Leading US Israel lobbyist smears Holocaust victims as cowards

The so-called ‘Anti-Defamation League’ is one of the US’s most prominent Israel lobby groups, alongside the notorious AIPAC. It says its purpose is to combat antisemitism and bigotry, but its focus is really Israel. And it apparently doesn’t think much of Jews who don’t commit to the racist and murderous ideology of Zionism.

The six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, for example, since ADL boss Jonathan Greenblatt just insulted them all as cowards. Giving a speech about (surprise) how indivisible Jews are from Israel is itself antisemitic, since it connects being Jewish with support for Israel’s crimes. But even more so when you contrast unapologetic support for Israeli imperialism and apartheid with the “trembling knees” of Holocaust victims.

Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah spotted the significance – and the antisemitism:

The phrase “we are not the Jews of trembling knees,” used by @jgreenblattADL, is a vile anti-Semitic trope. It echoes the idea that Jewish holocaust victims were somehow to blame for their own deaths because they were “weak.” This Jew-hatred is deeply embedded in Zionism. https://t.co/hkuLSO1xv5

— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) March 17, 2026

Zionism is racism. It is also antisemitism.

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