US counterterrorism targeted Arabs while ignoring actual Jewish terrorist groups

Evidence

Elaine Hagopian writes that Zionist intelligence sources were associated with the operation. So it is not surprising that Arabs were targeted, despite the fact that it was the Jewish Defense League (JDL) that had committed known and verified acts of terrorism in the United States. In fact, according to a Rand Corporation study, JDL was one of the most active terrorist groups (as classified by the FBI) for more than a decade. Yet it was Arabs who were automatically suspected of “terrorist” activities. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 443

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s guiding question about Zionism and Palestine inside the imperial project — a concrete instance of how pro-Israel interests shaped domestic racial profiling. — connects to: Surveillance targets Muslims while ignoring white supremacist militias — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 487; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act enforcement targeted Muslims despite neutral wording. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 259; The 1972 Munich massacre launched US legal profiling of all Arabs — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 442 (+2 more)
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: how did the JDL escape scrutiny given it was FBI-classified as one of the most active terrorist groups for a decade?

Broader Connections

• Surveillance targets Muslims while ignoring white supremacist militias #corroborates (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 487
• Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act enforcement targeted Muslims despite neutral wording. #corroborates (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 259
• The 1972 Munich massacre launched US legal profiling of all Arabs #corroborates (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 442
• Seventy percent of Jewish Americans reject that Muslims sympathize with al-Qaeda #exemplifies (0.40) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 550