, or religion/belief.”
“We don’t permit organizations or individuals that proclaim, glorify, condone, or are known to support a violent, dangerous, or terrorist-based mission to have a presence on Bumble.”
“We don’t permit violent, graphic, or gory content. This includes descriptions of violence in usernames or profile content, photos containing real or realistic-appearing blood, bodily fluids, or injury, or images depicting guns of any kind (except on a uniformed member of law enforcement or military personnel)”
How to report: https://bumble.com/en-us/help/how-can-i-report-someone
Safety features: https://bumble.com/en-us/help/privacy-and-safety
Discord
“Do not use hate speech or engage in other hateful conduct. We consider hate speech to be any form of expression that either attacks other people or promotes hatred or violence against them based on their protected characteristics.”
“Do not organize, promote, or support violent extremism. This also includes glorifying violent events or the perpetrators of violent acts, as well as promoting conspiracy theories that could encourage or incite violence against others.”
“Do not share real media depicting gore, excessive violence, or animal harm, especially with the intention to harass or shock others.”
“Do not threaten to harm another individual or group of people. This includes direct, indirect, and suggestive threats.”
How to report: https://discord.com/safety/360044103651-reporting-abusive-behavior-to-discord
Safety features: https://discord.com/safety-library
Ebay
“Language that is hateful, obscene, offensive, profane, racist, sexual, defamatory, violent or discriminating, including on the grounds of race, ethnicity, color, religion, disability, national origin, sex, gender and gender identity or sexual orientation, cannot be used in profiles, user IDs, chat rooms, discussion boards, member communication, eBay Claims, eBay Stores, feedback, listings, product pages, collections, and any other areas of the site.”
“Members aren't allowed to use profanity or hate speech in their communications with other members through eBay.”
How to report an item: https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/default/report-item-listing?id=4739
How to report a seller: https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/resolving-issues-sellers/reporting-item-issue-seller?id=4022
Safety features: https://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/index.html
Prohibited and Restricted Items: https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/prohibited-restricted-items?id=4207
Electronic Arts
“For example, content that can be seen as abusive, hateful, harassing, profane, defamatory, threatening, obscene, sexually explicit, infringing, privacy-invasive, vulgar, offensive, indecent, or unlawful.”
“Treat others with respect. Making targeted attacks or engaging in hateful conduct around race, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, religion, heritage, country of origin, and so on.”
How to report: https://help.ea.com/en/help/faq/report-players-for-cheating-abuse-and-harassment/
Safety features: https://help.ea.com/en/help/account/how-to-maintain-account-security/
Epic Games
“Epic does not tolerate any form of hate or discrimination. The Epic ecosystem welcomes diversity in race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, national origin, and other groups. Don’t demean, marginalize, use hateful language against, or belittle other users or groups.”
“Don’t participate in or encourage illegal or dangerous activities within the community, including gambling, illegal drug use, phishing, human trafficking, prostitution, doxing, swatting, or sharing content that glorifies or incites violence. Threats of harm to yourself or others are taken seriously—don’t make them, especially as a joke. If you see something that puts other players at risk.”
“Intolerant or Discriminatory Content, Graphic/Explicit Content, Illegal Activities.”
How to report (in-game in Fortnite): https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/fortnite-c5719335176219/player-behavior-c19319279166491/how-to-report-bad-player-behavior-in-fortnite-a5720300102171
How to report (player support services): https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/
Safety features: https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/epic-accounts-c5719348850459/account-security-c5719366891291/securing-your-epic-account-a5720275985435.
LinkedIn
“Hate groups are not permitted on LinkedIn. Do not use racial, religious, or other slurs that incite or promote hatred, or any other content intended to create division. Do not post or share content that denies a well-documented historical event such as the Holocaust or slavery in the United States.”
“We don’t allow threatening or inciting violence of any kind. We don’t allow individuals or groups that engage in or promote violence, property damage, or organized criminal activity. You may not use LinkedIn to express support for such individuals or groups or to otherwise glorify violence.”
“We don't allow any terrorist organizations or violent extremist groups on our platform. And we don't allow any individuals who affiliate with such organizations or groups to have a LinkedIn profile. Content that depicts terrorist activity, that is intended to recruit for terrorist organizations, or that threatens, promotes, or supports terrorism in any manner is not tolerated.”
“We don't allow content that is excessively gruesome or shocking. This includes content that is sadistic or gratuitously graphic, such as the depiction of bodily injury, severe physical or sexual violence. We don't allow content, activities, or events that promote, organize, depict, or facilitate criminal activity. We also don't allow content depicting or promoting instructional weapon making, drug abuse, and threats of theft. Do not engage in or promote escort services, prostitution, exploitation of children, or human trafficking. Do not share content or activities that promote or encourage suicide or any type of self-injury, including self-mutilation and eating disorders. If you see signs that someone may be considering self-harm, please report it using our reporting tools and consider also reporting it to your local law enforcement authorities. Do not share material depicting nudity or sexual activity.”
How to report: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1378278
Safety features: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1375084
Meta Platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Threads)
“We remove language that incites or facilitates serious violence. We remove content, disable accounts and work with law enforcement when we believe there is a genuine risk of physical harm or direct threats to public safety.”
“We do not allow organizations or individuals that proclaim a violent mission or are engaged in violence to have a presence on Meta. We assess these entities based on their behavior both online and offline, most significantly, their ties to violence.”
“We define hate speech as a direct attack against people — rather than concepts or institutions— on the basis of what we call protected characteristics: race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity and serious disease.”
“We remove content that is particularly violent or graphic, such as videos depicting dismemberment, visible innards or charred bodies. We also remove content that contains sadistic remarks towards imagery depicting the suffering of humans and animals.”
How to report (FB): https://www.facebook.com/help/1380418588640631
How to report (IG): https://help.instagram.com/2922067214679225
How to report (Threads): https://help.instagram.com/6602413966453273
Safety features (FB): https://www.facebook.com/help/592679377575472/?helpref=hc_fnav
Safety features (IG): https://about.instagram.com/safety
Safety features (Threads): At this time, Meta has not published standalone safety guidance for Threads. Users can use the guidance for Instagram–we will update when this changes.
Microsoft Xbox
“To keep Xbox a place where everyone can have fun, we can’t allow behavior or content designed to exploit, harm, or threaten anyone – children, adults, or otherwise. When threatening, abusive, or insulting language is used against another member of our community, or the community at large, it undermines every player’s ability to enjoy themselves.”
“Trash talk includes any lighthearted banter or bragging that focuses on the game at hand and encourages healthy competition. Harassment includes any negative behavior that’s personalized, disruptive, or likely to make someone feel unwelcome or unsafe. To qualify as harassment, the behavior doesn’t have to be drawn-out or persistent. Even a single abusive message could harm someone’s experience.”
How to report: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/family-online-safety/enforcement/file-a-complaint-on-xbox-app
Safety features: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/family-online-safety/online-safety/manage-online-safety-and-privacy-settings-xbox-one
Nextdoor
“People on Nextdoor are your real neighbors, and ALL should feel that they belong. Racism and racial discrimination create an environment of exclusion, intimidation, and fear. No one should feel this way in any neighborhood, but it is particularly harmful if it is the neighborhood in which you live. We have a strict policy against racist behavior, discrimination, and hate speech of any kind in Nextdoor posts and conversations.”
“Neighbors come to Nextdoor to receive trusted information, give and get help, and build real-world connections with those nearby. Nextdoor prohibits any content that facilitates, encourages, or coordinates commercial sexual services. Additionally, Nextdoor is not an appropriate place to share content that is graphic, violent, or sexually explicit. People have different sensitivities when it comes to graphic or explicit content, so please post with caution and report if you feel that you’ve come across content that violates this guideline.”
“If Nextdoor is contacted regarding imminent danger to a person's safety, we may also report that concern to the relevant authorities. However, contacting Nextdoor is not a substitute for reporting your safety issue to the relevant authorities.”
How to report: https://help.nextdoor.com/s/article/How-to-report-content?language=en_US
Safety features: https://help.nextdoor.com/s/topic-page?topicName=Guidelines-and-policies&cTopic=Online-safety&language=en_US
Nintendo
“Follow this timeless approach: treat others as you would like to be treated. Don’t be offensive, misrepresent, harass, threaten, discriminate against, or abuse anyone, and don’t act in any other manner that could disrupt the enjoyment of others or result in harm to anyone.”
“Be mindful of what you share so others can enjoy your content, and please respect others’ contributions. Don't share personal information, content that is obscene, illegal or otherwise inappropriate, copies of products or services, copyrighted or trademarked works, commercial activity such as advertising or other promotional materials, or any other content that isn’t yours to share.”
How to report (across games and systems): https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/list/kw/+report%20+player/
Safety features: https://www.nintendo.com/us/online-safety-principles/
Pinterest
“Pinterest isn’t a place for hateful content or the people and groups that promote hateful activities. We limit the distribution of or remove such content and accounts, including: Slurs or negative stereotypes, caricatures and generalizations. Support for hate groups and people promoting hateful activities, prejudice and conspiracy theories. Condoning or trivializing violence because of a victim’s membership in a vulnerable or protected group. Support for white supremacy, limiting women’s rights and other discriminatory ideas. Hate-based conspiracy theories and misinformation, like Holocaust denial. Denial of an individual’s gender identity or sexual orientation, and support for conversion therapy and related programs. Attacks on individuals including public figures based on their membership in a vulnerable or protected group. Mocking or attacking the beliefs, sacred symbols, movements, or institutions of the protected or vulnerable groups identified below. Protected and vulnerable groups include: People grouped together based on their actual or perceived race, color, caste, ethnicity, immigration status, national origin, religion or faith, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or medical condition. It also includes people who are grouped together based on lower socio-economic status, age, weight or size, pregnancy or veteran status.”
“Pinterest isn’t a place for graphic violence or threatening language. We limit the distribution of or remove such content, including: Content that shows the use of violence, Disturbing scenes from before or after violent events, Threats or language that glorifies violence. In a few cases, we allow the saving of disturbing images dedicated to remembrance and advocacy, but limit distribution of such content in public parts of the platform.”
“Pinterest isn’t a place for violent content, groups or individuals. We limit the distribution of or remove content and accounts that encourage, praise, promote, or provide aid to dangerous actors or groups and their activities. This includes: Extremists, Terrorist organizations, Gangs and other criminal organizations. We work with industry, government and security experts to help us identify these groups.”
How to report: https://help.pinterest.com/en/article/report-something-on-pinterest
Safety features: https://help.pinterest.com/en/topics/privacy-safety-and-legal
Reddit
“Do not post content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual (including oneself) or a group of people; likewise, do not post content that glorifies or encourages the abuse of animals.”
“Communities and people that incite violence or that promote hate based on identity or vulnerability will be banned.”
“Reddit has zero tolerance for the dissemination of terrorist content on our platform. When we become aware of violative content, we remove it and take appropriate action against the account that posted it.”
How to report: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058309512-How-do-I-report-a-post-or-comment
Safety features: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/15484574845460-Safety
Riot Games
“Harassing, stalking or threatening other players or Riot Games employees.”
“Transmitting or communicating any content which we reasonably believe to be offensive to players, including language that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, or racially, ethically, or otherwise objectionable.”
Safety features: https://www.riotgames.com/en/security
Roblox
“Roblox honors and welcomes users of all ages, backgrounds, and identities. We don't allow content or behavior that supports, glorifies, or promotes hate groups, their ideologies, or actions. You also may not discriminate, mock, or promote hatred against individuals or groups, or encourage others to do so directly or indirectly, on the basis of their: Age. Race, perceived race, or ethnicity. National origin. Sexual orientation. Gender, gender identity, or gender expression. Religion or religious affiliation or beliefs. Disability status including diseases, bodily conditions, disfigurement, mobility issues, and mental impairment. Physical or mental disability status. Veteran status. Caste. Familial status.”
“Robloxians treat everyone with respect, both on and off of Roblox. If credibly reported to us, we may take action against users who, among other things: Are associated with organized crime, terrorist or extremist organizations, or hate groups. Harass, bully, discriminate, or harm others outside of Roblox. Share others’ personal information off-platform, including making false reports to authorities. Have been convicted of certain egregious crimes, engage in certain illegal activities, or encourage others to do so.”
Roblox has a zero tolerance policy for content or behavior that incites, condones, supports, glorifies, or promotes any terrorist or extremist organization or individual (foreign or domestic), and their ideology, or actions, including: Depictions of or support for terrorist or extremist attacks. Depictions of or support for the leaders or representatives of terrorist or extremist organizations. Sharing the slogans, images, flags, manifestos, or icons of terrorist or extremist organizations, either in whole or in readily identifiable part. References to the ideologies, messages, or strategies of terrorist and extremist organizations. Expressing support, condoning, or glorifying terrorist extremist ideologies or actions. Recruiting membership for a terrorist or extremist organization, or encouraging others to leave Roblox to find such information. Fundraising for terrorist or extremist organizations, people, or supporting groups. Expressing support, condoning, or glorifying mass shootings and other acts of domestic terrorism or violent extremism
Safety features: https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/203313120-Safety-Features-Chat-Privacy-Filtering
Snapchat
“Encouraging or engaging in violent or dangerous behavior is prohibited. Never intimidate or threaten to harm a person, a group of people, or someone’s property.”
“Terrorist organizations, violent extremists, and hate groups are prohibited from using our platform. We have no tolerance for content that advocates or advances terrorism or violent extremism.”
“Hate speech or content that demeans, defames, or promotes discrimination or violence on the basis of race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, disability, or veteran status, immigration status, socio-economic status, age, weight, or pregnancy status is prohibited.”
How to report: https://values.snap.com/safety/safety-reporting
Safety features: https://values.snap.com/safety/safety-center
Sony Playstation
“There are no exceptions for using hateful language or slurs in any form on PSN, even if the context is lighthearted, non-serious, or used as reappropriation. While players may think it’s appropriate to use profanity among friends or jokingly insult each other, there are consequences to posting offensive content or using offensive language on PSN. The PlayStation Network Code of Conduct applies whether or not the hate speech is directed toward a specific player or audience.”
“Inclusivity: PSN is for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, nationality, color, immigration status, social and economic class, educational level, shape and size, family status, political belief, religion, and mental and physical ability, or any other attribute that people use to label others or divide communities.”
How to report: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/account/ps5-report-behaviour/
Safety features: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/safety/
TikTok
“We recognize that online content related to violence can cause real-world harm. We do not allow any violent threats, incitement to violence, or promotion of criminal activities that may harm people, animals, or property.”
“We do not allow any hateful behavior, hate speech, or promotion of hateful ideologies. This includes content that attacks a person or group because of protected attributes.”
“We do not allow the presence of violent and hateful organizations or individuals on our platform. These actors include violent extremists, violent criminal organizations, violent political organizations, hateful organizations, and individual perpetrators of mass violence.”
“We do not allow language or behavior that harasses, humiliates, threatens, or doxxes anyone. This also includes responding to such acts with retaliatory harassment (but excludes non-harassing counter speech).”
How to report: https://support.tiktok.com/en/safety-hc/report-a-problem
Safety features: https://www.tiktok.com/safety/en/
Tumblr
“Don't encourage violence or hatred. Don't post content for the purpose of promoting or inciting the hatred of, or dehumanizing, individuals or groups based on race, ethnic or national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or disease. If you encounter content that violates our hate speech policies, please report it.”
“We don't tolerate content that promotes, encourages, or incites acts of terrorism. That includes content which supports or celebrates terrorist organizations, their leaders, or associated violent activities.”
“Don't post content which includes violent threats toward individuals or groups - this includes threats of theft, property damage, or financial harm. Don't post violent content or gore just to be shocking. Don't showcase the mutilation or torture of human beings, animals (including bestiality), or their remains. Don't post content that encourages or incites violence, or glorifies acts of violence or the perpetrators.”
How to report: https://www.tumblr.com/abuse/
Safety features: https://help.tumblr.com/hc/en-us/articles/226178987-Protecting-Your-Account
Twitch
“Twitch aims to be a place where everyone can come together in shared, community experiences. This vision is threatened when people experience harmful rhetoric and abuse on Twitch. Twitch does not permit behavior that is motivated by hatred, prejudice or intolerance, including behavior that promotes or encourages discrimination, denigration, harassment, or violence based on the following protected characteristics: race, ethnicity, color, caste, national origin, immigration status, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, serious medical condition, and veteran status. We also provide certain protections for age, which are expressly noted in the examples.”
“Terrorism and violent extremism promote unlawful violence and spread messages of intolerance. Twitch does not allow content that depicts, glorifies, encourages, or supports terrorism, or violent extremist actors or acts. This includes threatening to or encouraging others to commit acts that would result in serious physical harm or significant property destruction.”
“Although we allow a variety of content to be shown on Twitch, content that features extreme violence or gore may be disturbing and distressing, especially if there is death, mutilation, or blood. Content that exclusively focuses on extreme or gratuitous gore and violence is prohibited. Additionally, websites that heavily feature adult content such as sexually explicit content, illegal content, or death and gore are prohibited.”
How to report: https://safety.twitch.tv/s/article/Filing-a-Report?language=en_US
Safety features: https://safety.twitch.tv/s/?language=en_US
X
“You may not threaten terrorism and/or violent extremism, nor promote violent and hateful entities.”
“You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm."
“We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, as well as any accounts glorifying the perpetrator(s), or dedicated to sharing manifestos and/or third party links where related content is hosted.”
“We prohibit behavior that targets individuals or groups with abuse based on their perceived membership in a protected category.”
How to report: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/x-report-violation
Safety features: https://help.twitter.com/en/safety-and-security
Yelp
“Colorful language and imagery are fine, but there’s no place for threats, harassment, lewdness, hate speech, or other displays of bigotry. We don’t want imagery of violence, drug use, nudity, near nudity, or suggestive acts—even if those images are an accurate representation of the business’s services or products.”
Safety features: https://trust.yelp.com/
YouTube
“Violent or gory content intended to shock or disgust viewers, or content encouraging others to commit violent acts, are not allowed on YouTube.”
“Content intended to praise, promote, or aid violent extremist or criminal organizations is not allowed on YouTube. These organizations are not allowed to use YouTube for any purpose, including recruitment.”
“Hate speech is not allowed on YouTube. We don’t allow content that promotes violence or hatred against individuals or groups based on any protected attributes.”
How to report: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802027
Safety features: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9563682
https://www.adl.org/online-hate-and-harassment-safety-guide
ADL Student Conversation Guide | Distorting Reality & Making yourself a Victim
[with my commentary]
TOOLS AND STRATEGIES
10 Ways to Have Conscientious Conversations on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
[translations in red]
Published: 10.12.2023
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict activates strong emotions and differences of opinion and perspective for many people. These disagreements are heightened in times of crisis. Remember that antisemitism, anti-Muslim bias and other forms of hate can manifest during crises, often exacerbated by disinformation, and it is essential to reflect on how biases can show up in conversations. Allowing antisemitism or anti-Muslim bias to go unchecked not only harms the groups that are targeted by those biases, but also undermines trust and connection necessary to have productive conversations and learning experiences.
Antisemitism is the marginalization and oppression of Jewish people based on the belief in stereotypes and myths about Jewish people, Judaism, Zionism, and Israel. Most commonly, antisemitism shows up as a distorted view of Jewish people and a conspiratorial view of the world. Antisemitism has existed for thousands of years. Antisemitic ideas include believing that Jewish people are collectively working to harm society; justifying the exclusion, harm or deaths of Jewish people for political purposes; and suggesting that Jewish people are less in need or deserving of protection than other groups [SPECIAL SECURITY TO PROTECT ZIONISTS FROM REALITY].
Antisemitic ideas can be communicated explicitly, meaning the person is aware of their bias, and they can also be communicated implicitly, meaning the person is not aware that they hold and are communicating antisemitic biases.
Conversations about Israel can sometimes include implicit or explicit antisemitic ideas, even though criticism of the Israeli government or policies is not inherently antisemitic. Intentionally or unintentionally, antisemitic ideas can cause harm to Jewish people around the world and dehumanize Jews and Israeli people who are vulnerable. It is important to learn to recognize anti-Israel bias, anti-Zionism and antisemitism and challenge biased language that is communicated within conversations about geopolitical conflicts.
Antisemitic biases are often activated when there is a large-scale conflict or war [when israel is engaged in war crimes], political or economic instability, and other inducers of collective anxiety. Antisemitic tropes (common or recurring patterns, messages and devices that repeat throughout history) often show up in anti-Israel statements when there is heightened violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is important to recognize when the terms “Israel” or “Zionism” are being used to collectively assign blame to or to dehumanize the Jewish people or to all people living in Israel. A stereotype is an oversimplified generalization about a person or group of people without regard for individual differences. It is important to recognize and challenge stereotypical thinking when we notice it in ourselves and others.
Here are ten suggestions to use when having conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
1. Establish an environment for a mutually respectful discussion.
Develop guidelines and goals for the conversation, such as seeking to build greater understanding, complicate rather than oversimplify [it's not as simple as robbing, stealing, confiscating, denying due process, and locking Palestinians up behind Walls in ghettos], or to foster empathy for the people impacted by the climate.
Strive for a common language based on respect when discussing complex issues. Recognize and challenge language that is meant to inspire anger and turn people against each other.
Select a text (or video) from a credible source to anchor the conversation in a shared set of facts. For more on this, see #7.
Recognize that antisemitic bias is universal, and that it can be implicit (unconscious) or explicit (conscious). Notice the thought processes or emotions that may come up for you with curiosity rather than judgment.
Consider the time and place. As violence unfolds or the conflict escalates [ISRAEL is aggressor, we Zionists need sympathy], people may be in greater need of emotional support rather than educational opportunities.
2. Position yourself as a learner, not an expert.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has roots that predate current events, and there are a wide variety of historical, religious, political and cultural factors in play. It is complex, nuanced and multi-layered.
In order to truly be able to discuss the conflict, avoid oversimplification which only leads to stereotyping and bias.
The best way to do that is to read a variety of informed sources from different perspectives.
Accept and expect that there won’t be closure at the end of the conversation nor will all questions be answered and resolved. That may cause some discomfort.
3. Choose language that helps to humanizes the people living in the region.
Use precise language. For example, refer to Israel as the State of Israel or the Jewish state, as opposed to “the Zionist entity,” “the Jews,” or other euphemisms. Likewise, distinguish between Hamas or other terrorist organizations and the Palestinian people [netanyahu & his ministers do NOT DO THIS---everybody is a terrorist according to them].
Challenge the use of dehumanizing depictions of individuals and groups of people as non-human, animals, vermin, or insects. [again, this is how israeli officials characterize palestinians]
Watch out for stereotypes and myths that depict people as all “good” or all “evil” based on their identity group.
Provide examples, images, narratives, quotes and other material that humanizes people and fosters empathy.
4. Make connections across history, rather than direct comparisons.
Explore the history of the Jewish people’s origins in the land of Israel, and contextualize the current conflict as part of a long history of different empires and peoples asserting a claim to the region.
People will often use language and aspects of the Holocaust and Nazism to demonstrate the seriousness of discrimination or bias-motivated violence that is taking place. Making direct comparisons to Nazism or the Holocaust is painful and potentially retraumatizing to Jewish people [because ONLY Zionists are victims of genocides, and you can't hurt their feelings by speaking the truth] , especially those who are survivors of the Holocaust or their descendants. The Holocaust was not a “lesson” for the Jewish people to learn. Intergenerational and historical trauma may trigger compounded pain during this conflict.
Explore definitions and origins of terms that are used to describe mass atrocities in history. Using terms like "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing" inaccurately in order to provoke a strong reaction can further cause harm.
5. Center and affirm the concerns that Jewish people express about safety.
As antisemitic incidents in the US and around the world tend to spike when there is a conflict in Israel, validate the safety concerns that Jewish people express.
Remember that safety and comfort are not the same. Comfort is when one’s mind is at ease, whereas discomfort can mean one’s mind is challenged. Safety refers to the absence of risks and threats of harm, and when someone feels unsafe they may be in physical or mental distress. Geopolitical conflicts can be uncomfortable to talk about, however Jewish communities face specific risks when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in the news, including threats of violence, vandalism of Jewish synagogues, cemeteries and community buildings and exclusion from participation in everyday life.
Watch for and challenge the antisemitic idea that Jewish people are deserving of violence, displacement or retribution.
Anticipate and seek to hold space for Jewish people to feel fear for their safety.
6. Challenge language that holds Jewish individuals and groups accountable for the actions of the state of Israel.
Understand that holding a community or person accountable for the actions of a nation and their government has a history resulting in violence and oppression.
Challenge voices that demand Jewish people condemn Israel’s policies and actions, reject Zionism or otherwise speak on behalf of the Israeli government. For many, Zionism and a connection to the land of Israel is integral to their practice and identity as Jewish people. [don't expect zionist-nazis to renounce their racist ideology]
Remember that Jewish people hold a wide range of opinions related to the government of Israel and its actions and treating a Jewish person or group as representative of all Jewish people is not fair and is tokenizing.
Identify anti-Israel vandalism, attacks and demonstrations that target Jewish people or community buildings as acts of antisemitism, such as spray-painting “Free Palestine” on a synagogue [or anywhere else because ALL SUPPORT OF PALESTINIANS IS BY DEFINITION ANTI-SEMITIC].
7. Ground conversations in reliable informational resources.
Identify a text, video or other resource from a credible organization or expert to anchor the conversation.
Start or continue your learning journey about the history of antisemitism, its roots, and contemporary manifestations.
Recognize that misinformation and disinformation are widespread, especially as violence and conflicts are unfolding. Practice media literacy by assessing the quality of the sources you find and share.
Be sure to include nuanced and different perspectives and minimize one-sided points of view.
8. Center empathy by listening to the voices of those people directly affected by the conflict.
Listen to and center voices that have personal experiences, familial ties and trauma associated with this region. War and violent conflict have dire consequences for ordinary people of any or no political ideology.
Ask and listen to how individuals define their identity as Jewish people, Israeli people, or Zionists. Identity is complex and not everyone identifies in the same way.
Hold space for the distinct experiences of pain and trauma that Jewish and Palestinian people carry from this conflict. Listening to different peoples’ narratives without attempting to correct or rank them builds empathy and perspective-taking skills.
9. Acknowledge your worldview and perspective to avoid projecting onto the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Though news and social media can be informative, people living outside of Israel and the Palestinian territories will always have a limited perspective on the conflict compared to a person who lives in the region.
Center voices of those who are in the region and most impacted by the conflict.
Resist the temptation to directly compare the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to other identity-based issues in the United States or elsewhere. Direct comparisons can cause more harm and confusion rather than building understanding.
10. Conclude the discussion with next steps for learning and supportive actions.
Identify one or more questions to continue exploring beyond the conversation. Learning is a journey.
Exchange strategies for applying pro-social and supportive behaviors online and in person.
Accept that violence and geopolitical conflicts can create strong emotional reactions, including feelings of despair and hopelessness; resolve to build connection and strengthen social ties within your community.
Continue to learn more about the unfolding events and how to support people in your community who are impacted. ADL will provide updates as events unfold.
ADL Educator Guide | Turning Students into Pro-Nazi Propagandists [Hasbara]
[with my commentary]
Tools and Strategies
Helping Students Make Sense of News Stories about Bias and Injustice
Published: 10.16.2023
From: ADL Education
For Educators
When there are national news stories that involve incidents of bias and injustice, young people want to be part of the conversation.
Even at a young age, they hear adults talking about what’s happening, read about the story on social media or learn about it through television.
Rather than protect children and youth from what’s going on in the world, there are age-appropriate and constructive ways to engage them in understanding the situation.
Teachers often feel a responsibility to address the issue in some way, whether they do it with a short conversation, an interactive lesson or a unit lasting days or weeks. [all sounds reasonable]
Below are suggestions, strategies and resources to help make those discussions rich and productive for students. The suggestions below build in opportunities for students to read, write, research, speak, listen and understand vocabulary, addressing ELA common core standards. In addition, use our collection of K-12 lesson plans on timely topics of the day that analyze them through an anti-bias and social justice lens.
Create Safety
At the beginning of the school year, create an anti-bias learning environment, one that is safe for all students to share, contribute and learn. [
Develop classroom guidelines that involve the students in the process rather than just handing them a list of rules.
The guidelines should address listening, confidentiality, put-downs and how to deal with bias and stereotyping. [SO-CALLED DEFAMING e.g.when a Zionist is confronted with a FACT that creates cognitive dissonance due to their indoctrination in the zionist cult of hasbara]
Work on creating a climate where students feel comfortable making mistakes and asking questions of all kinds. [reasonable]
Before delving into a controversial or sensitive topic, revisit the classroom guidelines.
Always consider your students’ identities and their life experiences.
For example, if you are discussing a racial incident and you have only a few students of color in your class, consider how to make it safe for those students to discuss the issues, using the Guidelines for Achieving Bias-Free Communication.
Express Feelings [sounds reasonable, for elementary-school children, and even applicable for adult]
Being able to identify and express feelings is an important skill all children should learn.
When there is a controversial news story, young people will often respond emotionally and will need to get those feelings out.
Whether it’s anger over a racial incident or sadness about a bias-related school shooting, it is important that students are given the time and space to explore their feelings in a safe and inclusive environment.
Make sure students know how to respectfully listen to other students express their feelings, whether or not those feelings resonate with their own.
Expand your students’ feelings vocabulary beyond “mad, glad and sad” so they have a more sophisticated and nuanced way to understand how something feels--be it rage, frustration, sadness or hopefulness. [examples please? I'm male therefore emotionally illiterate]
Model this by being open with your own feelings and teach students to distinguish between their thoughts and their feelings, opinions and facts, all of which are valuable. Give students the opportunity to express their feelings verbally or in writing and respect students’ right to pass if they’re not ready.
Generate Questions
Students often have questions about what they hear in the news.
Find out what they already know—some of which may be true, some may be opinion and some purported facts may actually not be true at all. It is important that students understand that asking questions is not a finite process where questions are asked, answered and then the task is complete.
Convey the concept that questions bring new information and new information brings more and deeper questions.
In addition to brainstorming their questions, have them think through the best way to find the answers and to generate new ones.
Help improve their ability to discern different kinds of questions.
They may start with the basics of “who, what, where, why and when” and then move into more sophisticated critical thinking and essential questions that tap into intent, perspective and motivation.
Use the KWL (Know, Want to Know, Learned) process, shown in this lesson about disability rights activist Judy Heumann to help students explore what they know and want to know, continually asking new questions.
Share Facts
In our society with a 24/7 news cycle, as well as news coming to us in many different formats, it is sometimes difficult to sort through all of the information and understand the basic facts of a news story.
In your initial conversations with students, find out what students know and clarify misunderstandings and misinformation.
Give them the tools and skills they need to find out what actually happened and what is unknown in the situation.
In addition, help them understand bias-related vocabulary and—depending on their grade level—make sure they understand the distinction between prejudice and discrimination, equality and equity, target and aggressor and identify the various forms of prejudice and oppression (the “isms").
Learn More
Once they have generated their initial questions about the basic facts, inspire them to dig deeper in order to learn more.
Using their questions and their interests as a foundation, encourage them to do further investigation about the current event as well as the history and background leading up to it.
For example, if you are discussing recent revelations about Indian Residential Schools, you can engage students in learning more about the history of those institutions and reflect on the bias and discrimination directed towards Native American people [like the palestinians!].
Help students understand that there are a variety of techniques and ways to research their topic to learn more: talking to friends and family, reading news articles and blogs, watching videos, talking online with others, reading books for background information, searching the Internet and learning how to distinguish legitimate from questionable sources.
Complicate Thinking [this sounds like a lesson for how to turn students in to Pro-NAZI hasbara propagandists!]
Students often have strong feelings and opinions about topics in the news.
Not only should they reflect upon and express those opinions, their thinking should be complicated by hearing about and considering different points of view.
Provide young people with editorials to read [why fact-based history! not opinion], surveys to sort through and a chance to hear their classmates’ viewpoints.
When they read editorials and news articles, help students determine the perspective of the writer and consider their motivation.
Give them practice in building their case by assigning argumentative essays, persuasive letters and opinion pieces.
Engage students in discussions with each other of various kinds and configurations:
debate, dialogue, pairs, small groups, fishbowls and different talking partners.
Reflecting on their own opinions and learning about the perspective of others helps them build strength and conviction and ultimately inspire action. [yep, total hasbara]
Teach Technology
Young people receive news in a variety of ways, including social media such as TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat.
When there are stories about injustice or tragic events, students may feel inundated by different reports, stories and action steps.
To alleviate feelings of helplessness and anxiety, at the beginning of the year teach about digital citizenship and media literacy.
The 24-hour news cycle on TV, social media and online can present different narratives, which can be confusing.
Work with young people to build their skills in identifying false information and websites. Additionally, teach them how to assess the credibility of authors and the multiple perspectives they will find online. Invite students to learn more about misinformation and disinformation, using elections as an example.
Finally, remind students about digital safety.
Take Action
While it’s important to talk about issues in the news with young people, it can also feel disempowering and hopeless, especially around large complicated stories of injustice. You don’t want students to feel like there’s nothing they can do about it.
Taking action—no matter how small or large an act—can feel gratifying and powerful.
After students have learned more about the issue, reflected on their own opinions and explored their thoughts and feelings about it, it is time to do something. Social action can take many forms and it’s helpful to broaden students’ concept of what is possible.
This can include: teaching others and raising awareness, organizing a school or community forum, getting involved in protests, demonstrations and other forms of activism; writing letters to politicians or other stakeholders, creating social media campaigns to spread their message, learning about other youth activists like Malala Yousafzai, raising money, starting a petition, doing a survey, participating in community service and much more.
All of these activities can be done individually, as a class or the whole school can get involved.
Helping young people understand and think critically about something important happening in the world and then watching them take action is one of the great joys of being a teacher.
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Harvard Complicity with Israel's "Counter Political Warfare" against "Anti-Israel" = Anti-Apartheid
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is a leading independent research institute, serving as Israel’s global embassy for national security and applied diplomacy. Founded in 1976, the Center has produced hundreds of studies and initiatives by leading experts on a wide range of strategic topics.
Jerusalem Center Programs:
The Palestinian Authority Accountability Initiative
In 2016, the Jerusalem Center launched a pathbreaking research initiative documenting the Palestinian Authority’s official payments to terrorists and their families. This led to legislation both in Israel and the U.S. Congress (the Taylor Force Act) that conditioned aid to the Palestinian Authority on the cessation of these terror-incentivization payments. The Jerusalem Center is expanding the anti-“Pay for Slay” initiative to hold the Palestinian Authority to account for its widespread corruption, “apartheid” propaganda, and international lawfare against the State of Israel. The Center intends to mobilize international donor states to:
Force the PA to moderate its violent incitement against Israel and Jews.
Cease the Palestinian Authority’s subversion of Israel’s existence as the nation-state of the Jewish people on the world stage.
Expose the PA’s antisemitic rhetoric and political warfare in international institutions.
Develop and deepen Western critical discourse on the PA narrative.
Upgrade Israel’s peace profile in the West.
Promote a moderate Palestinian Authority that will advance a free and democratic society that truly represents the interests of Palestinians.
Institute to Counter Political Warfare:
The Initiative to Expose “Apartheid Antisemitism”
Jew-hatred has been mainstreamed into Western culture, politics, media, and higher education. Jews and the Jewish state have become “racialized” issues, as the American Jewish community is depicted as privileged “whites,” and Israel, likewise, as a “white supremacist colonialist entity” – an “apartheid state.” “Apartheid antisemitism” has coopted the U.S. public discourse, has divided the Jewish community, and has isolated Israel in international fora, particularly at the UN and associated agencies.
In 2016, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs launched an international initiative to combat “apartheid antisemitism.” Dan Diker traveled to South Africa and engaged government, business and academic leaders in a joint research initiative to refute the BDS “apartheid” campaign against Israel. In 2020, the Jerusalem Center partnered with Black American leaders, Arab and Ethiopian Israeli researchers to expose BDS political warfare with the publication of Dan Diker’s compendium, Israelophobia and the West, which Professor Alan Dershowitz called “the bible for understanding the new antisemitism.” The Jerusalem Center and its partners will transform our research findings into actionable applied diplomacy.
Institute for U.S.-Israel Relations:
Black American-Israel Leadership Initiative
The Jerusalem Center’s joint diplomatic-educational PEACE-Promise project with the U.S.-based Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) engages young Black American and African leaders and influencers by educating and empowering them with political facts and historical context to combat antisemitism in the Black community and enhance understanding and cooperation between Blacks, Jews, and the Jewish state.
The IBSI-Jerusalem Center “Promise” project, which includes diplomatic missions to Africa and Israel, emphasizes the history and importance of Israel-Africa and Black-Jewish relationships. IBSI vets its “ambassadors,” identifying key players in the community, including Black pastors and leaders. IBSI’s holistic educational approach teaches authentic Black history, including the deep identification of Black churches with Israel and spiritual Zionism. In addition, IBSI’s frontal and direct approach to important controversial issues, including discussions on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and Black-Jewish relations, and continuing education and advocacy in the United States, distinguishes this program from all other advocacy organizations, which merely bring young people on Israel tours, with no further engagement.
During IBSI’s mission to South Africa and Zimbabwe and Israel, ambassadors will learn firsthand of Israel’s cultural, religious, and ethnic diversity, its technological achievements and its long-standing partnership with African states.
Institute for Regional Security:
Arab-Israel-India National Security Partnership
The intensifying threat posed by the Iranian regime to the security and stability of the Middle East and Western Asia has transformed former adversaries into new allies. The signing of the historic Abraham Peace and Normalization Accords in 2020 has created unprecedented cooperation between Israel and its Arab neighbors in the fields of national security and applied diplomacy as well as trade, high-tech, intelligence, infrastructure, and sustainability. The Jerusalem Center has partnered with Bahrain’s Derasat policy institute, the United Arab Emirates’ Emirates Policy Center, and Morocco’s Policy Center for the New South. These partnerships promise to completely reframe Israel’s profile as a fully integrated and normalized member of the Arab-majority Middle East. The Jerusalem Center, together with its regional partners, will continue to document and expose Iran’s race for hegemony under a rising nuclear umbrella via policy studies and recommendations for decision-makers across the region.
Africa-Israel National Security Partnership
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is leveraging and extending its Abraham Accords partnerships into the African continent. African nations are turning to Israel as an anchor for security, stability, and prosperity, viewing Israel’s technological capabilities as a solution for food security, water desalinization, and infrastructure development for future generations.
For the first time in Israel’s history, a leading Israeli policy and diplomacy institute – the Jerusalem Center – is partnering with Ethiopia’s leading policy and applied diplomacy institutes. Ethiopia, the second-largest African nation, with a population of 125 million, shares similar national security challenges with Israel, including combating terrorism and radicalization, and seeking to maintain political and social cohesion in a multiethnic society. The Jerusalem Center has also been approached by leading policy institutes in Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, and the Red Sea states of Djibouti and Somaliland.
The Jerusalem Center is collaborating with Ethiopia’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA) and Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) to create a shared agenda using the following modalities:
Exchange of Jerusalem Center, IFA, and IPSS-led governmental, parliamentary and diplomatic delegations.
Zoom consultations, workshops, roundtables, podcasts and videocasts.
Annual major conference on Israel-Africa national security challenges to be held in Africa, Israel, and the United States.
Policy recommendations on strategic intelligence, military and national security, and infrastructure, food and water security.
Impact assessment of Israel’s profile in the West including polling of African, Israeli and Jewish American public opinion on bilateral and multilateral relations.
Extension of the Jerusalem Center’s policy and applied diplomacy activities through research centers and universities, media and opinion influencers, and selected civil society stakeholders across the African continent.
Additional Jerusalem Center Initiatives:
Defensible Borders for Israel – A major security and public diplomacy initiative that analyzes current terror threats and Israel’s corresponding territorial requirements, particularly in the strategically vital West Bank.
Jerusalem in International Diplomacy – Dore Gold analyzes the legal and historic rights of Israel in Jerusalem in The Fight for Jerusalem: Radical Islam, the West, and the Future of the Holy City. Jerusalem expert Nadav Shragai documents nearly a century of extremist violence in “The Al-Aksa is in Danger” Libel: The History of a Lie.
Combating Delegitimization and BDS – A public diplomacy program exposing those forces that oppose Israel’s legitimacy. Publications include BDS Unmasked: Radical Roots, Extremist Ends (2016), Defeating Denormalization: Shared Palestinian and Israeli Perspectives on a New Path to Peace (2018), Students for Justice in Palestine Unmasked (2018), and Israelophobia and the West (2020).
Global Law Forum – An initiative led by Amb. Alan Baker, former legal advisor to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, undertakes studies and advances policy initiatives to protect Israel’s legal rights in its conflict with the Palestinians and radical Islam.
Institute for Diplomatic Affairs (IDA) – A program that presents Israel’s rights and security-based diplomacy to the foreign diplomatic corps and foreign press in Israel.
Jerusalem Center Serial Publications:
Jerusalem Issue Brief/Jerusalem Viewpoints – Insider briefings by top-level Israeli government officials, military experts, and academics, as part of the Center’s Institute for Contemporary Affairs.
Daily Alert – A digest of hyperlinked news and commentary on Israel and the Middle East from the world and Israeli press since 2002.
Jewish Political Studies Review – A scholarly journal founded in 1989.
From <https://jcpa.org/about/>
Slammed to the Ground | Dartmouth Jewish Professor Demands Defense of Jewish & Non-Jewish Protestors
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Declassified Memo to CIA Director RE Propaganda experts & tactics
3Ds: Demonize Pro-America Values Students in support of Palestinian rights
(while claiming to be victims of 'left' Soviet Propaganda themselves)
ADL 2023Oct31 The ADL Is Defaming Palestinian Students as Terrorist Supporters | The Nation
Spencer Ackerman, a Pulitzer Prize and National Magazine Award–winning reporter, is the author of Reign of Terror: How The 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump.]
2023Oct31 The ADL Is Defaming Palestinian Students as Terrorist Supporters
Spencer Ackerman
October 31, 2023 thenation.com
The group is urging hundreds of colleges to investigate Students for Justice in Palestine for material support for terrorism. September 11 politics are back in force.
Photo: Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO and national director, speaking at the Anti-Defamation League National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.
(Michael Brochstein / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)
If there were any doubt that the vicious, censorious politics of the September 11 era have returned in force after Hamas’s October 7 massacre and Israel’s collective punishment of Gaza, the recent actions of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) have removed it.
An “urgent” open letter issued last Thursday by the ADL—which, lest we forget, promotes itself as one of America’s leading defenders of civil rights—and the Louis Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law urged college and university administrators to “immediately investigate” their campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for “potential violations of the prohibition against materially supporting a foreign terrorist organization.” They claim to have sent the letter to nearly 200 schools.
The ADL provided not a shred of evidence for that incendiary, potentially life-ruining accusation. It instead cited overheated rhetoric at pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations post–October 7, including from some who defended Hamas. It interpreted references to “resistance” to the siege, bombardment, and invasion of Gaza exclusively as support for terrorism—not, say, as a rejection of the Israeli stranglehold around a densely packed area of 2.3 million people.
Even if you accepted the ADL’s interpretations of those comments, it would still not amount to evidence that anyone targeted by the group had gone beyond rhetorical support of Hamas—something that, no matter your opinion of the comments themselves, is protected speech under the First Amendment, at least as of this writing. It is with such frivolousness that the ADL made allegations that can land people in prison for up to 20 years.
When I asked the ADL about the basis for its charges, a spokesperson e-mailed SJP comments praising October 7, some from students’ Instagram stories. After I pointed out that none were examples of material support, the spokesperson, who did not provide their name, replied, “Our letter speaks for itself.”
It’s not every day that ostensible civil rights organizations call for the mass violation of Palestinian students’ civil rights. But, says Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab-American Institute, “the bottom line has been that the ADL has decided to prioritize its pro-Israel work at the expense of any contribution it’s made in the civil rights space for some time now. From redefining antisemitism as anti-Zionism in May 2022 to weaponizing the charge of material support now and the policies of the ‘War on Terror’ against students they disagree with, it’s an extraordinary leap, and one that’s harmed my community for decades, before 9/11 and after.”
As Berry suggests, the letter provides the latest example of how the September 11 era, which conflates dissent with sympathy for terrorism, is not finished with Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims in America. Since October 7, people inside and even outside those communities who have stood with the Palestinians have lost jobs, had job offers revoked, been threatened by former-and-possibly-future president Donald Trump with deportation, and been the subject of Senate condemnation. Florida Governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, suddenly fond of cancel culture, banned SJP from the state’s public university system. On Monday, the Biden administration announced a move that pushes law enforcement including the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security, deeper onto college campuses in the name of combating antisemitism—a move with the potential to implement the ADL’s initiative.
And in a sickeningly extreme case, a man in Illinois murdered a 6-year-old boy and critically injured his mother for being Muslim.
Now, an institution that bills itself as the guardian of Jewish civil rights in America is reaching for a signature tool of the War on Terror—one made infamous by the 2001 Patriot Act—to suppress speech it finds objectionable. (This is not the only way the ADL is choosing to stoke division instead of acting as a voice of reason. Its national director, Jonathan Greenblatt, has outrageously compared anti-Zionists, including anti-Zionist Jews like myself, to white supremacists in the last few weeks.)
The consequences of a material-support investigation can extend far beyond the loss of job opportunities. Allegations of “standing with quote-unquote terrorist groups can cause people significant criminal repercussions and put them and their families at risk,” said Malak Afaneh, a law student at the University of California–Berkeley and a member of the local SJP chapter, known as Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine. “What we’re seeing are McCarthyesque tactics, like those used post-9/11.”
Dima Khalidi, director of the civil rights legal defense group Palestine Legal, pointed to the likelihood of “surveillance, infiltration, and investigation” of pro-Palestinian speech and association on campus. “These hysterical reactions to students who are taking a political stand in support of Palestinian rights and pose zero threat other than to the notion that we should all toe the dominant line of unconditional support for Israel and dehumanization of Palestinians that Biden is displaying is dangerous on many levels, not least of all the potential for criminalization of speech activities,” Khalidi said. “This affects all of our fundamental rights to dissent.”
In practice, material support investigations often strain to make a case, even with all the tools of the Patriot Act at prosecutors’ disposal. But such investigations still require “at a minimum, that there is coordination between the persons charged and the designated foreign terrorist organization,” noted Faiza Patel of the Brennan Center for Justice. “This letter provides nothing to suggest that is the case. Lobbing unfounded accusations of serious criminal acts will only serve to silence diverse voices.” With thousands around the country taking to the streets in support of Palestine, that seems like the point.
Patel added that investigating material-support allegations is a job for the Justice Department, “not the role of universities.” But calls from prominent organizations to investigate students for something as serious as a terrorism connection are unlikely to remain campus matters. Even before Biden’s moves this week, the investigative machinery of the War on Terror was an available option for the self-deputized campus counterterrorist.
Terry Albury, a former FBI counterterrorism special agent turned whistleblower, said that when the ADL talks, the FBI tends to take what it says seriously. Asked how college administrators, who lack subpoena power for bank records, could conduct material-support investigations, Albury replied, “[They] can’t.” But campuses can easily enlist law enforcement via the Joint Terrorism Task Forces around the country that unite state, local, and federal police.
Campus police “can offer their services to the local FBI office and say they received a referral about radical students,” Albury said, “and they will work in concert with the FBI to initiate investigations of those students.”
Joshua Dratel, a prominent national-security defense attorney, added that he has had clients over the past decade who were referred to the FBI by people who were monitoring students’ social media posts. “Campus authorities wield considerable authority through campus discipline mechanisms to launch investigations,” Dratel said.
It’s a heated and anguished time for both the Jewish and Muslim communities. That’s particularly true on campuses, where young adults often express their politics with an intensity that can disgust or even frighten those who disagree. Then there’s speech that unequivocally crosses the line into violence. At Cornell, posts on an unaffiliated message board recently targeted Jewish students with threats of murder and sexual violence.
At the same time, the ADL would doubtlessly and correctly object to portrayals of Jewish students who demonstrate for the release of Israeli hostages as advocating a second Palestinian Nakba. Civil rights groups around the country would reject innuendo suggesting that Jewish student groups are providing “vocal and potentially material support” to settler terrorists who are currently attempting to intimidate Palestinians into leaving their homes in the West Bank. (Not that the US has any Jewish extremist organization on its foreign-terrorist blacklist; it delisted Meir Kahane’s Kach Party last year.) Only Muslim groups, and especially Palestinian ones, have to bear the bigoted social burden—present since at least September 11, supercharged after October 7—of proving that they are not front groups for terrorism.
The censorious climate is affecting these groups from the inside. Afaneh, the Berkeley Law student, said that her SJP chapter has had to exercise caution in its own group chat after notice of leaks at other chapters led them to evaluate whom they would let join: “SJP groups, unlike any other marginalized group, are simultaneously asked to condemn Hamas and are questioned if the killing of the Palestinian people is legitimate, while we watch videos of mothers crying over children in body bags, and while Israel threatens to bomb hospitals. We are constantly having to look over our shoulders.”
Spencer Ackerman, a Pulitzer Prize and National Magazine Award–winning reporter, is the author of Reign of Terror: How The 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump.]
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/adl-palestine-terrorism-letter/
ADL 2023Mar08 | ADL Staffers Dissented After CEO Greenblatt Compared Palestinian Rights Groups to Right-Wing Extremists, Leaked Audio Reveals | Jewish Currents
A special meeting called to answer internal critics shows that the ADL’s vocal opposition to the anti-Zionist left is controversial even within the organization.
Mari Cohen and Alex Kane
March 8, 2023
ADL Staffers Dissented After CEO Compared Palestinian Rights Groups | JewishCurrents…
Greenblatt: “if you still feel like you can’t square the fact that anti-Zionism is antisemitism, then maybe this isn’t the place for you.”
The Anti-Defamation League made waves last May when, in a major speech at the organization’s national leadership summit, CEO Jonathan Greenblatt announced that the ADL would devote more energy to combating anti-Zionism. “Anti-Zionism is antisemitism,” he said, promising that the ADL would apply “more concentrated energy toward the threat of radical anti-Zionism” through lawsuits, research, and lobbying. He described Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)—all of which advocate for Palestinian rights—as “extremist” and the “photo inverse of the extreme right,” and implicated them in a rise in antisemitic hate crimes.
But inside the ADL, employees questioned the new approach to anti-Zionist organizations, according to audio recently obtained by Jewish Currents from an internal Zoom meeting held shortly after Greenblatt’s speech. (The transcript is printed below, in full.) Greenblatt’s hosting of a special meeting to pacify internal critics signifies that the organization’s vocal opposition to the anti-Zionist left is controversial even within an organization that has long been committed to Israel advocacy.
In the virtual meeting, held a week after Greenblatt’s speech on anti-Zionism, he appeared to allude to disagreements within the organization, acknowledging that staff had “a lot of questions” about the ADL’s new policies and that some people were “concerned” about his remarks. “If you disagree with something at ADL . . . we want to hear that,” he said. ”This was never intended to be a monolithic entity.” But Greenblatt also stressed throughout the meeting that if employees had major disagreements with his positions on the question of anti-Zionism and antisemitism, the ADL might not be the right place for them to work. “[If] you still feel like you can’t square the fact that anti-Zionism is antisemitism, then maybe this isn’t the place for you,” he said.
During the meeting, Greenblatt answered several questions from staff members. At points, he seemed to slightly temper the assertions he had made in the speech—acknowledging, for example, that calling leftist anti-Zionist groups the “photo inverse” of the white-nationalist right was more of a rhetorical flourish than a statement of fact. But he reiterated his strong condemnation of anti-Zionism: “The impact that [the philosophy of anti-Zionism] generates is one in which Jews are targeted [and] are more vulnerable,” he said.
Greenblatt’s May speech was cheered by Israel advocates. ”I’ve gotten a lot of emails from people and text messages from people [saying] ‘Thank you for what you said . . . that spoke to me,’” Greenblatt said at the meeting. But it also drew significant backlash from progressives, including the publication of an open letter signed by 200 Jewish rabbis, writers, and activists arguing that Greenblatt had “defame[d] grassroots and civil rights organizations committed to Palestinian justice and falsely conflate[d] anti-Zionism with far-right and violent extremism.”
Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, said that even if Greenblatt is drawing some distinction between anti-Zionists and violent white nationalists, he is affirming that “because you don’t support the establishment of a Jewish ethno-religious state at the expense of Palestinians, you are ipso facto responsible for what actual antisemites do and say.” Friedman said this is “intellectually dishonest,” as it’s “predicated on the premise that there exist no legitimate reasons for rejection of Zionism that are unrelated to hatred of Jews, and morally indefensible logic because it cheapens and politicizes the very concept of antisemitism, equating legitimate viewpoints and non-violent protest with groups who are motivated by unabashed hatred of Jewish people.” (For his part, Greenblatt insisted during the meeting that “we will always be principled and not political, despite what the critics say.”)
The existence of the meeting and the questions asked suggest that some ADL staffers feel that the organization’s dogged commitment to Zionism and Israel undermines its ability to build coalitions with other groups—a necessity for its civil rights work.
ABSOLUTISM - ADL, Bibi, W, Hitler - You are with OR AGAINST us (Traitor/Inifidel)
One question posed to Greenblatt argued that his “absolutist language” was “hurt[ing]” the ADL’s “natural allies in the fight against antisemitism.” A former senior ADL staffer who requested anonymity to protect their professional standing said that the ADL is “mired in an identity crisis.”
It “sees itself as committed to a vision of civil rights,” they said, but also “perhaps predominantly so, as a pro-Israel advocacy organization. These two things are rooted in different values.”
In response to a request for comment from Jewish Currents about this argument, an ADL spokesperson said “there’s no identity crisis at ADL . . . There’s nothing inconsistent with being a pro-Israel organization that fights antisemitism and hatred in all forms, while also working ‘to secure justice and fair treatment to all’ by fighting hatred against other marginalized groups.
As Jonathan has noted, we believe, strongly, that you cannot separate the fight for civil rights from the fight for the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland.”
The May 2022 meeting is not the first time evidence of internal conflict within the ADL has surfaced. In 2021, Jewish Currents reported on how Greenblatt had come into conflict:
with the ADL’s civil rights office over legislation targeting criticism of Israel, choosing repeatedly to privilege Israel advocacy over the protection of civil liberties.
Internal dissent has also arisen over the ADL’s practice of organizing delegations of law enforcement officials to Israel for meetings with Israeli security forces.
Last year, Jewish Currents obtained a memo revealing that senior ADL employees recommended to Greenblatt that the organization end those delegations because of fears that the programs could exacerbate police militarization.
In last year’s staff meeting, Greenblatt acknowledged that “there may be some people who might take their Zionism to a degree that I wouldn’t agree with,” but stressed that “Zionism is a liberation movement” based on the “simple idea” that the “Jewish people have the right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland,” and rejected the idea that it is discriminatory or “privilege[s]” Jewish rights over others. He also said that “you can be pro-Palestinian without being anti-Zionist,” and that he “like[s] to think of myself as someone who is pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian.”
In the meeting, Greenblatt fielded questions—which were submitted via digital chat by employees and then read aloud by a moderator—about whether groups like SJP, JVP, and CAIR could really be equated with right-wing antisemitic white nationalists. Greenblatt doubled down, saying that even though members of those groups don’t have guns and didn’t participate in the January 6th insurrection, they “endanger Jewish people, just like right-wing extremists.” “I hope we can all understand that these movements don’t need to be causing equitable . . . impact . . . for them both to be bad and both to be called out,” he said. Employees challenged Greenblatt to define terms like anti-Zionism and intifada—a reference to Palestinian uprisings against Israeli rule. In response to a question about whether Greenblatt was “diluting” or “changing” what the term “extremism” means, the CEO argued that anti-Zionist slogans like “Globalize the Intifada” should be considered a call for violence against Israelis. Asked whether Jewish anti-Zionists are antisemitic, Greenblatt said that anyone who denies “the rights of Jews to a homeland” was embracing an antisemitic idea, though he added that it was understandable that a Palestinian family “displaced from their village in 1948” would not be “cheering for the State of Israel.” He also said that while he appreciates that those joining JVP or SJP may do so out of a commitment to justice for Palestinians, “that doesn’t relieve someone from responsibility for the impact that anti-Zionism has in the real world,” which he characterized as “Jews being targeted and victimized.”
“Greenblatt intentionally misrepresents what anti-Zionism stands for. [He] pretends to care about the pain of Palestinian refugees, all while pledging to harass and criminalize Palestinians struggling for freedom,” said executive director of JVP Stefanie Fox after reviewing Greenblatt’s comments in the ADL meeting. The National Students for Justice in Palestine Steering Committee, which also reviewed Greenblatt’s comments, said that “rather than combating [authoritarianism and racism] and organizing for genuine social justice, the ADL has leveraged Islamophobia, anti-Arab sentiment, and conservatism to delegitimize the movement for Palestine liberation.” An ADL spokesperson said that the group “draws a distinction between legitimate criticism of Israeli government policies and anti-Zionism,” while adding that “criticism of Israeli government policies is not antisemitic.”
It’s unclear whether Greenblatt’s speech has led to any fundamental changes in the ADL’s policy. “I don’t anticipate the way that we do our jobs day-to-day is going to change because of my speech,” Greenblatt said at the May meeting. An ADL spokesperson told Jewish Currents that condemning anti-Israel rhetoric that “delegitimizes Israel, or crosses into antisemitism” is “not a new policy.” In their questions, employees appeared concerned about how Greenblatt’s anti-Zionism speech might affect policy. Greenblatt was asked about whether his speech meant that the ADL would include anti-Zionist incidents in the group’s annual report on antisemitic incidents in the US. “We already do,” he said, if anti-Zionist rhetoric includes “antisemitic tropes.” Questioned about whether his speech meant that the ADL would call on law enforcement groups to scrutinize JVP and SJP, Greenblatt said “we’re not saying that law enforcement needs to worry about an armed threat from SJP,” and emphasized that white supremacists pose a “singular threat.” Asked whether he was calling for anti-Zionist organizations to be “deplatformed,” the CEO said he doesn’t believe in “cancel culture,” but that if the offending behavior persists despite attempts to stop it, anti-Zionist groups need to face “consequences.” Greenblatt also fielded a question about whether the ADL’s “absolutist language” would harm the organization’s ability to work in coalition with other groups to fight antisemitism. He responded that it wouldn’t help the organization’s allies if “we’re soft stepping this hate,” and that ultimately, the ADL’s “core” mission is more important than coalition-building.
At times during the meeting, Greenblatt appeared frustrated with his staff’s dissension. He said employees “talking to reporters” or leaking documents to the press went against the ADL’s “values” and hurt “our ability to deliver on our mission.” He stressed that he was responding to a segment of the community that was receptive to his approach to anti-Zionism. While there were many questions in the chat, he said, there were also “a lot of other people” among the ADL’s constituency who “have said to me . . . ‘yeah, this is actually what I want to hear.’ . . . Again, our goal here is to serve the community—not to serve ourselves, but to serve them.”
When asked directly if staff who do not believe that anti-Zionism is antisemitism would be “welcome at the ADL,” Greenblatt implied that those unconvinced by his arguments might not be a fit for the organization: “If you’re hearing what I’m saying, and you just don’t agree with it, you think it’s okay to deny Jews their rights, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with saying, ‘You know what, I don’t think this is the right place for me.’” One former ADL executive, who also requested anonymity to protect their professional standing, said Greenblatt’s suggestion that disagreements over Zionism should prompt employees to leave was a new posture for the organization. Previously, “to believe that Zionism was problematic was not a welcome position. But it was a little bit like ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’ You could talk about it with other colleagues who you knew felt this way, but it was really clear where you wouldn’t talk about it, and to whom you wouldn’t talk about it,” the former executive said. “It sounds like Jonathan is willing to make it a litmus test. [Before], it was not an official litmus test, or at least it wasn’t one that was invoked.” An ADL spokesperson disagreed, telling Jewish Currents “there is no litmus test and employees were not directed to leave” and the organization provides “ample room for employees’ concerns to be heard.” At the same time, the spokesperson said that “we expect our employees to carry out our mission and positions. If an employee decides they cannot do this, then they should leave.”
Greenblatt stressed in his address to his staff, “the ADL is a Zionist organization. We will never apologize for this. This fact will never change.” Still, the questions asked in the meeting suggests that some ADL staffers remain uneasy with the organization’s insistence on prioritizing Zionism, especially as the Israeli government continues to entrench its repressive rule over Palestinians. “I think there’s a recognition that the [ADL’s] hardline position on Israel is unwilling to accommodate the reality of the changing politics of Israel and the immense strain that Israel’s democracy is under,” said the former senior ADL staffer. “Morale is low—there’s discontent about this particular approach.”
TRANSCRIPT OF MAY 2022 ADL MEETING
Moderator 1: Terrific. Thank you and good afternoon. Happy Tuesday to everybody. It is a beautiful day here. I hope you’re all having a fine May 10th, wherever you are. This weekend, I had the incredible fortune to celebrate my mother’s 64th Mother’s Day. And I know several people on this call had the indescribable joy of celebrating their very first Mother’s Day this weekend. So, I want to give one more shout out to all the mothers who we celebrated this weekend, whether it was your first, your 64th, or somewhere in between.
All right. Since Jonathan’s speech at NLS [the National Leadership Summit] about anti-Zionism, there’s been a lot of discussion within ADL. Staff have shared opinions, they’ve asked questions, they’ve provided feedback, and they’ve done it in a variety of forums. That’s all good, and it’s healthy. So today, we want to continue the conversation by giving you direct access to Jonathan. He wants to hear from you, he wants to know what you’re thinking, and he wants to answer your questions. Now, we’re going to have a more traditional all-hands meeting after Memorial Day. That will give us an opportunity to discuss other subjects that are on your minds, as well as to acknowledge service anniversaries and share information and updates about ADL, as we always do.
Today, we’ve got a somewhat more limited focus. Now, in the spirit of transparency, I want to explain today’s format. You will be able to ask questions via chat. Only Jonathan and a few members of the senior team will be able to see your comments or your questions. Your colleagues will not see what you write, and we will not identify who asked a question or made a comment when responded to. So why, why did we do that? Why did we select that format? So, first, we wanted everybody to really be able to focus on Jonathan and his responses to your questions and comments and not be distracted by what’s going on in the chat with [the] back and forth. At least I find that very distracting. We also wanted to provide a measure of confidentiality, in case you prefer to comment without identifying yourself to your colleagues. And finally, we wanted to keep things simple and not have to deal with two sources of incoming comments. So we’re not using Slido. We’re just going to focus on the chat. I also want to make sure everybody knows that we are not recording today’s session. And with that, I will pass things back to [Moderator 2], so we can start to hear your questions and your comments.
Moderator 2: All right. Thank you. So I think, uh, with no further ado, I would like to turn things over to Jonathan, Jonathan? There we go.
Jonathan Greenblatt: Okay, great.
Moderator 2: All right.
Greenblatt: So first of all, I want to just thank [Moderator 2] for facilitating this conversation. And for [Moderator 1], those, I think, helpful words that help to frame how we’re going to do the session today. I want to thank everyone for coming together on fairly short notice. And I recognize that all of you have packed days, and all of you are trying to squeeze so much in. Many of you are still working from home and juggling what it means to be a caregiver to children or to elderly parents or to other family and friends. And so I appreciate people making this a priority. And I really . . . You know, this came together because we did have, indeed, this all-hands meeting on deck in a couple of weeks. But in talking to [senior leadership] last week, I said let’s do the all-hands meeting right away. Because I know there are a lot of questions after last week, and I want to make sure I’m able to address them.
So just to set the stage here a little bit today . . . um . . . you know, it’s funny. I was doing a session with a company earlier today. And they said to me, you know, what have been your career choices? How did you, who’ve done different things throughout your career, make your decisions? I think, like many of you, the decisions that I’ve made throughout my career have been to try to change the world. I didn’t come to ADL just to have a job. I committed to a journey, right? I committed to being part of one team. I committed to having world-changing impact at this legacy institution. And so for me, this has been, in many ways, the pinnacle of my career. And we are trying to play a long game here at ADL, focusing on world-changing results, focusing on transformative work.
But let’s be clear, the times we are in are fraught. Our audit that we just released two weeks ago revealed the highest number of antisemitic incidents we have ever tracked ever in our history. That is extraordinary. We know that that happens against the backdrop of a higher number of hate crimes facing other communities at the same time. And we know over these last five, six going on plus years [sic], that our democracy itself . . . The fragility of our democratic system has been exposed, and the vulnerability of our institutions has been revealed. So, these threats of antisemitism, other forms of hate, to our democracy, like . . . This is complicated. And so, this journey that I think we’re all on together is not easy. And sometimes it can be frustrating. And sometimes it happens in fits and starts. It’s definitely exhausting. And it can be exhilarating at times, too. But it’s . . . I want to just acknowledge that I know that it isn’t easy. And I know that creates pressure and stress on all of us. But I think fundamental to the work is we’ve all got to be on the same team. So I want to talk about team and culture today, but I really want to do that through the prism of the remarks—to make sure that I’m clear about why we are where we are.
So first of all, I think it’s just worth appreciating the enormous impact I think we’ve had in recent years, as we really transitioned from being purely about antisemitism to really our positioning about being anti-hate. Being anti-hate doesn’t just encompass antisemitism, but being anti-hate . . . Which you can see from our tagline, from so many of our programs, from so many of our policies, from so much of our advocacy, I mean, this is essential to our integrated mission. But being anti-hate obligates us to center our work on fighting antisemitism and anti-Jewish intolerance. Antisemitism has been, as Eric Ward from Western States Center has written about, it is the beating heart of white nationalism in America and, really, hate throughout the history of Western civilization. So, the integrated mission recognizes that it has never been and never will be only about antisemitism.
Our mission obligates us to pursue justice and fair treatment to all, but fighting antisemitism is what our core constituents need and where the world primarily looks to us for leadership. You know, and to invoke Hillel, if I’m not for myself, who am I? So we will continue to draw the link between the fight against the Jewish minority and the fight against all minorities. We will continue to draw out that link, but our anti-hate work will really be centered in fighting antisemitism. That isn’t new, but I think I need to reaffirm that commitment.
I need to reaffirm for you that we will always be principled and not political, despite what the critics say or the claims that they make. Regardless of how polarized our society is, we will be unapologetically and forcefully nonpartisan. And again, I think that is becoming increasingly unusual. And it’s become even unacceptable in some quarters, who only want you to focus on one side. But I’m proud of our legacy as a nonpartisan organization. Because we don’t believe that either party has a monopoly on morality. And we will continue to call out facts. I mean, I don’t believe in a theory of equivalency. I don’t think, “We’ve said this; therefore, we must say that.” I don’t think that’s true. I don’t focus on balancing our statements. I don’t want to see the communication shop say, “Okay, we did this, we have to do that.” I don’t think there are scales here that we must hold in balance. We need to call it as we see it and follow the facts wherever they take us. Again, even if some individuals or some partisans are aggrieved by doing this, right? We are not going to flinch from the facts as they are. And we will continue to. That’s critical. We’ll call out hate wherever it comes from. No matter how inconvenient it might be. No matter who that might irritate. And we’ll continue to work with an explicit set of values.
I mean, you all know our core values. I’m looking at them in the conference room at the CSC [the Community Support Center, or ADL headquarters] in New York: Courage, respect, accountability, collaboration, credibility, inclusion, integrity, respect. We will relentlessly live by these values and steer the organization in the right direction. They are, if you will, the headings that we use. But I will say that, as we think about these things, you know, when internal documents are leaked to the press, or when people are talking to reporters, like, that goes against our values, and that hurts our ability to deliver on our mission. That doesn’t reflect accountability.
I mean, again, I think we’ve tried to create a very open environment here, where you hopefully can talk to your manager, or you can use EthicsPoint. Or you can even reach out to me if you feel like you need to be heard. And if you disagree with something at ADL, again, we want to hear that. This was never intended to be a monolithic entity. And I think if you go back in recent history, you can see that engaging in this process with people speaking freely and sharing their views led the management team to reevaluate certain things. And we have spoken out where we’ve fallen short. I think we’ve done that internally, where we needed to do better; I think we’ve tried to do it externally, where we needed to do better. So that’s what we’re trying to do.
And, and yet, if you feel like, you know, you tried to engage a manager, or you tried to use EthicsPoint, or you tried to get to me, and you still weren’t heard or you still disagree with organizational choices, then it’s up to you to think about if this is the place you want to be. You are here because we want you here, right? But don’t undermine our values. Accountability doesn’t mean accountability to some external stakeholders. It’s accountability to ourselves first and foremost and to the mission on the walls of our organization and embedded in its kind of chromosomal DNA, if you will. So again, I would ask if you disagree with something, use your channels to say it. Not just complaining on Slack but trying to do it in a constructive way—through your ERG [Employee Resource Group], or again, through other means. And let’s make ADL better together, because we can do that.
But if you feel like you can’t get on with the mission, I respect that. And you might . . . this might not be the place for you. So in the context of that, let’s talk about my . . . the NLS speech. Because I know there’s some people who are concerned about what I said.
You know, first and foremost, it was a speech. It wasn’t a longform article, right? It wasn’t a debate. So it didn’t lend me . . . It’s not a medium that lends itself to the nuance and the detail that I might like to otherwise have delivered. I wish I could [have], but I can tell you, in the weeks and months and years ahead, we will lay out in more detail, with more nuance, where all of this takes us. So I appreciate getting feedback. Because there’s more to say to elaborate on, you know, the paragraphs that I shared . . . Because it wasn’t as prosaic as we might have been.
But let’s . . . Again, reflecting the times we’re in, the historic rise of antisemitism. And I don’t need to tell all of you why we’re there: because of societal pressures, because of social media, because of certain public figures . . . But the truth is, is that our community, our core constituents, uh, are feeling, I think, and I hear this directly from them—and the data, the sentiment analysis that we’ve done, that other organizations have done reflect this—that people are feeling this rise in their daily lives, that people are seeing for themselves antisemitism in ways they never thought before. And I think all of this underscores the urgency of our work, right? And why all of this matters.
I mean, just step back and think about the moment we’re in. I mean, we are, you know, just in the past year: We’re almost literally a year from the attacks, the antisemitic assaults that happened all over the country, prompted by the Hamas-Israel conflict in May of 2021, right, when Jews were getting attacked in broad daylight in Times Square, in Los Angeles, in southern Florida, in other places. Think about the brouhahas that have happened over the past year, like with the Sierra Club, or with the Sunrise Movement, or at colleges and universities like Tufts and Rutgers, and I could go on. Think about just recently, around the spate of terror attacks in Israel. You know, the, the marches, again, the calls to globalize, the Intifada taking place in midtown Manhattan. When innocent people are being killed, stabbed, shot, bludgeoned to death—for no crime other than being from Israel. It could be Jewish, it could be Muslim, it could be Arab, it could be Druze, it could be toddlers, it could be adults, it could be elderly people. None of that . . . None of that matters, uh, in these moments to the people committing these crimes. And literally not a day goes by when I don’t hear some harrowing tale from a college student, to a high school student, to a parent, to ordinary people, who tell me what they’re experiencing. And increasingly, the stories that I’m hearing about—directly from people—are not happening from antisemitism from the extreme right. It’s not people running into kind of [far-right militia] Oath Keepers around the corner—although that is a problem, and we’ll talk about that in the days ahead—but increasingly from what we might characterize as the radical left.
Now, with your work, all of us together are pushing back against this kind of prejudice. We’ve taken brave and strong stances against antisemitism coming from the quote, unquote left—even though I wouldn’t even characterize it that way, because it’s not like this is the traditional left. But I thought it was increasingly important in my speech at the NLS to be crystal clear and very lucid about what we’re seeing. Because we’ve seen the, the emergence of this sort of erase of antisemitism that seeks, again, to eliminate or to wipe out Jewish experience. We’ve seen it on campuses, we’ve seen it in civil society, we’ve seen it in communities, and it requires . . . And by the way, it’s not unique. We saw similar dynamics in Europe, as anyone on the IA [International Affairs] team can tell you about. So what’s happened there, it seems to be coming over here. And we can’t let this happen.
So, so with that being said, let me lay out a core principle for this organization. Make sure everybody gets it, make sure everybody is clear. Throughout these challenging times, I want to make sure . . . And when I say these challenging times, I mean not just now, [but also] long before I got to ADL. I want to make sure everything is . . . Something that has been true will remain true.
ADL is a Zionist organization. We will never apologize for this. This fact will never change. I am a proud, unapologetic Zionist. I was long before I came here, and I always will be, because Zionism is a liberation movement based on the simple premise, a simple idea: that the Jewish people have the right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. That’s it. Zionism isn’t new. In many ways, it’s existed for thousands of years. You can’t pick up a Jewish prayer book and not read about the return to Zion. You can’t participate in a Jewish holiday and not read about. It is not a discriminatory philosophy. It isn’t. It doesn’t privilege Jewish rights over the rights of other minorities. It doesn’t. Again, it’s the culmination of thousands of years of Jewish longing to return from exile . . . And to survive, after centuries of serial marginalization, vicious persecution, and organized systematic genocide, that’s what it is. Now, there may be some people who might take their Zionism to a degree that I wouldn’t agree with—I can tell you there are those people, and I don’t hesitate to call them out. But Zionism in and of itself is a liberation movement that’s about the right of self-determination that’s accorded to all people. Period. That’s it, guys. And so we need to do a good job of making sure we explain that and articulate that. And we will.
Turning [to] the speech itself, I know many of you were concerned that I called groups like CAIR [Council on American-Islamic Relations], or SJP [Students for Justice in Palestine], or JVP [Jewish Voice for Peace]—and I think you guys know the acronyms—extremist. The fact is, I called out their behaviors as extremist, and I called out their rhetoric as extremist, and some of their actions extremist; and I call that out because it is, it is, it is. It is not acceptable to call for a global Intifada. No, that’s not normal discourse. It’s not okay to pursue an agenda of anti-normalization, in other words, making it taboo to engage in any activity with any person with any relationship to the Jewish state. No, that is unequivocally extremist. If a right-wing group, a right-wing extremist group were saying anything of that sort toward any people, we would call it out—and when other groups are saying that toward Jews, we will call that out. Because that language, those activities, they are extremist.
Now, others I know expressed concern that I compared these groups to the right-wing extremists that stormed the Capitol, that marched in Charlottesville, whose acolytes participated in horrible, heinous murderous activities in El Paso, or in Pittsburgh, or in Poway, or in Charlotte, er, Charleston, and so on. Let’s be clear, the speech was way more nuanced than that. And yet, there’s no question—because, I mean, I said it—that these folks are not armed. When I called out the folks like CAIR and JVP and SVP [sic] engaging extremist rhetoric and calling for extremist actions . . . They’re different than the white supremacists and armed militia groups who are armed to the teeth and have a long and ugly history of committing acts of violence against Jews and other minorities. There’s no question they are different. SJP and CAIR and JVP didn’t participate in the insurrection on our capital. And I never said that. And I wouldn’t say that—because it’s not true.
But make no mistake, calling to globalize the Intifada, saying that all of Palestine will be free from the river to the sea: It’s the slogan of Hamas, okay? It’s chanted by Hezbollah supporters. Calls for violence against the Jewish state, whether they’re explicit or it’s a wink-wink: that is extremist. And again, I have called out, you know, the violent nature of right-wing extremism. But if people were to say, that, because they don’t like the policy of the government of Beijing, that, you know, China should be . . . that China should somehow be, uh. . . a movement against China, as a country, or call for violence against Asian American or AAPI people or so on. Like, we would call that out, and we have, and we will do it here, too.
Whether it’s, you know, right-wing extremists or radical anti-Zionist, I hope we can all understand that these movements don’t need to be causing equitable, um, exactly the same impact, okay, doing exactly the same thing, for them both to be bad and both to be called out. Because they are both dangerous and deserve our attention, even if the threats they pose are a little bit different. I just think it’s really crucial to say this, because you can be pro-Palestinian without being anti-Zionist, just, by the way, as you can be pro-Israel without being anti-Palestinian. I would like to think of myself as someone who is pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian. Hope everybody gets that. Because I think you can be pro-Palestinian—that doesn’t mean you have to be an anti-Zionist. And again, you can be, you know, pro-Israel without being anti-Palestinian. I’m sorry, like, I don’t think those things have to be the same. They’ve never been.
Now, look, I don’t anticipate the way that we do our jobs day-to-day is going to change because of my speech, and I hope clarifying these points helps you to understand where I’m coming from. There is a need for more detail; there is a necessity for more nuance. But our core commitment is the same: If you’re expressing intolerance and hate toward a group of people, creating the environment that’s conducive to violent rhetoric mutating into violent action . . . I don’t care if you’re the President of the United States, if you’re the president of the university, the president of the PTA, we will call that out again and again. And calling that out in the groups who traffic in those tropes doesn’t make you anti-Palestinian or anti-Muslim, these things are simply not true.
So why did I say this now? Again, I said this now because words matter. And we’re seeing these words kind of hardened into normal discourse. And it’s not normal. It’s shifting the Overton window, and we can’t let that happen. And there were decades, I think, you know, decades when problematic rhetoric from the extreme right wasn’t always called out. And it shifted from the fringes, like, into the mainstream, and now we’re stuck with this world in which these authoritarian impulses are infecting much of the GOP. And now they’ve become, again, part of public life. And we have to continue to push back on that. And we will do the same thing as these things seem to seep from the fringes of the radical left and seem to seep into our discourse, so I’m not . . . We’re not going to stop doing it.
So, um, I guess I’ll say one last thing. In terms of my Zionism and our institutional position, our Zionism, again, believing that Jews have the right to self-determination—that’s all it means, okay? But it compels us to pursue policies that are supportive of the Jewish and democratic state of Israel. Even when we sometimes will critique those policies, critique the practice of the government or public figures, like we did yesterday, when the Israeli government announced an intent to expand more settlements in the West Bank. We did that because we are Zionist, we will critique the government.
Now, we are not in the full time business of Israel advocacy, even though it’s important to us. There are other groups who are and they will take the lead on that. Our focus is fighting antisemitism and all forms of hate. But our Zionism compels us to be pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian and to argue and advocate the case for a two-state solution. Because we believe that that is the best, most viable way for Palestinians to achieve dignity and equality in a state of their own, even as Israelis have safety and security in a state of their own. It’s not going to be easy—and there are many reasons why it’s imperiled today—but we still believe that is the best hope out there. There may be other people who are Zionists with a different point of view, so be it. But this is what our belief is: a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians.
And so, I guess the final thing I’ll say before we open it up and I toss back to you, [Moderator 2]. So why did I say that anti-Zionism is antisemitism? Because it is. That’s why I said it. Because it is. Whether by the intent of the people promoting these ideas or the impact that it creates in communities, there is a relationship between dehumanizing language and dehumanizing actions. So, again, we can talk about the nuances. Well, what does it mean, when a professor talks about theories of nationalism in a college seminar and questions Zionism, like said professor might question, I don’t know, other like the, uh, other forms of nationalism—I get that. But in the world in which we operate at ADL, in which Jews are being targeted, in which Jewish people are being victimized, in which antisemitic incidences are undeniably on the rise . . . Those who commit to this philosophy of anti-Zionism—again, whether it’s their intent or not—the impact that it generates is one in which Jews are targeted, they are more vulnerable, and that’s the antisemitism. And that’s what we’re dealing with. And that’s why I said what I said, and why I will continue to say it, even as we add nuance and detail, so I can explain this position, and we can . . . we can develop programs and policies coming from it in a more fulsome way. All right. With that said, um, I guess, yeah, why don’t we just open it up? Why don’t we open it up for questions?
Moderator 2: All right, uh, thank you for that, Jonathan. And we do have a bunch of questions. For transparency, I also want to say that we’re getting a lot of questions that are very similar. And so because of that, I am going to group some of them together. So I recognize that there are certain nuances that folks are asking, but I am going to try and address these in a broader way, so it does answer most of the questions that are being asked.
Alright, so one of the questions we’ve seen is about your comments on the “photo inverse.” So are Students for Justice in Palestine really the “photo inverse” of right-wing extremist groups?
Greenblatt: Well, so . . . So a couple things on that. I think the first thing I would say is, if you look at the language that they use, right, the language we see from these groups, like JVP, uh, like SJP, dehumanizing Jews, I mean, you could consider the “photo inverse” a bit of a rhetorical flourish, but I was crystal clear in my speech. And I said this, I mean, I literally said, if recollection serves me, I literally said like in the next, like, a paragraph or two later, I made the point that, unlike the right-wing, if there are right-wing analogues, right, they might . . . These groups like I said, I think a few minutes ago, they might not have armed themselves. They might not have . . . They might not have participated in a violent attempted coup. But these actors, okay, these groups regularly, indisputably, unabashedly denigrate and dehumanize Jews. So I’m not diminishing the singular threat of white nationalists. No. I think . . . I don’t know how I could be more clear about this. But groups that routinely slander and stereotype endanger Jewish people, just like right-wing extremists with their rhetoric endanger Jewish people. So again, the “photo inverse” may have been, you know, a rhetorical device to make a point. But we’ve seen, like, like water on stone, violent rhetoric leads to violent actions. And we call that out consistently when it comes from the right. And we will call it out consistently, even when it comes from those people who style themselves “Palestine sympathizers,” like their political position doesn’t exempt them from serious examination.
And I got to say, what’s . . . One of the things that’s amazing about this speech is where is there . . . Like, if you can read in the Jewish press, lots of questions and hand wringing . . . You see on Jewish Twitter, some agree, some disagree. Where is the self-reflection on what we said? Where is the, you know, the review about, “Yeah, antisemitic incidents are rising? Yeah, these things happened last May. Yeah, these things . . . The Jewish community at Rutgers is getting egged? Yeah, Jewish students are saying they feel victimized . . . ‚” like, where . . . ? I literally sat with the university president, one of the biggest universities in California last week, who said to me, “What do I do about this on my campus?” I talked to the dean of one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States, who said, “I’ve never—the invective that’s directed at our Jewish students over Israel/Palestine is unlike anything else in our law school. What do I do about this?” Like, this isn’t coming from white nationalists at this law school, or on this college campus. It just isn’t. So when I talk about these things being the “photo inverse,” please don’t get caught up on, like, a two-word phrase. Let’s focus more on what’s actually happening and how do we stop it? And I think we’ve got to call this kind of extremism out. Because if we don’t, we know what will happen. We’ve already seen it. So yeah, we’re going to be more forceful on this. Because that’s what the work demands that we do, even if there are some people who don’t like it.
ADL’s Meaning of Extremism
Moderator 2: Thank you for that. Multiple questions about the term “extremism” and how we’re using it. Is that—are we diluting or changing the term of “extremism” and how ADL uses it?
Greenblatt: It’s a good question. Look, in my opinion, if you call for violence against a group of people, if you normalize violent terms, like “globalize the Intifada,” like that is extremist. Like, I don’t have the definition of “extremism” memorized. But what I recall from our website is that “extremism” is this notion of ideas that are outside the mainstream that often invoke violence against a particular people. I’m sure I’m not getting that exactly right. I don’t have the definition in front of me. Um, but yeah, so I think, for example, like echoing and trying to normalize the Hamas logo is extremist. I do believe that yes, no doubt. And I don’t think that forces us to change our definition to call that out. And again, I don’t think people whose response to terror acts is to call for more terror acts . . . That is extremist.
And if that feels . . . if that feels wrong to you . . . you know, like, I gotta be clear, I don’t expect everyone in this organization to agree with absolutely everything that we do. I understand. There are some things we do that you might not be passionate about, you might not exactly agree with. And we have this, you know, sort of unspoken idea or at ADL of “disagree and commit.” You can voice your opinion, but if the organization is going in a direction, you got to fall in line. But if you can’t fall in line with the idea that is . . . it is extremist to call for violence against people . . . If you don’t think that’s extremist . . . Maybe you need to find work somewhere that’s more aligned with you. Maybe this isn’t the place for you, because we will keep calling that out.
I will keep calling for a two-state solution that respects Israelis and Palestinians. And I will say that those people who call to globalize the intifada, that’s extremist language 101, and it’s not acceptable. It just isn’t. And by the way, I will say one thing. I know we’re getting a lot of questions, and the purpose of this, this session is to answer questions, but I’ve gotten a lot of emails from people and text messages from people that are like, thank you for what you said, like, that spoke to me. And I appreciate that. The point of this session isn’t for people to say, yeah, right on—it’s to talk and dialogue. But I know that I’ve heard that directly. And I want to make sure that if you’re out there watching . . . I don’t know . . . I’m not looking at the questions, [Moderator 2]‘s doing that. I’m just talking. But there may be a bunch of questions. But I know a lot of other people have said to me, like, yeah, this is actually what I want to hear. This is what I’m hearing from my constituents and our local community. And, uh, you know . . . If we can be . . . Again, our goal here is to serve the community—not to serve ourselves, but to serve them. So, I think it’s really important that we put this out there.
Moderator 2: Thank you for that, Jonathan. And I will say that in the chat there are a lot of folks who are also expressing that point of view along with the questions . . . Just for, again, for that same transparency.
Greenblatt: Right.
What’s our position at ADL for Jews who are anti-Zionist?
Moderator 2: Uh, so, to build on what we’re talking about here . . . Can we talk a little bit more about how to answer the question, for example—and there’s been a variety of ways this has been asked—what’s our position at ADL for Jews who are anti-Zionist? Are we saying they are also antisemitic?
Greenblatt: So anti-Zionism as a philosophy, okay? It is . . . as a philosophy . . . that . . . is as a . . . So, look, there can be people, like a Palestinian family that was displaced from their village in 1948. I don’t expect them to be Zionist, like cheering for the State of Israel. I don’t expect that. Um, we certainly know there are some religious Jews who are messianic and believe there should be no political state of Israel until the Messiah arrives—whenever going to happen. I get that too. But the people who proudly embrace anti-Zionism, who proudly deny the rights of Jews to a homeland but would, again, allow for that for other communities—that is an antisemitic idea. Because antisemitism is about bias or discrimination or prejudice against Jews. So if you don’t want to accord Jews the same rights you want for other people—Palestinian people, French people, Bolivian people, whomever—that is inherently discriminatory. That’s problematic.
Now there are again . . . there may be Jewish people who say, well, “I’m proudly anti-Zionist!” Okay. Then your . . . your intent might not be . . . might not be . . . Your intent might not be to be antisemitic. But recognize that doesn’t relieve you of responsibility. It doesn’t. So if you sign up for that, and someone says, “Well, I’m proudly anti-Zionist. That’s who I am.” Okay. That’s . . . you’re entitled to that opinion. Like, there are many people who get involved with JVP or SJP who don’t intend be antisemitic. Lots! Their just view is they think this is a social justice movement. I get that. And I appreciate that. And I understand that. But they need to appreciate and understand . . . I would say to someone . . . As I’ve been . . . As I’ve told donors and other supporters who’ve said to me, “My kid is involved in SJP . . . My son or daughter’s involved in Jewish Voices for Peace” [sic]. I, again, I appreciate it may come from a place of wanting . . . You know, a justice for Palestinians and allow them to realize their national aspirations. But that doesn’t relieve someone from responsibility for the impact that anti-Zionism has in the real world. Because in the real world how it shows up is, again, Jews being targeted and victimized. Violent rhetoric being normalized. And so I don’t care whether the person who says it is Jewish or Israeli. I’m telling you, this is really problematic, and we’re going to call it out. That’s how it works. That’s what we do. And again, it’s not unique to Jewish people, but that . . . We will call it out, this kind of genocidal violent rhetoric no matter who it’s directed to. As we’ve done with Asian Americans, as we done with immigrants and Latino people, as we’ve done with other, uh, we’ve done with the trans people, as we’ve done with other communities.
Moderator 2: So are we going to add anti-Zionism to the audit? Are we asking—
Greenblatt: We already do. We already look at, uh, you know . . . I think just because a rally or an event happens that is anti-Israel doesn’t inherently make it antisemitic. People can criticize Israeli policies. It’s when we see the confluence of antisemitic tropes or explicitly anti-Jewish myths in that rally or manifested in an op-ed or something else, that’s where we would call it out. We already do it today. We’ll continue to do it, and we may even shine a brighter lens on these examples, so people understand why we find them so problematic.
Moderator 2: So are we asking anti-Zionist groups to be kicked off campus, to be deplatformed?
Greenblatt: Look, I think, you know, I’ve talked before publicly about not believing in cancel culture but “counsel culture.” You’ve got to call in people before you call them out. So I think . . . when organizations use violent rhetoric, that needs to be called out. And you need to give organizations or individuals a chance to understand the impact of their words and to account for it and hopefully amend it. So I don’t think you quote unquote deplatform anyone because they are who they are. I think you explain the offense, you use it as an educa—you know, learning opportunity, to educate them. But if they continue to persist in a kind of behavior, yeah, that needs to be interrupted. And then there needs to be consequences. Words have consequences. Right? And again, I don’t care whether it’s Steve King in the House, you know, the former congressman from, uh, I think he was from Idaho, or Iowa? Iowa. Um, or, you know, some other person. Like, people who use a kind of irresponsible rhetoric, [it] needs to be explained to them and be given the opportunity to account for it, and they need to, uh, to deal with it.
Moderator 2: Alright, so let’s switch gears a little bit. I want to talk a little bit about policy and about expertise.
Lots of questions about how we use our internal experts, what the process is, both in terms of how you make decisions and how you utilize their expertise; and also about how those decisions and that information is then rolled out to the organization and about how that process works. What can we talk about that [sic]?
Greenblatt: So, you know, this . . . the executives huddle every single day of the week, and I rely on my direct reports, you know, to be directly in touch with their teams. And, and, then their managers are in touch with their teams. I mean, we’d . . . Like any other organization. And so like, in working on this speech, I didn’t do it alone. I consulted with not just the SVPs [Senior Vice Presidents] but with also with the VPs [Vice Presidents] and, like, the divisional vice presidents. And so I’m constantly taking feedback, constantly prioritizing: What do people think? And give me better ideas, and how can we improve this? Like, I don’t have any lock on good ideas at all. Um, and I think the people who work with me on a day-to-day basis can tell you that I’m pretty open to feedback. And I think we’ve tried to create an environment here at ADL, like, with quarterly all-hands meetings and with, you know, other types of sessions where people can, again, share, when we emphasize and people culture for a reason [sic]. All that being said, um, I think we’ve built better processes to inform the organization when we take a position or when we launch a program or when we release some kind of output, a report, or a blog post, or something. There’s still a lot of room for improvement. We can still get better at this.
Moderator 2: Can you give us your definition of anti-Zionism? And can you remind us of the definition of intifada?
Greenblatt: So “intifada” is an Arabic word that means “shaking off.” It’s a term that was popularized in 1987 in the First Intifada, when Palestinians living under the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip pushed back on the occupation, basically, and publicly rebelled against it not with words but with actions. Specifically, it was, uh, with throwing stones. And that symbol became very, uh, well known of, like, Palestinians throwing stones at Israeli soldiers or Israeli settlers or vehicles or whatnot. And so that First Intifada was this very violent contortion, that . . . I don’t know the numbers, but people died on both sides. The Second Intifada happened after the Palestinian leadership projected the second overture in the post Os—in the Oslo process at [sic] a two-state solution. And that was kind of engineered by . . . who, at the time . . . PA president or PLO Chairman, Yasser Arafat and involved a very violent, ugly, uh, organized set of actions against the State of Israel that included, you know, suicide bombers in restaurants and cafes and in public buses and universities et cetera. And again, many Israelis and Palestinians died as a result. So intifada is, is an Arabic word that, that is used to describe two violent uprisings and violent conflicts that led to many deaths of civilians, as well as, you know, militants and terrorists.
Um, so what’s my definition of anti-Zionism? Anti-Zionism is . . . Zionism, again, is the right of Jewish people to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. Anti-Zionism is the active denial . . . the act of . . . or the endeavor to deny Jewish people the right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. That’s what it is. It is an act . . . it is a philosophy focused on denying Jews that basic right, period. That’s what it is. So I would say to you, again, to be perfectly blunt, there might be people who don’t define themselves as Zionists. I get that. I get that. Like, there might be people who don’t define themselves as enthusiasts of the French Republic. I get that. Or enthusiasts, you know, of, uh, I don’t know, uh, the state of whatever . . . Some other country. I get that. I get it. I get it. But anti-Zionists are people who dedicate . . . it’s a philosophy dedicated to the negation of rights of the Jewish people. And so that’s why we have a problem with it.
Moderator 2: So will we be calling out any pro-Zionist groups as extremist?
Greenblatt: You know, we have called out groups in the past, like Kahanists, which was a segment of the Israeli political spectrum that were fascistic. They defined themselves as Zionists, but they were violent extremists, and we called them out repeatedly. We’ve called out other violent extremists in Israeli society before. Um, and there may be other folks in the far-right who say they are Zionist but are violent extremists. We will call them out, too. Yeah, so just being Zionist doesn’t exempt you from criticism, just like someone who believes in America . . . that doesn’t exempt you from criticism, you know, or who believes in the state of France. But if you would deny others rights, if you would actively promote violence against civilians, yeah, that’s extremism. And we’ll call that out every single time. And if you don’t like that, if you can’t get your arms around that, if you can’t get aligned with that, this isn’t the right place for you. If you have a problem with ADL calling out extremists . . . like, you’re here, everyone, because we want you here. But if you have a problem with . . . if you think it is okay to deny any group of people their rights systematically. If you think . . . and particularly considering our mission, focus on fighting antisemitism and all forms of hate. If you would deny Jewish people their rights, if you would imply hate toward other groups, this probably isn’t the right place for you.
Greenblatt’s Absolutist Stance
Moderator 2: So setting aside the entire question of right and wrong, is it worth it? There’s important coalitions, friends, all sorts of people who are being hurt by this absolutist kind of language—even some of our more natural allies in the fight against antisemitism. Is this going to erode our reporting, our credibility?
Greenblatt: I don’t know. I don’t know how we have credibility if we’re not calling out this hate. And I don’t know how we’re doing our allies a service if we’re soft stepping this hate. I don’t know how we’re helping the world if we’re not calling out the people who would seek to deny [Greenblatt coughs]—excuse me—who would seek to discriminate, and express bias, and condition the public to, uh . . . condition the public to violence against Jewish people. Like we’re not, we’re not fulfilling our mission. We don’t belong here if we think that somehow it’s more important to be in a coalition than to do our core work. We think somehow it’s more important to have friends than to be true to our mission. Like, mission first. Like, our core work first. And I think, to be frank, we owe it to ourselves and to that mission, and to the legacy that we all are part of here at ADL, to ensure that our allies understand where we’re coming from. Again, I don’t think it’s absolutist to push back against hate. And if you think it’s absolutist to push back on hate, this isn’t the right place for you. It just isn’t. And that’s okay, by the way. Like, that’s all right. But if you can’t get aligned with fighting all forms of hate, this isn’t the right place for you.
Moderator 2: So I want to acknowledge that there’s a lot of folks in the chat who are asking for more detailed talking points, or maybe noting that they didn’t receive more detailed talking points, and asking about like, why didn’t they get more lead time? Can you speak to both of those things?
Greenblatt: I mean, I don’t think we gave less lead time than we normally do. We didn’t. Uh, could we . . . will there . . . again, this was one speech, guys. It happened several days ago. It didn’t happen months ago. It happened last week. So more detail will be following. Again, that’s why we’re doing this town hall. The speech was just the beginning of a longer campaign not unlike the work that we’ve done to call out other forms of extremism over the years, so I think this is entirely consistent.
Moderator 2: Does any of this change how we work with law enforcement? Do we need to ask them to be concerned with JVP and SJP?
Greenblatt: Well, look, again, I think . . . I’ve said it before
If anyone doesn’t get this, I’ll say it again. Like, there’s a single . . . the singular threat of white nationalism cannot be discounted, cannot be ignored.
The violence that white supremacists have wrought upon our society is . . . like, I am not denying that in any way, shape, or form.
There’s a reason why ADL for years and now the FBI and the federal leadership and law enforcement was saying is the single most significant threat to the homeland. So we’re not equating the two.
If the law . . . so we’re not saying that law enforcement needs to worry about an armed threat from SJP. Like, we didn’t say anything like that, and we’re not going to contrive something that isn’t true. But we will call out their rhetoric. We will. We will call out those who normalize antisemitism and hate. We will do that. That doesn’t mean they’re the same, and I don’t think this impinges upon or changes our work with law enforcement in any way.
Moderator 2: All right, last question. Are staff who do not believe that anti-Zionism is always antisemitism welcome at ADL? And what should they do?
Greenblatt’s Generalism-Denying the right to be Jewish People–By Bibi Not getting his way?
Greenblatt: You know what? I think staff . . . again, I think I’ve already explained, but I just want to be crystal clear, okay? There is something different about not being pro-Zionist, not wanting to march in the Israel Independence Day Parade. I mean, again, if your family was displaced, or . . . you have religious reasons, or . . . I understand all that, I appreciate that. I’m not arguing with that. What I’m talking about are those groups who systematically seek to deny this basic right to Jewish people.
So whether by the intent of the people behind these campaigns—and we will call attention to this increasingly in the months and years ahead—or by the impact that these campaigns, anti-Zionist campaigns, create, it endangers, it makes more vulnerable Jewish people, no matter how you identify. And I guess you should ask yourself: Would you be comfortable wearing a kippah, you know, walking to an SJP rally? Ask yourself that question. I mean, there’s a reason why the people who were brutalized in broad daylight, like in Times Square, were attacked. It wasn’t because they expressed in front of these anti-Israel events, like, their views on the two-state solution. They were attacked, typically, because they were wearing something that identified them as Jewish. I mean, this is what happened.
So I say all this to make the case . . . If despite what you’ve heard today, and despite our own research, if you still feel like you can’t square the fact that anti-Zionism is antisemitism, then maybe this isn’t the place for you.
Like really, if you’re hearing what I’m saying, and you just don’t agree with it. You think it’s okay to deny Jews their rights? Again, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with saying, “You know what, I don’t think this is the right place for me.” But I can assure you, if we play the long game . . . I can assure you, if you care about justice for all people, for Palestinians and . . . and Muslims, as well as Jews and Israelis, et cetera. You will realize that . . . you will come to see that there’s nothing wrong with opposing policies of the Israeli state, [but] there’s something profoundly wrong with demonizing and delegitimize only one country in the world [sic]. And that it endangers an embattled minority, who again—empirically, our own data shows us—are facing more antisemitic incidents than at any time that we have counted in the last 43 years.
So that’s why we are where we are. That’s why we do the work that we do. And that’s why I will continue to say this. And if you can’t get comfortable with it, I get it. No shame in saying, “You know what? It’s not the place for me.” That’s the God’s honest truth. And um, so I think that’s where we are. And again, we will continue to create forums for conversation. We will continue to encourage debate. We will continue to listen to try to better understand. I’m personally committed to doing this, but . . . don’t believe the bad press that some people are pushing at us. These claims that they’re making, like, I think they are specious. They are wrong. And I’m happy to drill down on this in the follow-up to this in the next all-hands meeting. Maybe we can schedule some, some, some sessions with departments. Like, I’m happy to get to provide more detail, to provide more nuance. And, uh, starting with the next all-hands meeting, which I think is next week or the week after. I actually don’t know the date. But it’s soon, it’s in the next two weeks. I know it’s before the end of the month.
Moderator 2: It is indeed. Um, Jonathan, I want to be conscious of time, and we are out of it. So thank you very much. Thanks to everyone who joined us today for all of your questions, for pushing for answers, for being involved in the process. I mean, I think that’s pretty amazing. The next all-hands is actually going to be after Memorial Day. I think originally it was scheduled the week before but we’re going to go, and we’re going to actually do it the week after Memorial Day, I am being told. Uh, all right everyone. Thank you so much. Take good care and until soon. Thank you, everyone.
ADL Staffers Dissented After CEO Compared Palestinian Rights Groups…
World Jewish Council - Why BDS is Anti-Semitic World Jewish Council, Ron Lauder
Comment:
Anti-Apartheid campaigns resulting in Boycotts, Sanctions, and Divestment (BDS) worked against Apartheid South Africa, which is why Israeli Crypt-Nazi Zionist are pissing their panties
In WJC words...
04 May 2022
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#6 Why BDS is antisemitic [according to self-serving Zionist serial human rights violatorers]:
The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel calls for the isolation of Israel from the rest of the world and the exertion of pressure on the country to comply with international law. While BDS claims to criticize Israel through its efforts, the movement fails Sharansky’s 3D test.
- BDS applies a double standard towards Israel
Israel is the only thriving democracy in the Middle East yet is held to the highest standard by those in the BDS movement, a standard much higher than any other state committing egregious human rights violations or fails to safeguard their democracy. Even more so, those in the BDS movement claim that Israel as a Jewish state does not have a right to exist due to Judaism being its official religion, as David Litwin, a BDS activist and professor at Rutgers University, claimed that “a ‘Jewish state’ is by definition dedicated to the supremacy of Jews over non-Jews in Palestine. "Meanwhile, over 80 countries have an official religion clearly demonstrating the double standard BS holds towards the only Jewish state.
Even more so, those in the BDS movement outrightly claim that the real goal of the movement is to rid of Israel from the region as Omar Barghouti, the founder of the BDS movement claims, “Definitely, most definitely, we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine.” Calling for the destruction of the only Jewish state does not only place a double standard on the Jewish state as no other country’s existence is called into question, but it also calls for the ethnic cleansing of the Jewish people from the region.
The BDS Movement’s fixation on the only democratic Jewish state and their calls to destroy Israel highlights their double standard as Natan Sharansky mentions, “The movement seeks to bring the level of hatred against Israel today to the level of hatred against Jews in the past, to delegitimize the Jewish state to the point where it is seen by the world as a cancer that should be removed. It is the same approach that created the atmosphere that can lead to bloodshed.”
While the BDS movement claims to fight for freedom, justice, and equality, members of the movement stay silent as Iran continues to finance acts of terror and human rights abuses take place across the world. Moreover, the BDS movement refuses to acknowledge the Israeli–Palestinian conflict as a conflict, instead, labeling Israel the oppressor and Palestinians as the oppressed, completely ignoring and condoning actions taken by Hamas such as suicide bombings, rocket launches, and stabbings of civilians.
2 BDS delegitimizes Israel
While supporters of the BDS movement claim to fight for human rights, its end goal is to eradicate the State of Israel. Omar Barghouti, the founder of the BDS movement, stated that “we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine.” In the words of BDS’s founder, the intention of the movement is not to create a future where both people can prosper, but where Jews are once again defenseless.
3 BDS demonizes Israel
The BDS leader at the University of California, Davis stated, “You can’t have coexistence with Zionists. Their purpose of Zionism is discrimination, elimination, and ethnic cleansing.”
Demonize:
Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism to characterize Jews, Israel or Israelis.
Double standard:
Applying double standards by requiring behavior not expected or demanded of any other people, group or democratic nation.
Protecting the national aspirational rights of other peoples, but not of Jews.
Delegitimize:
Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, denying Israel the right to exist, and \
What WJC is doing about it:
In addition to advocating for the adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, the WJC works to counter bias and double standards toward Israel at various UN bodies.
For example, at the UN Human Rights Council, the premier international body established to protect universal rights and liberties, the WJC takes the floor at every session to advocate for the abolishment of the biased anti-Israel Article 7, which is the only standing agenda targeting a country, as well as to prioritize the battle against antisemitism.
During WJC’s Governing Board meeting in Paris on 19 November 2018, a resolution was passed entitled, “Israel: Bias at the United Nations Human Rights Council,” which noted that “that the disparate treatment of Israel in this way constitutes a clear manifestation of antisemitism as explicitly delineated by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in its working definition of antisemitism.”
In addition, the WJC also passed a resolution entitled “Recognition of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism,” which states that “whilst recognizing that " criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic," the IHRA definition of antisemitism recognizes that contemporary examples of antisemitism include:
denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor;
applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation;
drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis;
and holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the State of Israel.”
Source: Antisemitism defined: Double standards against the State of Israel - World Jewish Congress
Zionists use Soviet Propaganda techniques
(while claiming to be victims of 'left' Soviet Propaganda themselves)
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ISGAP is front-group for the Israeli government that is attempting to co-op academia into providing legitimacy for Haspura--Israeli Zionist propaganda. What's funny about this presentation is that what they claim are "anti-semitic" conspiracies about the Out-Sized role the pro-Zionist-lobby has in DC are in fact TRUE MATTERS of SERIOUS POLICY CONCERN. Truth or serious inquiry or criticism is AUTOMATICALLY deemed anti-Zionist, Anti-Israel, Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes! This Presentation (with my supplemental slides) purports to show how "Soviet" propaganda against Israel is the basic ingredient of ALL subsequent criticism of Israel, which by Definition is Anti-Zionist = Anti-Semitic. The trajectory is from a truly nonsense Jew-hating book published in Russia in 1903 called the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" to German/Russian Jew-Hating, to Soviet Anti-Zionism (although Stalin was in fact a Zionist & a Jew-Hater like many non-Jew Zionists), to blame the black & brown people seeking to be free of Colonialism, to this phantom "new left" of supposed Anti-Semites today.
DM: Out-Zionist the Zionist: Turning their "3D" Definition of Anti-Semitism against their own Absurd Argument
WORK IN PROGRESS
Agents of the Fascist Bibi-Netanyahu Regime
Contents
Applying the "3D test" against Zionists' weaponization of the the malicious "3D definition" of anti-semitism to (1) Demonize, (2) Delegitimize, and (3) hold critics to a Double-Standard.
Zionists propaganda tactics deployed in the U.S., Israel, and globally:
How the Zionists are bullying and demonizing critics using classic Soviet Propaganda propaganda techniques
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Zionists propaganda tactics deployed in the U.S., Israel, and globally:
Weaponizing a Fraudulent definition of "Anti-Semitism" against criticism of Israel
American- and Israeli-Zionists are engaged in the following:
1) Censoring Free Speech and Free Thought and Reality itself
by insisting the world accept blatant LIES, Propaganda, and Sloganeering--as if we're all Inferior non-persons and Not Chosen by God, Not Equal under rule of law and Eyes of God Almights, and Stupid, Blind-as-bats, Treasonous, Soviet Stooges (like Tucker Carlson, Senator Rand Paul, and House Representative Matt Gaetz).
2) Slinging baseless Slogananeering "Anti-Semitism" which means
Anti-Apartheid = Anti-Semitism
Non-discrimination = Anti-Semitism
Equality = Anti-Semitism
Rule of law = Anti-Semitism
Opposing Confiscation of Land without Due Process or Compensation = Anti-Semitism
Palestinian right to exist = Anti-Semitism
Criticism of 4-meter wall surrounding Bethlehem prison ghetto = Anti-Semitism
Criticism of Human Rights violations = Anti-Semitism
Complaining about massacre of civilians = Anti-Semitism
etc...
3) Corrupting our language by obscuring their Anti-American Censorship agenda under the bannerj of "Anti-Semitism"
The Zionists use the label "anti-semitism" as a means of bludgeoning anyone who dares criticize the policy of the State of Israel. By means of "semantic infiltration," attempting to force us to accept their Zionist conception of a Nazi 2.0 world order, which includes a Holocaust reenactment serving practical purposes such as land-grabbing and eliminating inferior non-humans, as well as pure spiritual revenge fantasy where the Jews are the master race, the Americans inferior dumb-ass suckers, and the Palestinians are the targets of Holocausting by aerial bombardment extending beyond Hanukkah!
Zionist forces seek to undermine the foundations of our international-rules based order and all of Western Civilization (and Christianity) by means of "semantic infiltration," a term coined 10 blocks away from TULPPP headquarters by Fred Charles Ikle (formerly a professor of political science at MIT and lately director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency). Some years ago, in a paper on American difficulties in negotiating with communist countries (published by the Rand Corporation), he pointed to the process whereby we come to adopt the language of our adversaries in describing political reality. Ile gave to this process the intriguing term "semantic infiltration." tlicious NAZI IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism. According Nazi-Zionist Propagandists, to be Pro-America = Anti-Semitic, but America is Home to the largest collective of Jews is global history. Zionist Bibi Netanyahu is to Judaism as Televangelist & Whore-patron Jimmy Swaggart is to Christianity as Scientology is to Science.
3) Zionists Terrorize Jews (first & foremost) and other critics by Bullying & Fearmongering against students, faculty, and parents--
Zionist Bullying and fearmongering against students, faculty, and parents--especially Jewish parents, and Jewish students, who are NOT cowardly, pathetic, weak, Non-thinking Zionist thugs. American Jews as much any other group of Americans hold sacred our cherished American's Creed and our values, and these American Jews are the True Jewish Collective--and as Proud Americans, We are grateful that America is home to more Jews than any nation in World History--including the modern nation-state of Israel, authorized into existence by possible mistake made by the U.N. Security Council representing the votes of the USA and other victorious Allied powers.
4) Engaging in an Anti-American Assault against our Way of LIFE and our Union
5) Attacking our cherished freedoms and our Children on College Campuses,
6) Undermining civil society and integrity of our public and private institutions
Billionaire American Zionists and American-based Zionist anti-democracy lobbyists and their fake pro-Israel 'charities' have sought to:
undermine the free press,
turn the media into a pro-Bibi propaganda outlet (e.g. Sheldon Adelson & others) and
our free press, our corporate leaders, and our College & University administrators by their HYPOCRITICAL campaign of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions against with financial boycotts and pressure campaigns those responsible for molding minds of future generations, namely our College administrators and faculty, and
sabotage prospects for peace and creation of an American-style pluralistic society by sponsoring the most Jewish extremist organizations and political factions, such as billionaire Lauder's sponsorship of the infamous political campaign consultants--Finkelstein and Birnbaum--who also helped elected Jew-hating Victor Orban in Hungary with Bibi's blessing of a political campaign [see link to article] that used an old anti-semitic conspiracy of the "all-controlling Jewish financier' against George Soros who was Demonized for the purpose of electing a Jew-hater. It turns out, the real all-controlling Jew was billionaire and former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary--Ron Lauder, current president of the World Jewish Council--a Zionist hate group that has vehemently opposed "Affirmative Action" and civil liberties for all Americans.
7) Exerting Unpatriotic pressure on our national leaders' ability to conduct Foreign Policy
Zionist organizations are advocating for policies AGAINST the best interests of common Israeli citizens and AGAINST interest of the American people and the world we have created with an international-rules based order made possible by the ultimate sacrifice by 600,000 U.S. service members between two world wars, and our Greatest Generation.
1/ Was Stalin's vote in favor of creation of a Jewish homeland and separate Palestinain homeland his Prank for the purposes of trolling the United States, who would become predictably bogged down by post-colonial crap created by European colonizing powers and their settlers?
On Campus: Zionist Organizations
Attacking Academic Freedom, Human Rights and our U.S. Constitution
Israel on Campus: Pro-Apartheid, Anti-American Organizations targeting U.S. Education, Jewish students and U!
Under attack: Rule of Law, Equality under the Law, Non-Discrimination, Freedom from government infringement on our individual and collective rights to think, speak, organize, and assemble.
General List of Pro-Apartheid/Anti-BDS groups (and Explainer for BDS): Israeli Political Operations on College Campuses: BDS = boycott, sanction, divest from foreign/domestic companies supporting Israeli apartheid regime