Why is the ADL equating Palestinian rights with white nationalism?

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As we reported very recently, The ADL declares war on the anti-Zionist left.

Here Peter Beinart looks at the ADL’s arguments, beginning with the view that anti-Zionism equals antisemitism and, in a short leap, concludes that as antisemites, anti-Zionists are the functional equivalent of white nationalists.

So groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), and the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR), which all support legal equality irrespective of race, religion, or ethnicity, both in Israel-Palestine and the United States. become the equivalents of white nationalists, who don’t!

Peculiar reasoning, based on the fact that the ADL supports legal equality for all in the US, but legal supremacy for Jews in Israel-Palestine…

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Thanks to Peter Beinart for permission to repost.

This article was originally published by The Beinart Notebook on Tue 3 May 2022. Read the original here.