ADL Goes Ballistic After Megyn Kelly Says Bari Weiss, Ben Shapiro Are 'Making Antisemites'

ADL Goes Ballistic After Megyn Kelly Says Bari Weiss, Ben Shapiro Are 'Making Antisemites' The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is furious with journalist Megyn Kelly after she accused prominent Jews in the media - Ben Shapiro and Bari Weiss - of "making antisemites" through their attempts to censor criticism of Israel." (If you don't care about any of these people, feel free to stop reading here... fair warning) To bring you up to speed: Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, podcaster Candace Owens pointed the finger at Israel, suggesting that Kirk's shifting views on Israel made him a target - and suggesting that Israel and France plotted Kirk's death. This drew sharp criticism from the Daily Wire 's Ben Shapiro (Owens' former boss), journalist Bari Weiss, and the ADL - with Shapiro further accusing Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson of amplifying 'antisemitism' by platforming Owens and refusing to condemn her claims, while Kelly says attempts to censor criticism of Israel is in fact 'making' people into antisemites. So - a lot going on here. Prominent Jews are condemning conservatives who haven't condemned Candace Owens - accusing them of fueling antisemitism, while Megyn Kelly says that in general , attempts to label conservatives critical of Israeli policy as 'antisemites' is actually creating antisemites. Tensions peaked at Turning Point USA's AmFest conference last week , where Shapiro downplayed the 1967 USS Liberty incident in which Israel attacked a US Navy ship that killed 34 Americans - calling it a 'mistake' that's now largely irrelevant because it happened so long ago: The TPUSA AmFest audience erupted in cheers after a young White attendee questioned Ben Shapiro about Israel’s 1967 attack on the USS Liberty. - AF Post (@AFpost) Shapiro-who frequently invokes the Holocaust-dismissed the incident as largely irrelevant today because it occurred so long ago.... pic.twitter.com/TkuYLT6scM December 19, 2025 To which Carlson suggested that Shapiro's deflection the question vs. debating it wasn't what the movement should be about: Tucker Carlson bashed Ben Shapiro for calling a young man who posed a question about the USS Liberty as a “Hitlerite” moments prior. - AF Post (@AFpost) Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/xSEwL5nUr2 December 19, 2025 The next day, Shapiro escalated during a speech at the Heritage Foundation in which he called Carlson an "enemy of the conservative movement" for promoting conspiracies. Meanwhile, in a concurrent Vanity Fair interview, Megyn Kelly accused Shapiro and Weiss of "making antisemites" by aggressively labeling critics , calling Shapiro "Israel first," and criticizing their alleged efforts to "cancel" her from the movement . To recap the drama: Moments after Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, opened the conference with a speech calling her late husband a “peacemaker” and urging an end to the squabbling, Shapiro issued a blistering jeremiad that recalled William F. Buckley Jr.’s attempted excommunication of the far right. “ The conservative movement is in serious danger,” Shapiro said , “from charlatans who claim to speak in the name of principle but actually traffic in conspiracism and dishonesty, who offer nothing but bile...

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