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That they're jewish?Really? What's the evidence for this?
That's not controversial. From wikipedia:
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL; formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith) is an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States. Describing itself as "the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency," the ADL states that it "fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all", doing so through "information, education, legislation, and advocacy."[1][2]
That their focus is Israel. From wikipedia again, but you can check independent sources:
Mark Arax, a former Los Angeles Times writer and current Salon writer of Armenian descent, strongly criticized the role of the ADL in American Armenian Genocide denial. In 2007, he spoke with Abraham Foxman, who said:[114]
Our focus is Israel. If helping Turkey helps Israel, then that's what we're in the business of doing. Was it genocide? It was wartime. Things get messy. The Turks and Armenians need to revisit their past. The Jewish community shouldn't be the arbiter of that history. And I don't think the U.S. Congress should be the arbiter, either.
"Our focus is Israel."
They basically denied that the Armenian genocide was a genocide, something a civil rights group was supposed to do, because it would help Israel.
Read a bit about Abraham Foxman, that lovely character.
The ADL/Foxman even attacks Jews that are against Israel policy. Like Norman filkenstein and Tony Judt.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/08/AR2006100800817.html
And I quote:
More recently, the ADL repeatedly accused DePaul University professor Norman G. Finkelstein, who is Jewish and strongly opposes Israeli policies, of being a "Holocaust denier." These charges have proved baseless.
The SPLC isn't nearly as bad and doesn't describe itself as such but it was also founded by jewish americans and mostly staffed by them.
Both have defended other civil rights cases but they focus mostly on anti-semitism or more specifically anti-zionism as they have no problem throwing jews that don't agree with zionism under the bus. And don't condemn Israeli atrocities.