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 CONTACT@IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG   Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, in Geneva, Switzerland, January 12, 2021. (photo) Kenneth Roth: “I was told that my fellowship at the Kennedy School was vetoed over my and Human Rights Watch’s criticism of Israel. How can an institution that purports to address foreign policy – that even hosts a human rights policy center – avoid criticism of Israel?” by Kenneth Roth, reposted from the Guardian, January 10, 2023 During the three decades that I headed Human Rights Watch, I recognized that we would never attract donors who wanted to exempt their favorite country from the objective application of international human rights principles. That is the price of respecting principles. Yet American universities have ...

The Pro-Israel Push to Purge US Campus Critics  CONTACT@IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG   A Students for Justice in Palestine march at Northeastern University in 2014. While Palestinian rights are getting more attention than ever, advocates still face accusations of Israel-centric anti-Semitism, anti-BDS harassment, and most of all, censorship on college campuses – as evidenced in the Marc Lamont Hill incident. The Anti-Defamation League and Zionist Organization of America have put pressure wherever they see criticism of Israel, endangering both free speech and academic freedom. The capacity to critically evaluate the exercise of state power is vital to responsible citizenship, and the US – and Israel – should encourage, not discourage, healthy dialogue. by Katherine Franke, N...

 CONTACT@IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG   Alison Weir’s satirical 2013 letter to the ADL thanks them for including IAK in the “top 10 anti-Israel organizations” – i.e. most effective and committed groups working for justice and human rights for Palestinians. She suggests that since its smear campaign against Palestine advocacy groups enables the ADL to raise millions of dollars, it should give the groups a commission…” By Alison Weir, reposted from Counterpunch and IAK, October 24, 2013 Dear Abe Foxman,* Thank you! Our organization, If Americans Knew, is enormously honored by our inclusion in your recent Top Ten list of “anti-Israel groups” – in reality, organizations working most strenuously and effectively to oppose Israel’s brutal human rights abuses and v...

JEWISH TALMUD Abodah Zara 26b: “Even the best of the Gentiles should be killed.” Leaked ADL Memo: Figuring out how to defend Israeli apartheid  CONTACT@IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG   Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), speaking at the ADL National Leadership Summit in Washington, DC on June 4th, 2019. Photo: Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via AP The ADL appears to recognize that annexation would violate Palestinians’ basic human rights, enforcing a codified regime of nationality-based discrimination subjugation—and that, as a group ostensibly concerned with civil rights, this is in tension with its stated values… Memo says ADL needs to find a way to defend Israel from criticism without alienating other civil rights organizations, ...

 CONTACT@IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG   Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of ADL, is fighting to take away free speech when it comes to advocacy for Palestinian rights on college campus. (photo) The ADL wants to see the continuation of Israeli abuse of Palestinian human rights – and the repression of free speech on American campuses – rather than cause discomfort among Jewish students. by Kathryn Shihadah In a particularly shocking headline, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) – the self-styled “world’s leading anti-hate organization” – has begun another school year loudly and clearly announcing its primary enemy. It’s not neo-Nazis or KKK members. The arch nemesis of this well-funded organization (total assets in 2021 over $238 million) is college students who advocate for the ...