The ADL Wasn’t ‘Played’ by Black Lives Matter

null Nov. 5, 2023 11:40 am ETA Black Lives Matter flag in Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 3. Photo: Corey Perrine/The Florida Times-Union/Associated PressJason Riley mischaracterizes our position and posture toward the Black Lives Matter movement and the anti-Semitism we’ve seen from some of its chapters in recent weeks (“Black Lives Matter and the World’s Oldest Hatred,” Upward Mobility, Nov. 1). The ADL and other national Jewish organizations were hardly “played” by BLM. We are clear-eyed and outspoken about the anti-Semitism emanating from these chapters. We have no formal relationship with the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation or any of its local groups and never have at any point in time. The behavior we’ve seen from them after Oct. 7, when some chapters celebrated the massacre of Israelis and lionized the barbarians of Hamas, is truly disgusting. Any so-called activists who attempt to dehumanize Israelis or Zionists do not deserve a seat at the table. We would never work wit