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Home Front: Politix

After Betar probe, Jewish group demands investigation of NY anti-Zionist groups

2026-01-17

Alinsky’s Rule #4: Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.

[IsraelTimes] Legal advocacy organization requests state attorney general take action against Within Our Lifetime and Pal-Awda

After the New York State attorney general investigated the far-right Jewish group Betar,

…sometimes spelt Beitar, it started as Zionist youth group founded in 1926 in Riga by Ze’ev Jabotinsky on the idea of Jewish self-defense both in the diaspora and in the future Jewish homeland in Israel, which explains the accusation of being right wing. One unit was involved in the defense of the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis, others successfully smuggled an estimated 40,000 Jews into British Mandate Palestine, where they formed Irgun to fight British rule in the future Israel while providing men to fight in the Jewish regiments under the British army against the Nazis. Prime ministers Yitzhak Shamir and Menachem Begin were members…

a Jewish legal group on Wednesday demanded probes into two anti-Zionist activist groups.

Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement in an investigation into Betar on Tuesday. She said the group had targeted people due to their Arab, Moslem and Jewish identities, had agreed to halt those activities, and would be ceasing operations in New York.

"New York will not tolerate organizations that use fear, violence, and intimidation to silence free expression or target people because of who they are," James said in a statement.
"Except Trump! That bastard did something wrong, we'll just have to change the laws to prove it!"
In a letter to James, the National Jewish Advocacy Center requested a similar investigation into Within Our Lifetime and Pal-Awda, two of the leading, hardline anti-Zionist activist groups in New York.

The letter cited antisemitic hate crimes committed by an activist affiliated with Within Our Lifetime, Pal-Awda chanting for Hamas
Hamas

..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
outside a synagogue, the destruction of public property during protests, intimidation of Jews, confrontations with police and disruptions of public life.

"This is not merely disruptive expression. Leadership of these organizations has repeatedly and brazenly described an intent to use ’any means necessary’ to target those who support and feel a connection to Israel — an identity commitment that is inseparable for many Jews from Jewish faith," the letter said.

"In your recent enforcement action involving Betar US, your Office emphasized that New York will not tolerate organizations that use harassment, intimidation, and fear to silence others," the letter said. "The conduct attributed to WOL and al-Awda reflects the very things you have publicly committed to take on."

The letter requested a formal investigation into the two groups to evaluate their compliance with state laws on funding for nonprofits, and a probe into the communication by the groups’ leaders.

"If ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful krazed killer organizations targeting Jews and Zionists are permitted to operate with impunity, while enforcement is deployed only against those accused of ’Zionist’ intent, the disparity will increasingly evidence discriminatory intent," the letter said.

The Office of the Attorney General said it has received and is reviewing the letter.

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