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Ali Harb

ADL faces backlash for defending Elon Musk’s raised-arm gesture

Last year, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt compared the Palestinian keffiyeh with the Nazi swastika [File: Jeenah Moon/Reuters]

Washington, DC – After Elon Musk made an apparent Nazi salute at an inauguration rally for United States President Donald Trump, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) rushed to defend the SpaceX founder.

The self-described anti-Semitism watchdog and “leading anti-hate organization in the world” dismissed Musk’s raised arm as “an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm” in a social media post on Monday.

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