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Published on: 22/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Elon Musk made an apparent Nazi salute at an inauguration rally for United States President Donald Trump. The anti-Defamation League (ADL) rushed to defend the SpaceX founder. Activists say the contrast between the ADL’s hurried defence of Musk and its efforts to demonise Palestinians and their supporters shows that the group is more focused on silencing voices critical of Israel than it is on fighting anti-Semitism. ADL has hosted top Israeli and US politicians, FBI directors, celebrities and businesspeople. The group’s annual “audit” of anti-Semitic incidents in the US often gets cited by government agencies and legislation. In recent years, the group has come under increased criticism for the perception that it has gone soft on right-wing figures accused of bigotry. Musk has not provided a detailed explanation of what happened, but he did brush off the accusations. “The ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired,” Musk wrote on X. He later shared a post showing Democratic politicians with their arms raised and dismissed legacy media as “pure propaganda” Greenblatt described Musk as an “amazing entrepreneur and extraordinary innovator”, positively comparing him with Henry Ford. Musk visited Israel in November of that year, weeks into its war on Gaza. Arad-Neeman said bigots should not be able to “wave away their anti-Semitism” by saying that they support Israel. A court found that Robinson falsely accused a Syrian refugee schoolboy of attacking “young English girls” The ADL recently denounced Robinson, whose legal name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, as an “anti-Muslim bigot” Abed Ayoub said he wished the ADL would extend the same careful approach and benefit of the doubt it offered Musk to members of Arab and Muslim communities. Bend the Arc started circulating a petition calling for the ADL to retract its defence of Elon Musk. “The ADL claims to be an expert on antisemitism,” the petition reads.

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