{"id":184662,"date":"2023-09-05T14:27:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=184662"},"modified":"2023-09-05T14:31:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:31:48","slug":"twitter-vs-adl-elon-musk-decides-to-get-in-the-ring-with-ceo-jonathan-greenblatt-instead-of-mark-zuckerberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=184662","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">TWITTER vs. ADL<\/span>:<\/b> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Elon Musk decides to get in the ring with CEO Jonathan Greenblatt instead of Mark Zuckerberg<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>Elon Musk vows defamation lawsuit against ADL: &#8216;The irony!&#8217;<\/h1>\n<h3>After days of rising tensions between Elon Musk and the ADL, the enmity between the two seems to have reached a new height.<\/h3>\n<p>By SAM HALPERN<br \/>\nThe Jerusalem Post<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-first-part\">\n<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-757445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X owner, Elon Musk<\/a>, wrote in in post on the platform Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes on the heels of a report from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that Musk had promoted a hashtag launched by Irish white nationalist and self-described \u201craging antisemite,\u201d Keith Woods.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" 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Anti-Defamation League<\/a>\u00a0\u2026 oh the irony!\u201d Musk wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" 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He has criticized The New York Times for its depiction of the ultra-Orthodox. (credit: JEENAH MOON\/REUTERS)<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>In the first few hours of the post being on X, it had accumulated nine million views, over a hundred thousand \u201clikes,\u201d thousands of \u201cretweets\u201d and nearly ten thousand comments, an overwhelming proportion of which were positive.<\/p>\n<p>Several hours earlier, Musk had posted, \u201cTo be super clear, I\u2019m pro free speech, but against anti-Semitism of any kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1698750300474016250&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2Fdiaspora%2Fantisemitism%2Farticle-757593&amp;sessionId=331c55c0c39be4ffebaf1ad28a79d68e9ee067f0&amp;siteScreenName=Jerusalem_Post&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=aaf4084522e3a%3A1674595607486&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1698750300474016250\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Additional Tweets from Musk attacking the ADL<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>More posts from Musk on the subject were quick to follow.<\/p>\n<p>First, Musk shared an article from August of this year from Tablet, an online Jewish magazine. The article similarly castigated the ADL and other prominent Jewish organizations such as the Jewish Council for Public Affairs for making an ally out of Black American leader,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/al-sharpton-and-black-leaders-meet-with-rabbi-following-monsey-attack-612612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Sharpton<\/a> despite his apparent history of antisemitism. For instance, the article notes Sharpton\u2019s involvement in anti-Jewish riots in Crown Heights in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>The article lambasts Sharpton, labeling him as \u201cAmerica\u2019s only living pogrom leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tablet article goes on to sharply condemn the ADL, and specifically ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt for tarnishing the organization\u2019s reputation and, seemingly deliberately, misrepresenting antisemitism in America.<\/p>\n<p>Next, Musk shared an NPR article from 2009 that highlights the work of Israeli filmmaker, Yoav Shamir.<\/p>\n<p>This article likewise addresses the ADL, reporting that Shamir was unable to get concrete evidence from ADL staffers despite \u201ctheir claims of a sharp spike in North American anti-Semitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the article notes that Shamir was \u201cshocked that American scholars Stephen M. Walt and John Mearsheimer have been labeled as anti-Semites for suggesting that the influence of pro-Israel lobbyists \u2014 the ADL prominent among them \u2014 is good for neither Israel nor the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-757593\">https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-757593<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}