Anti-Defamation League

=== Armenian genocide ===
Prior to 2007, the ADL described the [[Armenian genocide]] as a massacre and an atrocity, but not a [[genocide]].<ref name="http" /> Foxman had earlier opposed calls for the US Government to recognise it as a genocide.<ref name="jewcy1">{{cite web |last=Kurtzman |first=Joey |date=July 8, 2007 |title=Fire Foxman: Denying the Armenian genocide should be the last atrocity perpetrated by the ADL chief. |url=http://www.jewcy.com/feature/2007-07-09/fire_foxman |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308081305/http://www.jewcy.com/feature/2007-07-09/fire_foxman |archive-date=March 8, 2008 |access-date=March 14, 2008 |website=[[Jewcy]] |publisher=Tablet magazine}}</ref> ADL was reported to have received direct pressure from the Turkish foreign ministry.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ravid |first=Barak |date=October 10, 2007 |title=טורקיה לישראל: עזרו לנו לעצור הכרה אמריקאית בשואה הארמנית |newspaper=Haaretz |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/911393.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215025515/http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/911393.html |archive-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref>

In [[Watertown, Massachusetts]], which has a significant Armenian population, the town council in early August 2007 decided unanimously to withdraw from ADL's "No Place for Hate" anti-discrimination campaign over the issue. Human rights commissions in some other Massachusetts communities also withdrew in subsequent months.<ref name="Woolhouse">{{cite news |last=Woolhouse |first=Megan |date=December 5, 2007 |title=ADL's regional leader resigns: Backers cite rift on genocide issue |work=The Boston Globe |url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/12/05/adls_regional_leader_resigns/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217152919/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/12/05/adls_regional_leader_resigns/ |archive-date=February 17, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Esker |first=Sharon Tosto |title=City recognizes Armenian genocide, suspends ADL membership |language=en |work=Medford Transcript |url=http://medford.wickedlocal.com/x96464381 |url-status=live |access-date=May 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505212320/http://medford.wickedlocal.com/x96464381 |archive-date=May 5, 2018}}</ref> An editorial in ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' criticized the ADL, saying, "as an organization concerned about human rights, it ought to acknowledge the genocide against the Armenian people during World War I, and criticize Turkish attempts to repress the memory of this historical reality."<ref>{{cite news |date=August 3, 2007 |title=Editorial: A genocide not to be denied |work=[[Boston Globe]] |url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/08/03/a_genocide_not_to_be_denied/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=March 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104144821/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/08/03/a_genocide_not_to_be_denied/ |archive-date=November 4, 2011}}</ref> On August 17, 2007, ADL fired its regional New England director, Andrew H. Tarsy, for breaking ranks and saying that ADL should recognize the genocide.<ref name="obrien">{{cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Keith |date=August 18, 2007 |title=ADL local leader fired on Armenian issue: Genocide question sparked bitter debate |work=The Boston Globe |url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/08/18/adl_local_leader_fired_on_armenian_issue/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517001844/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/08/18/adl_local_leader_fired_on_armenian_issue/ |archive-date=May 17, 2008}}</ref> In its August 21, 2007, "Statement on the Armenian Genocide", ADL acknowledged the genocide, but maintained its opposition to congressional resolutions aimed at recognizing it.<ref name="http" /> Foxman wrote that "the consequences of those actions" by the [[Ottoman Empire]] against Armenians "were indeed tantamount to genocide" and "If the word genocide had existed then, they would have called it genocide".<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":25" /> The [[Turkish government]] condemned the league's statement.<ref>{{cite news |last=Levenson |first=Michael |date=August 24, 2007 |title=Turkey condemns statement by ADL |work=The Boston Globe |url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/08/24/turkey_condemns_statement_by_adl/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826204901/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/08/24/turkey_condemns_statement_by_adl/ |archive-date=August 26, 2007}}</ref> It was also criticized by activists who believed that it failed to be unequivocal because of its qualifier "tantamount".<ref name=":25" /> The [[Armenian National Committee of America|Armenian National Committee]] welcomed the ADL's change of position but criticized its lack of support for legislation.<ref name=":25">{{cite news |last1=Schwartz |first1=Penny |date=October 17, 2007 |title=Armenians push forward with ADL fight |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |url=https://www.jta.org/2007/10/17/united-states/armenians-push-forward-with-adl-fight |url-status=live |access-date=March 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925120309/https://www.jta.org/2007/10/17/united-states/armenians-push-forward-with-adl-fight |archive-date=September 25, 2020}}</ref> Tarsy won his job back,<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Keith |date=September 7, 2007 |title=Anti-Defamation League rehires New England director |work=The Boston Globe |url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/08/antidefamation_1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831110745/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/08/antidefamation_1.html |archive-date=August 31, 2009}}</ref> but he subsequently submitted his resignation, on December 4, 2007.<ref name="Woolhouse" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Axelbank |first=Rachel |date=December 6, 2007 |title=Tarsy Resignation Draws Mixed Emotions From Area Colleagues |url=http://www.thejewishadvocate.com/this_weeks_issue/news/?content_id=4108 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210223450/http://www.thejewishadvocate.com/this_weeks_issue/news/?content_id=4108 |archive-date=December 10, 2007 |access-date=January 7, 2008 |publisher=Jewish Advocate |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

On May 2, 2014, an ADL statement said it was "deeply concerned by ongoing questions about our organization's position with regard to the Armenian Genocide". It said that the ADL had not denied atrocities against Armenians.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADL Statement on the Armenian Genocide {{!}} ADL |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/news/adl-statement-armenian-genocide |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www.adl.org |language=en}}</ref>

On October 28, 2019, the ADL endorsed the bipartisan H. Res. 296, which states that the U.S. officially recognizes the Armenian genocide and encourages education and public understanding on the issue. ADL also endorsed and encouraged action on S. Res. 150, the resolution's identical bipartisan companion measure in the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ADL Endorses Congressional Resolution Commemorating the Armenian Genocide {{!}} ADL |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/adl-endorses-congressional-resolution-commemorating-armenian-genocide |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www.adl.org |language=en}}</ref>
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