Yes, the ADL is a political front masquerading as a watchdog'

"It's hard to imagine a stranger twist to the MAGA's war on woke than FBI Director Kash Patel's announcement that the Bureau is cutting ties with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In a social media post, Patel wrote that the agency won't partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs. The decision came after right-wing backlash over the ADL's inclusion of Turning Point USA and its late leader, Charlie Kirk, in its glossary of extremism."

"Although it was founded in 1913 to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all, since the 1970s, the organisation has focused ever more intently on shielding Israel from criticism. In parallel, it has also monitored right-wing racist and anti-LGBTQ+ extremism so that it could remain solidly within the liberal Jewish fold in the US."

FBI Director Kash Patel announced the Bureau will cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League following right-wing backlash over the ADL's inclusion of Turning Point USA and Charlie Kirk in a glossary of extremism. The FBI had collaborated with the ADL on tracking anti-Semitism and extremism for more than half a century. The ADL quickly declared much of its research outdated and began scrubbing websites of criticism of conservative figures. Founded in 1913 to stop defamation of Jewish people, the organisation shifted since the 1970s toward shielding Israel from criticism while monitoring right-wing racist and anti-LGBTQ+ extremism and policing campus pro-Palestinian mobilisation.

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