The Turn for the Worse of the ADL under Obama Crony that leads it

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But more recently, Greenblatt appears to have entirely lost the plot and behaving as though he remained employed by the Obama administration. He was entirely out of line in his condemnation of the Republican platform as “anti-Zionist” for omitting reference to a two state solution. One can disagree about a two state policy. But for an American Jewish organization which must remain bipartisan and should be concentrating on anti-Semitism, to issue such a statement breaches all conventions. It is totally beyond the ADL’s mandate to involve itself in such partisan political issues.

Greenblatt is clearly obsessed with the subject of being “open minded” and tolerant of anti-Israeli groups. He made the extraordinary statement that, whilst disagreeing with Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) groups which promote anti-Semitism, he considers that they are “animated by a desire for justice” and we should “acknowledge the earnestness of their motives”. One is tempted to remind him that Islamic fundamentalists are also sincere in their beliefs and equally animated by their perverted concept of justice.

But the final straw is Greenblatt’s deepening association with the “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) movement.

Jews have a long and proud tradition of direct engagement in the civil rights campaign, in the course of which some even sacrificed their lives, making it all the more regrettable that since 1967, many African American groups have been in the forefront of campaigns against Israel.

The ADL mandate is to combat all forms of racial discrimination and endorsing legitimate civil rights groups is commendable.

However, the recent manifesto released by Black Lives Matter has clear anti-Semitic overtones. This should not come as a surprise to anyone.  Last year, BLM endorsed a “Black Solidarity Statement with Palestine” which demonized Israel, accusing it of “ethnic cleansing”, “genocide”, apartheid etc. and called on all Black institutions to engage in BDS. Black Lives Matter are engaged in anti-Israeli demonstrations, teach-ins and other activities, even including visits to Israel to protest the “ethnic cleansing” and “occupation”. It likened New York police behavior with alleged Israeli brutality against Palestinians and in Atlanta BLM accused Israeli counter terrorist training of American police forces as being responsible for the shootings of black Americans.

Yet despite pleas and warnings, Greenblatt continues to associate the ADL and by implication the Jewish community with the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Incredibly, in his J Street address he stated that “making sure that ‘Black Lives Matter’… are the struggles of our time”.

The ADL did criticize BLM’s accusations of genocide and apartheid and its promotion of BDS against Israel. But Greenblatt downplayed and marginalized the anti-Semitic elements to the initiatives “of a small minority of leaders” within the organization and stating that “Israel is far from a principal focal point in the more than 40,000 word document”.

Whilst contending that the ADL did not “endorse” or have a formal relationship with the BLM, Greenblatt refused to break with them. Thus, as of now, he insists that the ADL continue to endorse and promote Black Lives Matter domestic educational material in its curriculum resources and family discussion guides in schools and elsewhere because its concerns “are critical civil rights issues that merit attention”. To the best of my knowledge, Greenblatt also failed to publicly condemn the vicious lies and anti-Israeli statements made by the BLM group which visited Israel last month.