Friday, October 15, 2010
Good list. I'm glad to see the ADL lending its credibility to the naming and shaming of some of these groups. Considering the number of times the local JVP representative gets a letter in the local Jewish newspaper, and the mainstreaming of Boston Mosque operators, the Muslim American Society, it's good to have a mainstream/left organization of their stature doing so: The Top Ten Anti-Israel Groups in America.Here's the list:
- Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER)
- Al-Awda
- Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
- Friends of Sabeel-North America (FOSNA)
- If Americans Knew (IAK)
- International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
- Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)
- Muslim American Society (MAS)
- Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
- US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (USCEIO)
Each has its own report at the ADL site. Some familiar names didn't make the cut, for various reasons:
...There are many anti-Israel groups that did not make the above list. Many of these groups satisfy some but not all of the criteria. For example, there are groups that advance overt anti-Israel positions and organize events in their regions but do not have a national presence, such as Adalah-NY, Neturei Karta and the Middle East Children's Alliance. Similarly, while many individual chapters of the Muslim Student Association (a national organization founded by members of the Muslim Brotherhood) organize anti-Israel events, some of its chapters, as well as the national organization itself, are not primarily driven by an anti-Israel agenda. Other groups, like the Council for the National Interest (CNI), the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network and the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, have important roles in creating policy and setting anti-Israel agendas but do not organize a significant number of events. Still others have anti-Israel views but also focus on many other issues, such as the American Friends Service Committee, CODEPINK, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
