Betar US, which self-identifies as “loud, proud, aggressive and unapologetically Zionist,” intends to use its seats in the Zionist Organization of America’s World Zionist Congress slate to disavow the Anti-Defamation League.

“We will introduce resolutions deeming the ADL hostile to the Jewish state,” Daniel Levy, a Betar spokesman, told JNS.

The ADL’s “glossary of extremism and hate” states that Betar “openly embraces Islamophobia and harasses Muslims online and in person” and “has indicated that they would like to work with the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group with a history of antisemitism and Islamophobia, to ‘counter Islamic jihadis.’”

Levy told JNS that “attempts to label Betar a ‘radical hate group’ are absurd and dangerous.” (The ADL declined to comment.)

“Betar has pro

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