The Pro-genocide Website That Uses Jews as Human Shields
StopAntisemitism.org brands itself as a watchdog group protecting Jewish communities from hatred. In reality, it is a well-funded smear machine, run by hardline Zionists and financed by billionaire donors with a political agenda. Instead of fighting antisemitism, it protects Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and silences critics, including Jewish ones, by equating opposition to Israeli policy with hatred of Jews. This distortion not only undermines the fight against real antisemitism but actually weaponizes it for political ends.
The islamophobic nature of the website is rather well documented, with the website even being featured on islamophobia.org, but the antisemitism they commit is rarely addressed, and that is part of what we will be doing today.
While many Jews, some estimates indicate a majority, are indeed Zionist in their political views, non-Zionist Jews despise the conflation. It is not merely offensive to suggest all Jews are Zionist, it is itself antisemitic. Those who make the assertion that they are the same, accuse all Jews of complicity in the crimes of one of the most extreme political ideologies on the planet today.
No religious belief indoctrinates a person into a political ideology. Jews in every country, including Israel, have wide political beliefs, stretching accross the entire political spectrum. We do not allow ISIS to claim ownership over all of Islam, yet the media is more than willing to let Zionists claim Judaism as its own.
The group’s entire strategy is built on conflating Zionism, a nationalist political movement, with Judaism, a religion and culture with centuries of diverse traditions. By adopting and weaponizing the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism, StopAntisemitism.org frames nearly all criticism of Israel as antisemitic. Under this logic, advocating for Palestinian human rights, questioning apartheid policies, or even supporting boycotts becomes evidence of “Jew hatred.”
This approach erases the diversity within Jewish life. There are large communities of Jews, Hasidic, Haredi, Reform, secular, and progressive, who openly oppose Zionism. Some reject the idea of a Jewish state on religious grounds, others on moral or political ones. Yet StopAntisemitism.org portrays them as traitors or “self-hating Jews.” In doing so, it denies Jews the right to define their own identity. That is itself antisemitic. It is the same logic far-right extremists use when they scapegoat all Jews for Israel’s crimes.
One of the site’s main tactics is public shaming, a tactic we use in our ICE List. Through its “Antisemite of the Week” campaign, StopAntisemitism.org names and shames individuals, students, celebrities, politicians, and professors, for supposed antisemitic activity. More often than not, the evidence is nothing more than criticism of Israeli policy.
While our ICE List punlishes people confirmed to work at ICE, especially those who are shown to have committed a crime, the stopantisemitism.org team simply use antisemitism as a label without qualification.
Targets have included Ms.Rachel, Greta Thunberg, John Cusack, Marc Lamont Hill, and Rashida Tlaib. Jewish academics and activists, including those from groups like Jewish Voice for Peace, have also been dragged into the spotlight. Careers have been damaged, reputations destroyed, and employers pressured into cutting ties. By using doxxing-style tactics, StopAntisemitism.org doesn’t just call out hate; it enforces political conformity through fear.
The group’s willingness to smear without evidence has led to mistakes so severe they landed in court. In one widely reported case, StopAntisemitism falsely accused a University of Michigan hockey player of scrawling antisemitic graffiti. The graffiti in question contained no antisemitic content at all, it was a homophobic slur written on a sidewalk outside a Jewish center. The center itself publicly clarified that the message was not antisemitic, but StopAntisemitism ignored this and pressed ahead with its accusations. The player sued for defamation, and in December 2024, a federal judge ruled that the case could move forward.
This recklessness is systemic. The group thrives on sensationalist accusations and has no accountability for the damage it causes.
The group was founded in 2018 by Liora Rez, a political extremist, who serves as its executive director. Rez is a Ukrainian-born American who previously worked in marketing before positioning herself as an “antisemitism watchdog.” Critics note that Rez has no background in human rights, academia, or Jewish communal leadership, her authority comes entirely from her political alignment with hardline Zionist causes. Under Rez’s direction, StopAntisemitism has built a reputation not as a serious research body but as a digital hit squad.
The group has also featured board members and advisors tied to the Israeli lobby network in the United States. Its connections extend into right-wing media and political circles, which eagerly amplify its smear campaigns. By presenting itself as a grassroots watchdog, StopAntisemitism obscures its actual role as an arm of pro-Israel influence operations.
The funding behind StopAntisemitism.org reveals its true agenda. The organization is heavily backed by the Milstein Family Foundation, run by Israeli-American real estate mogul Adam Milstein. Milstein is a convicted tax felon and one of the most prominent hardline pro-Israel donors in the United States. His foundation funds a wide range of projects designed to strengthen U.S. support for Israel, attack critics, and push back against Palestinian solidarity movements.
Other reported supporters include donors aligned with the Israeli lobby ecosystem, funneled through opaque 501(c)(3) non-profits that shield funding sources from scrutiny. This financial network ensures that StopAntisemitism.org has the resources to maintain a constant barrage of smear campaigns. But it also shows that the group is not a neutral watchdog. It is a political operation bankrolled to serve the interests of a foreign state.
For all its branding, StopAntisemitism.org engages in behavior that is itself antisemitic:
It erases Jewish diversity by declaring Zionism a prerequisite for Jewish identity.
It delegitimizes and attacks Jews who reject Zionism.
It conflates an entire religion and people with the actions of a state, replicating the antisemitic idea of collective Jewish responsibility.
It undermines the fight against real antisemitism by flooding the discourse with bad-faith accusations.
By tying Jewish identity to Israel’s war crimes, StopAntisemitism makes Jews worldwide more vulnerable. When Israel bombs Gaza, the group insists the blame falls on all Jews. This is exactly the logic used by antisemites throughout history. The group claims to protect Jews, but in truth, it endangers them.
As Israel carries out mass killings, forced displacement, and starvation in Gaza, groups like StopAntisemitism provide political cover. They silence dissent, intimidate critics, and demand loyalty to a state rather than to principles of justice. They frame opposition to genocide as antisemitism, weaponizing Jewish identity as a shield for crimes against humanity.
This is why StopAntisemitism.org cannot be seen as a watchdog group. It is a propaganda outlet, a blacklist, and a political tool. Its purpose is not to protect Jewish life but to protect Israel from accountability.
StopAntisemitism.org is pro-genocide, plain and simple. It defends Israel’s mass slaughter by silencing critics, using Jews as human shields, and smearing anyone who refuses to go along. Its leadership has no credibility, its tactics are reckless, and its funding comes from hardline Zionists who see Jewish identity as a weapon.
To truly fight antisemitism, we must reject this organization and its corrosive influence. Antisemitism is real and dangerous, but StopAntisemitism.org cheapens the word, erases Jewish diversity, and strengthens the very forces it claims to oppose. The way forward is solidarity: defending Jewish life, protecting Palestinian life, and standing together against all forms of hate. That means calling out groups like StopAntisemitism.org for what they are—propagandists for genocide, not defenders of Jews.