The unfoldings of the Dissident Right and mainstream conservatism through #BanTheADL put the Anti-Defamation League on its heels, prompting a call to the “reliever.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Elon Musk, not just to talk about AI, but “antisemitism.”
Musk appeared to maintain the ADL’s apparent right over his platform, although, before the discourse, he accused the NGO of the platform’s revenue drop, saying he would sue. Even Con Inc. weighed in with its Jewish compatriots' milquetoast takes, creating distance from the nonprofit in a collective defense.
Interestingly enough, Ron Coleman, a prominent Jewish conservative and attorney, previously stressed to Townhall that the Orthodox Jews would, in fact, have a firmer stand.
The Central Rabbinical Congress of the US and Canada (CRC), a consortium of Haredi Jewish groups based in Brooklyn, NY, blasted the ADL, relating its issues with the NGO to the Torah.
The CRC recognized and was “deeply opposed to politicizing antisemitism,” stating that “drawing attention to every minor infraction only gives rise to more hatred. The result is a loss for us and a gain for the Israeli immigration agencies, who benefit …”
It slighted the controversial “dual-loyalty” attribution by saying, “... As American Jews … law-abiding citizens with our focus on what is best is in the interest of the USA. No foreign country represents us in any way whatsoever.”
The CRC has rebuked Zionism before and did so again:
Jews and Judaism are a religion, not a form of nationalism. The Zionist movement arose with the goal of transforming Jews and Judaism into nationalism. For this purpose, they created a sovereign state … Judaism actually demands that we show our disapproval for this movement.
The CRC continued hammering away at Zionism and Israel in the statement, declaring, “The Israeli government and all their affiliated organizations do not represent world Jewry,” and then adding, “... everyone has the right to express an opinion about Israel and its policies. This is free speech, protected by our Constitution.”
Earlier this year, the ADL released a blog post on anti-Zionism and antisemitism, explicitly stating the two are indeed the same: “Anti-Zionism is much more socially acceptable than classic antisemitism.”
However, strict Orthodox Jews tend to side with the CRC and even believe Holocaust remembrance is part of the religion of the secular Jew.
A 2020 Pew Research poll found that 76% of Jews claim the Holocaust is “essential to being Jewish.” This would explain why any slight or even comparison to the Holocaust undermines their core identity—there can be no comparisons. For one, Israel is still reluctant to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide— the brutal killing of 1.2 million Christians.
The benefits of such a “system” legitimizes the State of Israel, allowing politicians to net support from Jewish voters. It also limits criticism of Jews or anything connected to them, including public policy, through this shielding.
This is why geopolitical influencers such as George Soros are so heavily protected. The ADL posted on their blog:
If no antisemitic insinuation is intended, casting a Jewish individual as a puppet master who manipulates national events for malign purposes has the effect of mainstreaming antisemitic tropes and giving support … to antisemites and extremists who disseminate these ideas knowingly and with malice.
True Torah Jews, another Orthodox Jewish group, explained the phenomenon in “The Business of Antisemitism.”
The media and NGOs push the fear of antisemitism to stir uneasiness within the Jewish diaspora to encourage immigration to Israel. It is thought of as a means to help Israel’s “international reputation” and to be taken “seriously on the world stage.”
In 2017, opposition Leader Issac Herzog worried over “... the wave of antisemitic incidents and threats” in the US, urging the Israeli government to draw up “a national emergency plan for the possibility of waves of immigration.”
Coming back to the origins of Zionism, one of its architects, Theodor Herzl, wrote in his diary:
It would be an excellent idea to call in respectable, accredited anti-Semites as liquidators of property. To the people, they would vouch for the fact that we do not wish to bring about the impoverishment of the countries that we leave. At first, they must not be given large fees for this; otherwise, we shall spoil our instruments and make them despicable as “stooges of the Jews.” Later, their fees will increase, and in the end, we shall have only Gentile officials in the countries from which we have emigrated. The antisemites will become our most dependable friends, the antisemitic countries our allies.
True Torah Jews attribute this philosophy as “trumpet[ing] their premonition of imminent disasters.” Jewish NGOs are pivoting off this fear, so Jews are pressed to immigrate. As National Geographic noted in 2019, the French Jewish migrant shift after the summer of 2014’s “record levels of antisemitism” after Israel’s Gaza offensive operation, Protective Edge, killing 1391 non-hostile Palestinians.
More recently, on Wednesday, Netanyahu fearmongered the message to President Joe Biden, saying, “I think without Israel, there’s not a Jew in the world who’s secure.”
True Torah Jews believe the corporate media also melds “Israel” with “Jew,” which then “fortifies the position of both Zionists and antisemites.”
The group finished its statement by cutting ties “in any way, shape or form with the State of ‘Israel’ and their yes-men,” saying, “To ‘Israel’—leave us alone.”
In sum, it does appear these Jewish NGOs act in accordance with Israel rather than for what is best for the states. They stoke fear in the Jewish people for a return to the Holy Land. That would explain why the US has such an allegiance to Israel—to protect and ensure the Zionist ideology.
The question remains: if not all Jews favor Zionism or any attachments to Israel, why don’t we hear much of it? Orthodox Jewish groups against the movement don’t have nearly the corporate media backing and funding as opposed to other NGOs, so their voice is limited and seemingly minuscule.
According to Buzzfile, the CRC’s 2021 revenue was a mere $335,679 compared to the ADL, which racked up $101.1 million. The ADL even outpaced the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which tallied $78.3 million per data from ProPublica.
In sum, the root of the ADL’s mission is Zionism, but the forces opposed to the movement are too weak, underfunded and without much mainstream support.
True conservatives would help these groups have a voice, but looking back on the lackluster comments by Jewish conservatives, including Con Inc. star Ben Shapiro, this will never happen.
The aforementioned Jewish conservatives, perhaps Zionists, are also huddled around by the neocons, who advocate and support the mission. It makes sense since neoconservatism began mainly as a Jewish movement that pins Israel as “morally exceptional,”relaying back to its origins as an independent state post-Holocaust.
Full circle, doesn’t that prove the point these Orthodox Jews are making?
Jewish NGOs are enforcing Zionism upon the American people. Neocons, whether they are Zionists or not, still have a similar goal—foreign intervention and American imperialism.
The casualty is traditional conservatism and national sovereignty, but to take the offensive, especially as a gentile, is almost suicidal.
So, who can sever the head of the beast? Could it be through the coalition of the Orthodox Jews and the Left’s pro-Palestinian Jews?
Perhaps the Evangelical Christians, who tend to support the Israel cause, are the real answer. Younger Evangelicals are already reconsidering the stance. If the trend continues and the political discord settles a bit, there could be a joint faction between the three groups.
The eventual result would be a true manifestation of America First
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