ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA NEWS RELEASE ZOA Concerned by ADL’s Dangerous/Harmful/Inaccurate/Inadequate Statements About Arab War Against Israel, Etc. Commentary Magazine’s new, eye-opening article, “The Jews Who Are Complicit in Jew-Hatred,” by Seth Mandel, condemns Anti-Defamation League (ADL) leader Jonathan Greenblatt’s recent inadequate statements and silence while radical Democratic Congresspersons Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex (AOC), Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and Cori Bush spouted blood libels inciting hatred against Jews and Israel, and while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to rebuke these antisemites, and instead declared “Congresswoman Omar is a valued member of our caucus.” The Commentary article prompted ZOA to also examine ADL’s troubling statements and omissions related to the recent Arab-Palestinian violence and incitement against Israel. 1) ADL’s “Statement Regarding Recent Violence and Rocket Attacks in Jerusalem” (May 10) wrongly cast blame on Israelis, by accusing “extremists, including far-right Jewish nationalists” of “exacerbating tensions.” ADL’s “blame the Jewish victims” lines failed to mention that the real sources of “tension” include Fatah’s and the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s non-stop incitement and payments to Arab terrorists to murder Jews; the Hamas, Fatah, and PA extraordinary lies that an ordinary eviction proceeding regarding several non-paying renters and squatters in Jewish homes in Sheikh Jarrah (really Shimon HaTzadik) was “ethnic cleansing” of Arabs from Jerusalem; Arab riots; Arabs’ use of Al Aqsa mosque to store firebombs and projectiles against Israeli Jews; and Arab leaders’ lies that Israel was trying to destroy Al Aqsa. Condemning Hamas and Islamic Jihad for bombarding Israel with rockets is insufficient, when this is coupled with wrongly blaming Israel, and wrongly failing to condemn the role of Fatah, the Palestinian Authority, and Israeli-Arab instigators. 2) ADL’s May 10 statement (and later statements) ignored that on April 30, 2021, the Palestinian Authority’ governing Fatah party called for "raising the level of confrontation,” and that PA terrorist dictator Mahmoud Abbas' spokesman added to this incitement by telling Palestinians Arabs: "the battle of all battles is here.” Arabs responded by attacking Jews with rocks and Molotov cocktails. 3) ADL also ignored that a little over a week prior to ADL’s May 10 statement, Israeli-Arab member of Knesset Ayman Odeh, head of the traitorous Joint Arab List party, called for a “sometimes calm and sometimes violent . . . intifada to come, to end the occupation and hoist the Palestinian flag above the Al Aqsa mosque, above the churches and above the gates of Jerusalem.” (The intifadas are violent attacks on Jews in which thousands of Jews have been maimed and murdered.) A combination of Hamas, Fatah, the PA, and Israeli-Arab leaders’ incitement and blood libels incited Israeli-Arabs to attack their Jewish Israeli neighbors, break into 112 Jewish homes, burn down 10 synagogues, set fires to 112 Jewish homes (and 1 Arab home mistaken for a Jewish home); plunder 386 Jewish homes; damage 673 Jewish-owned homes; burn 849 Jewish-owned cars; and perpetrate 5,018 rock-throwing attacks, in pogroms reminiscent of Kristallnacht. READ MORE #NoNuclearHolocaust WATCH NOW and SHARE Sign the petition at: www.nonuclearholocaust.com ‌ ‌ ‌ About Us News Videos ZOA Report Events Founded in 1897, ZOA played a key role in the Jewish State's re-establishment. Today, ZOA is the leading major American Jewish organization courageously defending Israel and the Jewish people; fighting against all forms of antisemitism, including anti-Jewish boycotts; and promoting the Jewish people's lawful right to live in and settle historic Jewish lands. ZOA exposes that a Palestinian state would endanger Israel's existence; presents the facts about the Arab/Islamic war against Israel; and combats the anti-Israel lie that Israel is an "occupier" of her own land. ZOA spearheaded long battles to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, and apply civil rights protections to Jewish students. ZOA provides free legal assistance and programs to pro-Israel students at numerous college campuses. ZOA's bold, unapologetic voice has a significant impact on public discourse and policy. DONATE NOW Copyright © Zionist Organization of America 2021, All rights reserved. Zionist Organization of America | 633 Third Ave, 31 B, New York, NY 10017 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected]