US EditionNew York AG Settles with Jewish Group She Accused of Intimidating Pro-Palestinian Activists
Betar U.S. must end harassment of Muslim, Jewish, and Palestinian activists and dissolve New York operations or face up to $80,000 in fines, Attorney General Letitia James said.
- On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement requiring Betar U.S. to dissolve its New York not-for-profit status and wind down operations in the state after allegations of harassment.
- The Office of the Attorney General's probe found an alleged pattern of bias-motivated harassment and that Betar U.S. had not registered with the New York Charities Bureau after soliciting donations.
- Betar U.S. is accused of compiling campus protesters' names for the Trump administration, documenting faces for DHS facial-recognition, and running pager campaigns with violent chants and weapons promotion.
- Under the agreement, Betar U.S. is permanently barred from violence and harassment, faces a suspended $50,000 penalty for violations, and an $80,000 fine if prohibited activities continue.
- Attention spiked after arrests last March when U.S. immigration agents detained campus activists linked to Betar's compiled lists, drawing condemnation from Zionists including the Anti-Defamation League and scrutiny in Haaretz while Ronn Torossian, chairman of Betar, disputed allegations and said the New York entity is inactive.
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As antisemitic incidents surge here in America and worldwide—synagogues attacked, Jewish neighborhoods besieged, Jews warned to conceal their identity, and chants openly calling for Jewish annihilation (“globalize the intifada”) filling streets—the enforcement focus of New York’s political leadership has turned not on Islamist or far-left groups driving much of that hostility, but on a Jewish organization. Jew-hating violence spreads as Jews are…
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday an agreement with a right-wing Jewish group that she accused of trying to intimidate pro-Palestinian activists. The Betar US group gained notoriety last year after claiming to have collected the names of university anti-war protesters in Gaza and handed them over to Trump administration officials, urging their deportation. She boasted of using facial recognition software to identify maske…
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