Media distortion plus ADL pressure forced Almontaser’s resignation when Bloomberg caved.

Evidence

The New York Post carried a story that stated that the T-shirt was “apparently a call for a Gaza-style uprising in the Big Apple.” Almontaser’s efforts to explain the meaning and significance of the term intifada were countered with an ADL spokesperson who called AWAAM “an active supporter of the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas.” The usual suspects all chimed in and the pressure mounted. After enduring an intense campaign of personal harassment and intimidation, Almontaser was forced to resign when her former supporter Mayor Bloomberg caved. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 532

Categorization

• XREF: The ADL’s role here anticipates the contemporary ADL-flagged campus speech controversies, confirming a through-line of pro-Israel organizations driving domestic Islamophobia. — connects to: The ADL leveraged anti-Muslim racism to bolster Israeli colonization — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 656; Feminist group’s mere office-sharing triggered the smear branding Almontaser a jihadist; The Almontaser ouster taught the network a reusable playbook against elected officials (+1 more)