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World

FBI breaks ties with ADL after absurd extremist list

The Israel lobby

Published today 14:22
– By Editorial Staff
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, whose organization lists American conservatives as "extremists" while defending Israel at any cost.
4 minute read
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FBI’s new director Kash Patel has officially severed the agency’s ties with the Jewish advocacy group Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which roughly corresponds to the left-wing extremist organization Expo in Sweden.

The decision comes after ADL received harsh criticism for listing the murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s organization as dangerous and “extremist”.

In recent weeks, the Jewish lobby group has faced intense criticism from tech billionaire Elon Musk and Republican politicians for its so-called “Glossary of Extremism and Hate” – a database where many conservative, nationalist and immigration-critical Americans were listed as alleged “extremists” or members of “hate groups”.

Particularly noteworthy was perhaps the inclusion of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), the conservative organization founded by Charlie Kirk, who was murdered nearly three weeks ago. TPUSA’s page on ADL’s website described the group as an organization with ties to “a range of right-wing extremists” and that had “generated support from anti-Muslim bigots, alt-lite activists and some corners of the white supremacist alt-right”.

After the massive criticism, ADL capitulated and deleted its entire “Glossary of Extremism and Hate” from the website on Tuesday evening.

“With over 1,000 entries written over many years, the ADL Glossary of Extremism has served as a source of high-level information on a wide range of topics for years. At the same time, an increasing number of entries in the Glossary were outdated. We also saw a number of entries intentionally misrepresented and misused”, the organization claimed in a statement.

The organization now claims to want to “explore new strategies and creative approaches to deliver our data and present our research more effectively” – a formulation that analysts interpret as an acknowledgment that the database was inaccurate and misleading.

FBI formally breaks all ties

The day after ADL deleted the database, FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the agency formally breaks all ties with the organization. He explained the decision with harsh criticism of his predecessor James Comey and his close cooperation with ADL.

— James Comey disgraced the FBI by writing ‘love letters’ to the ADL and embedding agents with an extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization and the disgraceful operation they ran spying on Americans. That was not law enforcement, it was activism dressed up as counterterrorism, and it put Americans in danger, Patel tells Fox News Digital.

— That era is finished. This FBI formally rejects Comey’s policies and any partnership with the ADL, he continues.

Elon Musk: ADL is a hate group

Elon Musk has been one of the harshest critics and called ADL “a hate group”. In posts on X, he claimed that the FBI took its definitions of hate groups from ADL, “which is why FBI was investigating Charlie Kirk and Turning Point, instead of his murderers”.

Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna demanded that ADL explain its categorization of TPUSA.

“Seems to me like if they don’t agree with you, they will label you a ‘hate group'”, Luna stated on X.

Comey’s “love letters” to ADL

The background to Patel’s criticism goes back to May 8, 2017, when then-FBI Director James Comey spoke at ADL’s national leadership conference in Washington. In a notable speech, Comey declared his and the FBI’s “love” for the Jewish lobby organization.

Comey began by referring to a 2014 speech that he called “a love letter to ADL” and continued: “Three years later I can say, from the perspective of the FBI, we’re still in love with you”.

He concluded his speech with the words: “Love, the FBI”.

This politicized behavior from an FBI director caused strong surprise among many at the time and was considered deeply inappropriate, but only now under Kash Patel’s leadership has the FBI formally distanced itself from Comey’s strange and explicit partisanship.

ADL and Expo

The ADL has close ties to the Swedish intelligence group Expo, which announced in 2022 that the two organizations would continue working together.

— Far-right extremism has always been a transnational threat, today more than ever, said Expo’s CEO Daniel Poohl, in connection with presenting a joint report that targeted the National Socialist organization Nordic Resistance Movement (Nordiska Motståndsrörelsen).

— Collaborating across borders to counter this threat is crucial. We are pleased to have collaborated with ADL to produce this report and hope to work together in the future as well, he continued.

Daniel Poohl’s Expo and ADL have had a close collaboration, and Expo is often described as ADL’s Swedish counterpart. Photo: facsimile/Youtube

ADL was founded in 1913 by the Jewish fraternal organization B’nai B’rith with the stated purpose to “stop defamation against the Jewish people” in protest against the conviction and lynching of Leo Frank who raped and murdered a 13-year-old girl in Georgia, USA.

The organization is today one of the most prominent within the international Jewish advocacy movement. They have among other things become known for their hostile attitude toward ethnic rights for European ethnic groups – while openly supporting the state of Israel as a Jewish ethnostate.

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World

Trump: American politics was completely controlled by Israel

The Israel lobby

Published 3 September 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Trump believes that the Israel lobby has begun to lose its grip over Washington.
3 minute read
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Israel previously had “total control” over the US Congress, and it was completely impossible for anyone who spoke “ill” of the Jewish state to build a political career. This is stated by US President Donald Trump in an interview with Daily Caller published this week.

— There was a time where you couldn’t speak bad, if you wanted to be a politician, you couldn’t speak badly, Trump explained.

He emphasized that Israel had long held a completely unique position in Washington, but claimed that this is changing.

— If you go back 15 years, probably that’s when it started, right. Israel was the strongest lobby I’ve ever seen. They had total control over Congress, and now they don’t, you know, I’m a little surprised to see that.

He continued to develop his reasoning:

— If you go back 20 years. I mean, I will tell you, Israel had the strongest lobby in Congress of anything or body, or of any company or corporation or state that I’ve ever seen. Israel was the strongest. Today, it doesn’t have that strong a lobby. It’s amazing.

“Not winning the world of public relations”

According to Trump, American politics has fundamentally changed – today there are, as he puts it, “all kinds of Israel critics” and “lunatics” among the country’s top politicians.

He was referring among others to the so-called Squad, consisting of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib – a group of left-wing Democratic congresswomen who have made their mark with sharp criticism of Israel.

The president connected the changes in public debate to Israel’s bloody invasion of Gaza.

— They may be winning the war, but they’re not winning the world of public relations, you know, and it is hurting them.

At the same time, Trump highlighted his own role in the relationship between Washington and Jerusalem, true to form. He declared that “no one has done more” for Israel than himself, and described the country as “amazing”, because he himself has received “good support” in return.

One lobbyist for every politician

Although Trump claims that the Israel lobby doesn’t have the same power over American politics as before, there are many who don’t share that conclusion.

The Nordic Times has among other things highlighted how libertarian congressman Thomas Massie revealed that all Republican congressmen have a personal lobbyist from AIPAC with whom they maintain close contact and who tells them how to vote on various issues.

— Why would they want to tell their constituents that they’ve basically got a buddy system with somebody who’s representing a foreign country? It doesn’t benefit the congressman for people to know that. So they’re not going to tell you that, he states.

The Nordic Times has also reported on how AIPAC as recently as the last election boasted that almost all candidates they financed won their respective elections while managing to “stop” a number of Israel-critical candidates.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/fury-from-israel-lobby-as-trump-halts-bombing-campaign/

World

Fury from Israel lobby as Trump halts bombing campaign

Donald Trump's USA

Published 25 June 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Emily Shrader, an American political activist, has long worked to expand U.S. support for Israel and advocate for regime change in Iran.
3 minute read
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Donald Trump’s harsh criticism of Israel and his call for the country to stop bombing Iranian targets has not been well received by the influential and bellicose Israel lobby.

American-Israeli opinion maker and lobbyist Emily Schrader is one of those calling for the hostilities to continue, going so far as to claim that Trump “is in bed with Qatar”.

Although the stated goal of the Israeli and then US attacks on Iran was initially claimed to be to eliminate the country’s ability to develop nuclear weapons, a long line of Israeli and neoconservative American voices have quickly shifted focus and are now demanding that the Iranian regime be overthrown – with US help.

After Trump criticized Israel in harsh terms and ordered the country’s military to stop bombing Iran, the Israeli lobby’s anger was not long in coming – and several of the figures who recently praised Trump for bombing Iranian nuclear facilities are now trying to discredit the president and portray him as an enemy.

One of those most upset that Trump has taken a stand against Israel’s bombing is Emily Schrader, who has long been involved in two issues: overthrowing and replacing the Iranian regime and increasing US support for Israel.

The lobbyist, who has both US and Israeli citizenship, claims that Trump “is in bed with Qatar” because he has demanded that the bombings stop.

“It must be done”

She also states that Iran’s leadership must be overthrown – and claims that no other alternatives are acceptable.

“The only way to ensure peace in the region is a regime change in Iran. It doesn’t have to be done through war, but it must be done. Trump is painfully naive as to the ideology and motivating factors of the Islamic regime in Iran”, she claims.

In another angry post, she claims that “In the last 24 hours, Donald Trump guaranteed a future war”.

“They’ll discard and mock him”

Critics point out that the Israel lobby is never satisfied – regardless of the concessions and efforts the US makes to appease Tel Aviv – and that they are only interested in supporting Trump if they can exploit him for their own purposes.

“Trump literally bombed Iran – he did that! – for this country’s government. The next day, if he doesn’t obey the next order they make up for him to do, Netanyahuists say he’s part of the Qatar World Conspiracy”, says Curt Mills, executive director of The American Conservative.

“If this isn’t evidence they’ll discard and mock him once he’s no longer president and they’ve used him, nothing is”, he continues.

The Nordic Times has previously highlighted the remarkable influence of the Israel lobby over American politics – and, among other things, pointed out how AIPAC, the largest pro-Israel lobby group, openly boasted during the last election that almost all the candidates they had financed won their respective elections.

“AIPAC endorsed 362 candidates and won in every primary we had a candidate on the ballot! We helped our friends win and defeated 11 anti-Israel candidates”, they proudly declared.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/swedish-state-tv-jewish-lobby-groups-decide-us-presidential-election/

Sweden

Swedish state tv: Jewish lobby groups decide US presidential election

The Israel lobby

Published 26 May 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Although the influence of Jewish lobby groups on US politics is well documented, in many contexts it remains a very sensitive issue to discuss.
3 minute read
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Highlighting the influence of Jewish lobby groups over American or European politics is usually a very sensitive issue – and anyone who does so can expect to be subjected to smear campaigns and accusations of anti-Semitism.

On Wednesday, however, Swedish state television chose, unusually and to the surprise of many, to draw attention to the lobby groups’ enormous power over American politics, and SVT’s foreign correspondent, Stefan Åsberg, stated that these interests are in practice powerful enough to decide who will be the next president of the United States.

– These are well-organized groups with vast resources that sometimes more or less determine the outcome of presidential elections, he said, adding:

– It is also important for members of Congress to forge close ties with these lobby groups, whose task is to influence US politics and ensure that, if possible, leaders who favor relations between Israel and the US are elected.

The US has long been Israel’s most important ally and has a long history of economic and military cooperation, including supplying weapons and military technology worth billions of dollars every year.

However, according to Åsberg, the relationship between Trump and Netanyahu seems to have weakened somewhat, due to the large-scale war crimes in Gaza.

– There is a red line even for the US and Donald Trump. The US is affected by the enormous death toll in Gaza, not least all the children whose lives have been lost in the Gaza Strip. He is definitely losing patience with Israel.

All Republicans have personal Israel lobbyists

Although the Jewish lobby’s influence over the US is often a sensitive topic, it is also well documented. As recently as after the last election, groups such as AIPAC openly boasted about how virtually all of the candidates they financed won their primaries – and how they also “defeated 11 anti-Israel candidates”.

According to estimates, AIPAC spent around $100 million ahead of the last election – partly on smearing and opposing candidates perceived as pro-Palestinian or critical of Israel.

Libertarian Congressman Thomas Massie also caused a stir when he revealed in an interview with Tucker Carlson that all Republicans in Congress have a personal Israel lobbyist from AIPAC with whom they are in close contact and who tells them how to vote on various issues.

When Tucker Carlson said that this sounded “absolutely insane” and wondered why this was not common knowledge, Massie explained that none of the parties involved would benefit from these close ties becoming public knowledge.

– It doesn’t benefit anybody. Why would they want to tell their constituents that they’ve basically got a buddy system with somebody who’s representing a foreign country? It doesn’t benefit the congressman for people to know that. So they’re not going to tell you that.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/israel-ends-boycott-of-sweden-democrats/

Sweden

Israel ends boycott of Sweden Democrats

The Israel lobby

Published 26 February 2025
– By Editorial Staff
For years, the Sweden Democrats have been trying to appease Israeli leaders - and now it seems to have paid off.
3 minute read
Editorial Staff
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The Sweden Democrats have long profiled themselves as one of the EU’s most pro-Israel parties and have worked hard to be embraced by Israeli politicians and avoid being labeled a “Nazi” or “anti-Semitic” party.

Now, all pro-Israeli efforts have finally borne fruit, with Benjamin Netanyahu’s government announcing that it wants to engage with the Swedish party.

The party’s representatives have made several trips to the country to appease the Israeli authorities. Last fall, The Nordic Times also reported how the party’s representative, Member of Parliament Alexander Christiansson, fell to his knees crying before a group of Jewish settlers.

Party leader Jimmie Åkesson has also felt compelled to travel to Jerusalem to get the Israeli government to stop distancing itself from the party, and several high-ranking SD profiles have made a big deal of the fact that the Sweden Democrats are one of the most pro-Israel parties in all of Europe.

Perhaps the greatest effort to get Israel to forgive the Sweden Democrats for the nationalist policies the party has historically pursued has been made by MEP Charlie Weimers.

The former high-profile Christian Democrat has made a series of harshly criticized statements – including a suggestion that Sweden, together with Israel, start conducting extrajudicial assassination campaigns in Iran.

– Gangs will not be deterred until we cooperate with the United States and Israel to liquidate gang leaders who are safely in third countries, he claimed, and many critics tried to explain that Swedish authorities do not usually assassinate people.

Demanded an apology for the Holocaust

In the past, SD’s attempts at relationship building have been completely dismissed and rejected – as recently as November, Israel’s ambassador to Sweden, Ziv Nevo Kulman, demanded that the Sweden Democrats apologize for the party’s “historical links to anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial”.

According to Kulman, an official apology from the SD would show “a willingness to acknowledge historical mistakes”.

– Our policy on far-right parties with Nazi roots has not changed, the ambassador explained.

– But (SD) definitely needs to do a lot of soul-searching about its own past. They need to apologize for everything they have done, to the victims of the Holocaust and for the memory of the Holocaust, and they definitely need to think about a future where they do more to fight anti-Semitism. It’s a long process, Kulman added.

“Extremely positive”

Whether the SD listened to the demands and apologized to Israel for its history is unclear. What is clear is that the Israeli government will no longer boycott the party and has decided to start a dialogue with the Swedish SD, the Spanish Vox and the French National Rally.

“The decision was made following a series of ministerial discussions, during which it was determined that these parties do not have antisemitic or anti-Israel elements. However, Israel will still refrain from engaging with parties tainted by antisemitism, such as the Austrian Freedom Party”, writes the Jerusalem Post.

SD’s foreign policy spokesperson, Aron Emilsson, describes the announcement as “extremely positive” and notes that they have “worked for a long time to improve relations”.

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