A political fight is escalating over the ADL and its head Jonathan Greenblatt, who admits to monitoring Americans across the political spectrum and sharing intelligence with the FBI — framed here as a dangerous attack on free speech and a betrayal on behalf of a foreign government.

• Greenblatt says the group runs 40 analysts tracking "extremists" nonstop online — social media, messaging apps, podcasts, even video games — and trains 20,000 police officers a year.
• The targets span left and right: pro-Palestinian activists, anti-war groups, the DSA, white supremacists, militias, and "Christian nationalists."
• The core charge is that this surveillance exists to punish anyone who criticizes Israel, using debanking, job-destruction campaigns, and "antisemite" labels to silence dissent.
• Critics note most Jewish Americans don't back Greenblatt, and argue he uses them as cover while serving Israel's interests over America's.
• The recent US-Israel strikes on Iran are cited as proof: figures like Marco Rubio and Larry Ellison are named as pushing the war, while blame gets deflected onto "the Jews."

Outlook: Expect a bigger push to censor social media criticism of Israel, met by calls for a mass anti-war movement — but no near-term resolution.