Anti-Defamation League

===Israeli–Palestinian conflict===
The ADL is described as a pro-Israel group.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 September 2013 |title=Pro-Israel groups publicly back U.S. action in Syria |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-usa-israel/pro-israel-groups-publicly-back-u-s-action-in-syria-idUSBRE98213V20130903 |accessdate=4 September 2023 |work=Reuters}}</ref> It says it supports [[Israel]] as a [[Jewish and democratic state]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/fact-sheets/response-to-common-inaccuracy-israel-cant-be-jewish-democratic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622162928/https://www.adl.org/resources/fact-sheets/response-to-common-inaccuracy-israel-cant-be-jewish-democratic|archive-date=June 22, 2019|title=Response To Common Inaccuracy: Israel Can't be Jewish & Democratic|publisher=Anti-Defamation League|url-status=dead}}</ref> It says it supports a [[two-state solution]] to the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], arguing that in a [[one-state solution]], "demographic realities would lead to the effective end of a Jewish State of Israel."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adl.org/education/resources/fact-sheets/response-to-common-inaccuracy-bi-national-one-state-solution|title=Response To Common Inaccuracy: Bi-National/One-State Solution|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622162926/https://www.adl.org/education/resources/fact-sheets/response-to-common-inaccuracy-bi-national-one-state-solution |archive-date=June 22, 2019 |publisher=Anti-Defamation League|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=January 2022}}

The organization opposed the [[UN General Assembly Resolution 3379|1975 United Nations resolution]] ([[UN General Assembly Resolution 4686|revoked in 1991]]) which stated in the resolution that "Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adl.org/durban/adl_quotes.asp |title=U.N. World Conference Against Racism |publisher=ADL |access-date=March 7, 2006 |archive-date=March 26, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060326211640/http://www.adl.org/durban/adl_quotes.asp |url-status=live}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=January 2022}} and attempts to revive that formulation at the 2001 U.N. [[World Conference Against Racism]] in [[Durban]], [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adl.org/durban/un_anti-zionism.asp |title=U.N. World Conference Against Racism |publisher=ADL |access-date=March 7, 2006 |archive-date=May 2, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502132920/http://www.adl.org/durban/un_anti-zionism.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=January 2022}} 

==== Israel boycotts and the BDS movement ====
While ADL was a lead supporter of Congressional legislation prohibiting US individuals and businesses from joining "unsanctioned boycotts" such as the 1970s [[Arab League boycott of Israel|Arab League Boycott]] against Israel,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adl.org/resources/glossary-terms/arab-economic-boycott|title=Arab Economic Boycott|access-date=March 28, 2020|publisher=ADL|archive-date=March 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328193906/https://www.adl.org/resources/glossary-terms/arab-economic-boycott|url-status=live}}</ref> it has taken a different, case-by-case approach to state [[anti-BDS laws]] more recently enacted in response to the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions|BDS movement]]. Several of these laws, which seek to prohibit state agencies and instrumentalities from investing in companies that boycott Israel and from entering into contracts with entities that boycott Israel, have been successfully challenged in the courts. The legal challenges have primarily been brought by the [[American Civil Liberties Union|ACLU]] and [[Council on American–Islamic Relations|CAIR]] on First Amendment constitutional grounds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/26/us/texas-bds-law/index.html|first=Joe|last=Sterling|title=Texas has a law that says contractors can't boycott Israel. But a federal judge just blocked it|access-date=March 28, 2020|publisher=CNN|date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=June 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605031318/https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/26/us/texas-bds-law/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Brian|last=Hauss|date=April 16, 2019|url=https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/arizona-lawmakers-running-scared-after-anti-boycott-law-ruled-unconstitutional|title=Arizona Lawmakers Running Scared After Anti-Boycott Law Ruled Unconstitutional|access-date=March 28, 2020|work=ACLU blog |archive-date=February 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214035621/https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/arizona-lawmakers-running-scared-after-anti-boycott-law-ruled-unconstitutional|url-status=live}}</ref> ADL generally has not publicly supported laws it felt were constitutionally suspect under the First Amendment, both for legal reasons and because the organization believed that such laws, even if what ADL describes as "well-intentioned", were not an effective means of combating the BDS movement.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-urges-texas-city-to-remove-no-israel-boycott-requirement-from-aid|title=ADL Urges Texas City to Remove 'No Israel Boycott' Requirement from Aid Application|access-date=March 28, 2020|publisher=ADL|archive-date=March 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328193744/https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-urges-texas-city-to-remove-no-israel-boycott-requirement-from-aid|url-status=live|date=October 24, 2017}}</ref> However, as a general matter the organization also has not publicly opposed such state laws, preferring to work behind the scenes to try to make such laws less infirm under the Constitution or to propose non-binding resolutions opposing BDS. A possible division of internal views in ADL was disclosed when the liberal Jewish publication, ''[[The Forward]]'', published ostensible leaked internal ADL staff memos dating from 2016 that opposed the anti-boycott laws.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |last1=Nathan-Kazis |first1=Josh |title=REVEALED: Secret ADL Memo Slammed Anti-BDS Laws As 'Harmful' To Jews |url=https://forward.com/news/416030/revealed-secret-adl-memo-slammed-anti-bds-laws-as-harmful-to-jews/ |work=The Forward |date=December 13, 2018 |access-date=March 28, 2020 |archive-date=May 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525042943/https://forward.com/news/416030/revealed-secret-adl-memo-slammed-anti-bds-laws-as-harmful-to-jews/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ADL did not comment directly on the leaked memos, but the statement it issued in response appeared to acknowledge both that there were sharply divided views within the organization and that the organization did not try to suppress internal robust discussion.<ref name=":2" />

In 2010, ADL published a list of the "ten leading organizations responsible for maligning Israel in the US," which has included [[ANSWER]], the [[International Solidarity Movement]], and [[Jewish Voice for Peace]] for its call for BDS.<ref>{{cite news |last=Benhorin |first=Yitzhak |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3969798,00.html |title=Jewish group makes ADL blacklist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017220700/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3969798,00.html |archive-date=October 17, 2010 |work=ynet news |date=October 15, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> The ADL published a similar list in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eidelson |first1=Josh |title=Anti-Defamation League slams Jewish groups for Israel criticism |url=https://www.salon.com/2013/10/22/anti_defamation_league_slams_jewish_groups_for_israel_criticism/ |work=Salon |date=October 22, 2013 |language=en |access-date=May 27, 2021 |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318163310/https://www.salon.com/2013/10/22/anti_defamation_league_slams_jewish_groups_for_israel_criticism/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Alongside similar statements from StandWithUs and American Jewish Committee representatives, the ADL's Greenblatt condemned the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]]'s (UNHRC) list of companies doing business with Jewish settlements in Israeli-run territories (West Bank, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights), issued in February 2020, calling it a "blacklist".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bandler |first1=Aaron |title=UNHRC Releases 'Blacklist' of Companies Conducting Business in Israeli Settlements |url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/world/310631/unhrc-releases-blacklist-of-companies-conducting-business-in-israeli-settlements |work=Jewish Journal |date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=March 28, 2020 |archive-date=March 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328193741/https://jewishjournal.com/news/world/310631/unhrc-releases-blacklist-of-companies-conducting-business-in-israeli-settlements/ |url-status=live }}</ref>