Ezra Levant, ADL Weaponization of Anti-Semitism Claims
Ezra Levant, founder of Rebel News, argues that organizations like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) weaponize accusations of anti-Semitism for political fundraising and to silence conservatives. Levant claims Jonathan Greenblatt uses his Jewish identity to shield a Democratic Party agenda, specifically citing the labeling of figures like Charlie Kirk as anti-Semitic. The discussion emphasizes that these tactics alienate potential allies and create a "boy who cried wolf" scenario where real instances of hatred are ignored.
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00:00 Let me tell you about Jonathan Greenblatt. What bugs me the most about him is that he claims he's doing this as a Jew for the Jews, and that he implies the Jews support him. In fact, as you know, because you've covered him very carefully, he is a former senior Barack Obama aide. So understand what he does. He goes out there to attack- He's pro-Islamic invasion of the West. You know what? simply wraps the democratic message in a Jewish rapper. But it's got a cutting edge that way because if you disagree with that Obama line or that Biden line or that AOC line now, he'll call you anti-Semitic. And what aches me, what pains me and my colleague Avi Yamini, we're the two Jewish reporters at Rebel News. Most of our reporters are Gentile. I mean, it just happens that Avi and I share the same view on this. Is it for
00:53 Years the ADL and the SPLC the Southern Poverty Law Center. They've weaponized racism They don't actually believe you're an anti-semite But they say it to put you on the back foot and by the way, they fundraise off of scared Jews that way You know grandmas and grandpas who get a fundraising. Oh my god, any semitism is on the rise. No, that's just conservatism, you know, they're this this crazy list of anti-semitic symbols including, you know, the OK symbol. They said that's white power. They called Charlie Kirk anti-semitic. And that was Obie's point about the boy who cried wolf. They were crying wolf for years about non-anti-semitism and we've got real anti-semitism. Well, it happens like he said though.
01:34 Is it most people are smart, but they're not sophisticated enough. When you're being accused of being a Nazi constantly, a lot of people then go, well, fine, I am. Exactly. That's what's happening. And that's the worst thing of all. You know, I was born in a place where there weren't a lot of Jews. I was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Not a lot of Jews. In fact, I went to a school. My sister and I were the only Jews at the whole place. And, you know, there's one of the things is you don't know Jews other than who you see maybe on TV. So if the only Jews you know are Jonathan Greenblatt and Rabbi Shmuley, well I would hate Jews too if those were the only representations of the Jews. And everywhere I've gone I've tried to... Well that's what I've told people that think, you know, I get paid off by the Jews because I don't inherently hate Jews. In my life and experience, uh...
02:23 And my dad's friends and stuff would take me prospecting and you know all this when I was a kid because he had friends from college. He's still friends with their jews. They were just super nice fun people that took time and showed me stuff and taught me things and then like take take Matt Drudge. I mean he's jewish but it was never a jewish thing back before he sold out the democrats. He just totally boosted us and loved us and I mean so my point was my personal experience with jews other than Other than the Jewish law firm suing me now, the Democrats, that's not been fun. But other than that, the ADL, my personal experience with Jews has always been great. And that's why my dad growing up was like, no, Jews are great. They're loving smart people, blah, blah, blah, because they were always nice to Jews. I knew my experience with Jews were only good until I got into politics. And this is the tricky part for someone like me who loves Canada. I'm a Canadian. I love America. I love Trump very much. I would call myself MAGA except for I'm a Canadian, but I'm a supporter from abroad. And Jews are individuals.
03:18 And Jews like Jeffrey Epstein, oh my God, you know how badly I wish he weren't a Jew? Do you know how badly I wish that weren't on our people's name? And so I have a mission today here, Alex. My goal is to remind your viewers of two simple principles that I know they believe in, because I know you believe in it. I'm not here to make people love Jews or love Israel. I mean, I- But you're Jewish, you wanted to hear from a real Jew. That's right, and I want to say this, number one, The phrase the Jews, the Jews did that, the Jews did that. Maybe some Jews did, but always keep in mind me or Stephen Miller of the White House when you're talking about, I know because they claim I work for the Jews. And I know it's not true. Actually, I've had big billionaires come. I've had Ales trying to get me a job. I've actually never had Jews come and try to buy me off.
04:11 Well, I had Jeffrey Goldberg coming for Obama and kind of threatened me, but that was it. That was the only Jewish visit I ever got. But was he doing it as a Jew? No, he wanted to let me know, I'm here for Obama. And that's the thing. And one of the principles I know your viewers believe in, because I'm a viewer of yours, is not collective guilt or not guilt by association. That's the same as reparations. A leftist way of thinking is, okay, all blacks are the same, all whites are the same. Oh, that's a new big leftist talking point, because they can't get right. Oh, let's have Jews do reparations. You know, that's right. Well, and the left looks at the Jews and say, okay, they're strong in Israel. They've got a strong army.
04:52 In our cultural Marxist view of the world, they're the oppressors, so they're always wrong. Palestinians are the oppressed, they're always right. It's a kind of wokeness. Do not give in to that. Do not judge every Jew by Jeffrey Epstein or Alex Soros or George Soros. So that's my point. Well, it's also not like some simple one-dimensional deal. Just because we might not like how Netanyahu's doing something, it doesn't mean then we accept Islam that openly as its religion says it will conquer us. The government fears Alex Jones, who has the largest audience in the country, bigger than any of the networks, the biggest megaphone in the country. The deep state hates Alex Jones with a vengeance. Alex Jones is the most extraordinary person I've ever met.
05:40 Well, Netanyahu has sent my handler here, my boss, Ezra Levant. Ha, we know that's coming. But you know, I love these discussions. By the way, you judge a tree by its roots, the work you've done at Rebel Media, and before that, the government shutting you down. everything you've done, Canada would not be on the footing waking up or the world without the work you've done all over the world. Rebel Media is such a blessing. RebelNews.com, Ezra Levant on X at Ezra Levant. So you wanted to be here in person. I'm very flattered you flew down here from Canada. Be honest, anytime you're hard to get on, by the way, you're so busy. There's always an open door. I wish you'd come on the shows every week because you're always breaking massive news and defending humanity against, you know, tyranny. And of course, exposing the ADL and the UN and
06:24 Trudeau and all the rest of it, but you wanted to come in here today and I was like absolutely come immediately just a few days ago you talked to my producer got a whole list of the topics you want to get into here and you wanted to get into basically the hysteria going on talking about Jews because I mean it is the hottest thing other than the Charlie Kirk assassination And then of course that had to be Israel as well I haven't seen any evidence of that and so it's great to have here You also want to open the phones up. There's a lot of topics you want to get into I had them here I'll find in a minute, but Ezra it's great to see you buddy great to see you too by the way we broke some news today about an antifa cell in Montreal where one of the members works for the Canadian military at a military base. So we're on the same issues you are, whether it's antifa, we go to the Davos World Economic Forum every year, we hunt oligarchs, we scrummed Larry Fink last year, year before was Albert
07:18 You guys are the MVPs. I tell you this because I come to you as a friend and an ally and a member of InfoWars Nation. I love what you do and sometimes people do us the compliment of saying, oh, you're like InfoWars North and I love that. And so I've been troubled by what's going on with Jews in Israel. But here's my wrinkle. I got a little bit of a different approach. People often come up to me, Alex, and say, look, Ezra, you're the only Jew I know who thinks like me. Maybe you won't bite my head off if I ask you a really tricky question. So address him right there. Yeah. And that's my point, is that I think sometimes when someone asks a prickly question about Jews or Israel,
08:01 The response by the official Jews is to jump down their throat or to ban them or to call them an anti-Semite off the top. Now, there may be an anti-Semite behind it, but my experience is people just want to know the truth or want to ask a question. Let me give you just one example. I'm just going to pick an example out of the blue. People say, well, why is it that the Jews were kicked out of 109 countries? There must be something wrong with them. You've ever heard that? Yes. Okay, I don't know the answer why. I don't know if it's 109, but my first thought was, well, you know who else has been kicked out of country after country after country? Christians. Protestants in particular. Christians. Egypt used to be a Christian country. Syria, Iraq. And the reason is, if you're persecuted or if you're conquered, if you're an ancient civilization, and I mean, that's just a tiny example. My only point is, if you are an Infowar member of the Infowar nation,
08:56 You know that the battle is on for your mind. And a lot of the anti-Jewish or anti-Israel propaganda out there is an information operation. And I wanted to do-. You have Muslims bragging that, look, we got them to blame Charlie Kirk day one. I mean, on Israel, and again, I'm not even, when Israel does something bad to their leadership, I'll talk about it, but when it's like this immediate thing, you've got to say it, it's become, because a lot of stuff Israel does I don't like. Obviously, any big powerful government does bad things, but on the other side, I have been the recipient of made up stuff that I'm secretly controlled by Jews and stuff, and if I ever talk to a Jew, God forbid, I'm the devil. Even though we've been on the show dozens of times, we never even bring up Jewishness or anything. You know, I mean, if I were to say to you, okay, here's four names, Anthony Fauci,
09:41 AOC, Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, they're doing awful things. Imagine if someone said, those Catholics, it's the Catholics who did it. Or if they said Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Pete Buttigieg, the Protestants did that. Well, yeah, they're Protestant, but that's not what motivated them to do their globalism or their authoritarianism. And many people who fight against them are Protestants or Catholics. And there's never any credit given to the Jews that are all over the place fighting evil. How can you have Stephen Miller, Donald Trump's point man on re-migration and taking on Antifa, and also Alex Soros? They're both Jews. And here's my only point- Hold on, this is a great point. We gotta go to break. We'll come right back. Okay. Here's Avi Yamini, an amazing-
