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Meaning of Apartheid Defense League | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The Anti-Defamation League

derogatory, slang

Examples

“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, are still to this day victims of racism and oppression, but you are very, very wrong when you suggest that the neo-conservative "private" front for the intelligence community known as the A.D.L. (short I think for the Apartheid Defense League) shares your concern[.]”
“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.”
“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.”
“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[.]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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