ADL Boss Lies to Israeli Knesset About Fighting Delegitimization

ADL Boss Jonathan Greenblatt, already facing criticism for his alliances with anti-Israel groups and his initial support for anti-Semitic bigot Keith Ellison, went to the Knesset Caucus and told Israeli legislators a nice little bedtime story.

"Under my direction, ADL has made it one of its chief aims to push back against the disturbing and deepening trend of delegitimization. I consider Israel’s delegitimization — that is, the singular denial of the right of the Jewish people to the universal right of self-determination — to amount to anti-Semitism."

That used to be the ADL's aim pre-Greenblatt. '

Jonathan Greenblatt has whitewashed BDS and the ADL's latest conference treated the delegitimization of Israel not as definitely anti-Semitism, but as a subject for debate.

Instead of wholly and utterly rejecting delegitimization of Israel, the ADL asked it as a question.

The “Is Delegitimization of Israel Anti-Semitism?” panel gave anti-Israel activist Jill Jacobs and the Forward’s Jane Eisner a forum. Jacobs denounced the Israeli “occupation” and argued that Jews had to stop equating attacks on Israel with anti-Semitism. She defended BDS tactics against accusations of anti-Semitism and criticized the Jewish community for backing legislation opposed to BDS.

While leftist anti-Semitism could be given the benefit of the doubt, Jacobs denounced counterterrorism expert Frank Gaffney who has worked to protect Israel and Jews from Muslim terrorists.

The Jane Eisner quote, which the ADL chose to showcase, insisted that, “with the BDS movement, there are some bad actors, but we have to listen hard to people attracted to that ideology and think of ways to engage with them productively.”

That had been Greenblatt’s message in the past. While denouncing Trump, the ADL was engaged in normalizing anti-Semitism by minimizing it and then insisting on dialogue with the perpetrators.

And all of this was taking place at a conference purportedly being held to fight anti-Semitism.

Not only isn't Greenblatt fighting delegitimization of Israel, he's providing a forum to anti-Israel activists delegitimizing the Jewish State.

A vandal just came to deface the @adlisrael office and make false claims about the integrity and nonpartisanship of @ADL_National 1/2 pic.twitter.com/suhvRhdT1v

— harryreis (@harryreis) December 5, 2016