IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
The ADL was founded in 1913 with the stated mission of combating antisemitism and other forms of prejudice. It's an influential voice with governments, media outlets, schools, law enforcement agencies, and the private sector. However since the 1970s, the ADL has become increasingly right-wing and vocal in its backing of Israel, promoting the notion of a “new antisemitism” which includes anti-Zionism and criticism of Israel.
on February 26, 2025
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In 2002, under the pretext of security, the Israeli government began unilaterally constructing a wall to separate Palestinians in the occupied West Bank from Israel and occupied East Jerusalem, and from Israeli settlements built inside the West Bank. The IMEU offers the following explainer on Israel's West Bank wall.
on July 3, 2024
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Since Israel’s establishment in 1948, the United Nations and international community have not recognized the sovereignty of any country to any part of Jerusalem in the absence of a permanent peace agreement in the region.
on June 16, 2024
Just after 3 a.m. on Aug 18, Israeli soldiers blasted open the locked doors of Al-Haq, the oldest and largest human rights organization in the occupied Palestinian territories...
on October 4, 2022
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The UN International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (1973) defines apartheid as "inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them."
on October 4, 2021
Israel’s settler-colonization of Palestinian lands and the apartheid regime imposed to consolidate those territorial takings and reinforce Jewish supremacy — no amount of public relations or spin can change what’s happening on the ground, or the trends that are pushing Americans away from Israel and toward supporting Palestinian freedom.
on August 27, 2021