Who’s Behind the Push for States to Codify a Weaponized Definition of Antisemitism?

In 2021, ALEC hosted two panels related to Israel during its “States and Nation Policy Summit” in San Diego, California, one of which was billed as a workshop for legislators on “how to recognize antisemitism in all its modern devastation.” CMD was able to obtain audio of the panel, which included Elise Steinberg of the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, Utah Senate President and ALEC Board Member Stuart Adams and Elan Carr of the Israeli American Council. The panel is extraordinary, as it features a representative of a foreign government, Steinberg, and legislators like Adams explicitly discussing how to curtail the freedom of U.S. citizens to criticize said foreign government.