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The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is the largest Arab American grassroots organization committed to protecting civil rights, promoting mutual understanding, and preserving cultural heritage.

10/14/2026

American public opinion on Israel has undergone a dramatic reversal, yet Washington continues to send Israel billions of dollars in military aid.

In 2023, Americans sympathized with Israelis over Palestinians by 54% to 31%. Today, that has completely flipped, with Americans expressing greater sympathy for Palestinians, according to Gallup.

In an interview with Cross Talk, ADC President and legal director, Jenin Younes discussed the growing disconnect between public opinion and U.S. policy, and asked whether Washington will ever reflect the views of its own constituents.

Forty-one years ago, on October 11, 1985, Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American civil rights leader and Regional Director AD...
10/11/2026

Forty-one years ago, on October 11, 1985, Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American civil rights leader and Regional Director ADC, was assassinated when a bomb exploded as he opened the door to ADC’s office in Santa Ana, California. He was 41 years old, a husband, and a father of three young daughters.

Odeh’s story is a warning about what happens when political violence is tolerated to shield the pro-Israel lobby from accountability. Alex devoted his life to the belief that the rights of one community cannot be separated from those of another. That conviction remains at the heart of ADC’s mission.

10/09/2026

The Israeli lobby has long wielded extraordinary power over public discourse, but Americans are only beginning to recognize the extent of its influence now that they’re finally speaking out about Palestine, as Jenin Younes, ADC’s president and legal director, recently argued on an episode of CrossTalk.

Israeli settlers beat Palestinian American Samid Khdair with clubs and rocks, spat on his U.S. passport, and stole it—al...
10/08/2026

Israeli settlers beat Palestinian American Samid Khdair with clubs and rocks, spat on his U.S. passport, and stole it—all while Israeli soldiers stood by.

When he contacted the U.S. Embassy, he says the only help offered was a replacement travel document.

His story will be featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes this Sunday, October 11, in a segment on ongoing settler attacks in the occupied West Bank.

In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Pam Bondi, ADC and DAWN are demanding FBI investigations into attacks on Americans, an end to U.S. assistance to Israeli units facilitating settler violence, and renewed sanctions on those enabling it.

The U.S. cannot keep arming and funding the forces enabling these attacks while abandoning the people they target, many of them U.S. citizens themselves.

Three years ago today, members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas crossed from Gaza into Israel and launched an att...
10/07/2026

Three years ago today, members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas crossed from Gaza into Israel and launched an attack that precipitated a devastating and disproportionate Israeli counteroffensive.

About 1,200 Israelis were killed and 251 were taken hostage, though we now know that some of those killed died at the hands of their own government.

Most American politicians and much of the media portrayed Hamas’ attack as an unprovoked act driven by irrational hatred of Jews. But history did not begin on October 7, 2023.

The genocide of Palestine began 78 years ago.

Visit adc.org to read out full statement on the 3-year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

10/07/2026

In October 2023, journalist Jeremy Loffredo (Jeremy) reported for The Grayzone from a gathering of extremist Israel supporters in New York City, where attendees openly called for the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

Three years later, those calls no longer sound like extreme rhetoric but instead a blueprint for the Israeli government’s official policy in Gaza.

(Note the first interviewee is holding a flag of the Jewish Defense League [JDL] labeled a terrorist group by the FBI in 2001.)

Medford, Massachusetts, passed a Values-Aligned Local Investments Ordinance barring the city from investing public funds...
10/02/2026

Medford, Massachusetts, passed a Values-Aligned Local Investments Ordinance barring the city from investing public funds in companies tied to weapons manufacturing, fossil fuels, private prisons, and human rights violations. Though the ordinance never mentions Israel, opponents sued to strike it down, arguing it improperly intrudes on federal foreign policy authority. With city officials declining to enforce the ordinance during litigation, ADC stepped in to defend Medford residents’ right to uphold the law they passed—and are now opposing Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike that defense. The case could set a precedent for challenges to similar community investment laws nationwide.

Read about the case at www.adc.org/cases/

10/01/2026

CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, journalist Glenn Greenwald and ADC President and Legal director Jenin Younes discuss the risks of blowing the whistle and the government’s new target: journalists.

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) filed a time-sensitive federal motion demanding the immediate retu...
09/30/2026

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) filed a time-sensitive federal motion demanding the immediate return of Miami-based attorney, Jalal “Jay” Shehadeh’s, phone after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized the device at Newark Liberty International Airport despite his repeated refusal to consent to a search, warning border officials that his phone contained personal information, and attorney-client privileged communications involving active legal cases. The phone remained locked.

In July, CBP seized two phones belonging to journalist Max Blumenthal at Dulles International Airport after he returned from a reporting trip to Iran and declined to provide his passcodes. ADC filed an emergency motion seeking their return and later brought a federal lawsuit challenging the seizure and attempted forensic search under the First and Fourth Amendments. Blumenthal’s phones were swiftly returned.

Despite the government’s objections, the federal court in Blumenthal v. Mullin ordered discovery into what federal officials did with the devices while they were held. During the hearing, U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema raised serious Fourth Amendment concerns and stated that an advanced search involving equipment connected to a cellphone would require a warrant under Fourth Circuit precedent.

ADC then filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court on Blumenthal’s behalf in Anibowei v. Blanche, urging the Court to resolve conflicting standards among federal appellate courts and establish a clear nationwide rule governing searches of electronic devices at the border.

The organization will continue its litigation in Shehadeh v. Mullin, Blumenthal v. Mullin and its national advocacy for a clear constitutional standard governing electronic-device searches at the border.

Learn more at www.adc.org/cases/

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