Apartheid Defense League

English Etymology In reference to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)'s defense of Israeli apartheid. Attested since 1999, but grew in popularity in the 2020s, especially during the Gaza genocide. Proper noun 1 apartheid defense league en slang derogatory dysphemistic The Anti-Defamation League. en 11 March 1999 John McCarthy To RLA re: racist Gov talk.politics.mideast 27fIxnZeB-AJ https://groups.google.com/g/talk.politics.mideast/c/4ZPymje_vFY/m/27fIxnZeB-AJ https://web.archive.org/web/20250315230112/https://groups.google.com/g/talk.politics.mideast/c/4ZPymje_vFY/m/27fIxnZeB-AJ 16 March 2025 It is admirable Matthew that you are so concerned about the plight of Blacks in America, who, much as Jews themselves once were a long time ago, arestill to this day victims of racism and oppression, but you are very, verywrong when you suggest that the neo-conservative "private" front for the intelligence community known as the A.D.L. (short I think for the ApartheidDefense League) shares your concern[.] en 23 April 2023 Princeton Alumni Weekly Wayne Coffey One Jew’s Journey https://paw.princeton.edu/article/one-jews-journey https://web.archive.org/web/20230601120013/https://paw.princeton.edu/article/one-jews-journey 1 June 2023 El-Kurd has referred to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) as the “Apartheid Defense League” and likened the Israeli occupation of Palestine to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. en 2024 Saqib Iqbal Qureshi Being Muslim today: reclaiming the faith form orthodoxy and islamophobia 2023047576 9781538189320 Rowman & Littlefield https://www.google.com/books/edition/Being_Muslim_Today/7rf4EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA169 The ADL (aka “The Apartheid Defense League”), in fact, “has a long history of labelling Muslim community groups as ‘terrorist sympathisers’, doing whatever it can do to delegitimise them,” as well as funding [Steven] Emerson’s work. en 13 March 2025 Free Press Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil abducted by ICE over Columbia University protests Mahmoud El-Yousseph https://www.freepress.org/article/palestinian-student-mahmoud-khalil-abducted-ice-over-columbia-university-protests https://web.archive.org/web/20250313160542/https://www.freepress.org/article/palestinian-student-mahmoud-khalil-abducted-ice-over-columbia-university-protests 13 March 2025 Meanwhile, in a statement posted to X, The Apartheid Defense League (ADL) praised the government action to curb antisemitism and hailed ICE agents' abduction of Columbia University student protester Mahmoud Khalil and the revocation of his green card by ICE over Columbia University protests[.] en 29 January 2026 Marc Rod Contender to succeed Jasmine Crockett blasted Israeli ‘apartheid’ in sermon on Oct. 8 Jewish Insider https://jewishinsider.com/2026/01/rev-frederick-d-haynes-iii-jasmine-crockett-israel-apartheid-sermon/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260129112235/https://jewishinsider.com/2026/01/rev-frederick-d-haynes-iii-jasmine-crockett-israel-apartheid-sermon/ 29 January 2026 [Frederick D.] Haynes praised [Linda] Sarsour as a paragon of “moral consistency” and justice, and applauded her characterization of the Anti-Defamation League as the “Apartheid Defense League.” See also en Anti-Defecation League en Nicknames