Whoopi Goldberg’s Loudest Critics are the Real Racists

Whoopi Goldberg’s comments on the Holocaust were misguided and clumsy. But those exploiting the row are the ones with the ugly motives, namely the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) & corporate media outlets that vilified Amnesty International’s report on Israeli apartheid.

Jonathan Cook
By Jonathan Cook

OPINION – Whoopi Goldberg is not someone I would normally rush to defend. Our politics are too far apart on too many issues. And many will doubtless take delight in the fact that the queen of cancel culture has just found herself canceled. But the pile-on against Goldberg for expressing a non-conventional view about the Holocaust needs

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Civil Rights Groups Are Finally Waking Up to the ADL’s Right Wing Agenda

From its National Counter Terrorism Seminars, its mapping of pro-Palestinians activists, and its silence over Israeli human rights violations, the ADL’s thin veneer of civil rights advocacy is quickly wearing.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
ADL Feature photo

As people in the U.S. and around the world try to make sense of the mud wrestling match - also known as the first presidential debate of 2020 - one racist organization is getting great exposure. I am not referring here to any of the “usual suspects” that Trump would not condemn, like Proud Boys and others. I am referring to a more sophisticated,

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Selective Tolerance: AIPAC and its Pro-Apartheid Ilk Come to Bat for Black Lives Matter

Pro-Israel groups in America are sending mixed signals: yes, we want equality for Black Americans; no, we do not want the same for Palestinians.

Kathryn Shihadah
By Kathryn Shihadah
Israel Black Lives Matter

Menifee, CA (IAK) — In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the protest movement that followed, thousands of organizations have taken to social media, expressing their support for Black lives and the right to protest injustice. Among those jumping on the bandwagon were 130 Jewish organizations, 800 rabbis, and the American Israel Public Affairs

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Racist Organization Receives Bonanza Of “Anti-Racism” Donations

The ADL has been in the forefront of supporting Israel. It has also used its $57 million budget to smear those who support fairness, justice, and equality for Palestinians.

Alison Weir
By Alison Weir
Lebanon Palestine Israel

(Opinion) In the wake of Charlottesville, numerous Americans have come forward to oppose racism in a variety of ways. In some cases, this took the form of donations. As a result, some allegedly anti-racist organizations have seen a financial bonanza. The main one seems to be the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which saw a 1,000% spike in

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The Anti-Defamation League’s Challenge To Pro-Peace & Justice Groups

Here are four ways the Anti-Defamation League could (but won’t) build bridges.

Grant F. Smith | AntiWar
By Grant F. Smith | AntiWar
Jonathan Greenblatt, left, incoming national director for the Anti-Defamation League, talks with Abe Foxman, former director of the ADL, during a reception for a special dinner in Foxman's honor in New York.

On Monday morning NPR’s Tom Gjelten reported the Anti-Defamation League’s recent challenges interfacing with peace and justice groups in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson and Black Lives Matter movement. According to Gjelten, the Anti-Defamation League arose in 1913 to "put an end forever to unfair and unjust discrimination

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Michael Oren’s Terrible Case Of Obama-Envy

There’s penis envy and then there’s whatever condition Michael Oren is afflicted with. I call it Obama-envy, and it consists of an outsized need to smear a powerful leader of your nation’s leading ally because he doesn’t share your own phobia-driven view of your place in the world.

Richard Silverstein
By Richard Silverstein
Michael Oren pauses during an exclusive interview

There's penis-envy and then there's whatever condition Michael Oren is afflicted with. I call it Obama-envy, and it consists of an outsized need to smear a powerful leader of your nation's leading ally because he doesn't share your own phobia-driven view of your place in the world. It would be one thing if this affliction were confined to a

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