Tuesday’s article, “SJP listed as ‘anti-Israel,’” states Students for Justice in Palestine was listed as “anti-Israel” by the Anti-Defamation League. The Anti-Defamation League is a shameless apologist for the state crimes of Israel. Masquerading as a group that fights anti-semitism, the real purpose of the ADL is to defame anyone who dare question Israel’s foreign policy. In fact, the ADL went so far as to call Norman Finkelstein, a Jewish American intellectual whose parents survived the holocaust, a holocaust denier and anti-Semite because Finkelstein criticized Israeli policy.
The group has little commitment to civil rights or anti-discrimination work. The idea that a group that has fundamental objections to Israel’s foreign policy is “anti-Israel” is an idea one only finds taken seriously in dictatorships, where to disagree with decisions of the leader is a crime. If American’s truly care about Israeli people, they will disagree with Israel’s leaders and force them to accept the internationally agreed-upon peace solution. Otherwise, Israeli leaders will eventually destroy the two-state solution and evoke more war and terrorism against their citizens.
The fact that we are even talking about whether or not SJP is “anti-Israel” instead of more substantive things like the Goldstone report or the lack of U.S. involvement in a real peace process means the ADL has already done its job, distracting from real issues.
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