AJP Action urges DOJ to investigate AIPAC and ADL for potential FARA registration Dear Email, Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action) calls out the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for its glaring hypocrisy in its lack of response to President Donald Trump’s recent admission about the overwhelming influence of the pro-Israel lobby in Washington. In an interview with the Daily Caller, Trump declared: “If you go back 20 years... Israel had the strongest lobby in Congress of anything or body, or of any company or corporation or state that I’ve ever seen. Israel was the strongest… There was a time where you couldn’t speak bad, if you wanted to be a politician, you couldn’t speak badly [of Israel].”  For decades now, the ADL has weaponized accusations of antisemitism to silence Palestinians, advocates, and members of Congress who have exposed the influence of AIPAC and the broader Israel lobby on our government. By its own logic, Trump’s remarks should be denounced as antisemitic. Yet the ADL, which has repeatedly shielded Trump and his allies, remains silent—revealing its manipulative and bad-faith outrage. “This is not about antisemitism,” said Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid, Executive Director of AJP Action. “It is about protecting Israel and its genocidal policies at all costs. The ADL has smeared anyone who dares to criticize the Zionist lobby as antisemitic, but when Trump repeats the same analysis, they stay quiet. Their double standard exposes them as political actors, not protectors of human rights.” Trump’s comments confirm what Palestinians and the majority of the American public have long argued: that AIPAC, the ADL, and similar organizations function as proxies for a foreign government, routinely placing Israeli interests above American ones. These groups demand that pro-Palestinian activists be labeled as foreign agents, while their own relentless advocacy for Israel escapes scrutiny. The hypocrisy is now undeniable. By refusing to apply its so-called standards equally, the ADL has shown that its real mission is not combating antisemitism but defending Israel’s war crimes and silencing dissent in the United States. AJP Action calls on Congress and the Justice Department to investigate whether organizations like AIPAC and the ADL should be registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). American democracy must not be held hostage by groups whose loyalty lies with Israel’s apartheid and genocidal policies. Trump himself admitted what millions already know: the pro-Israel lobby has distorted U.S. policy for decades, advocates for Palestine have always been right, and real change must come down to protect American democracy from Israel. In solidarity,
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