ADL Faces Wikipedia Ban Over Reliability Concerns on Israel, Antisemitism

‘ADL no longer appears to adhere to a serious, mainstream and intellectually cogent definition of antisemitism,’ wrote an editor, whose request for a discussion about the ADL ultimately led to the ban

Wikipedia’s editors have voted to declare the Anti-Defamation League “generally unreliable” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, adding it to a list of banned and partially banned sources.

An overwhelming majority of editors involved in the debate about the ADL also voted to deem the organization unreliable on the topic of antisemitism, its core focus. A formal declaration on that count is expected next.

The decision about Israel-related citations, made last week, means that one of the most prominent and longstanding Jewish advocacy groups in the United States – and one historically seen as the leading U.S. authority on antisemitism – is now grouped together with the National Inquirer, Newsmax, and Occupy Democrats as a source of propaganda or misinformation in the eyes of the online encyclopedia.

JTAAsaf Elia-ShalevJun 19, 2024