Pro-Israel group says it has 'deportation list' and has sent 'thousands' of names to Trump officials

[groundloop]

Source: The Guardian

A far-right group that claimed credit for the arrest of a Palestinian activist and permanent US resident who the Trump administration is seeking to deport claims it has submitted “thousands of names” for similar treatment.

Betar US is one of a number of rightwing, pro-Israel groups that are supporting the administration’s efforts to deport international students involved in university pro-Palestinian protests, an effort that escalated this week with the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, an activist who recently completed his graduate studies at Columbia University.

This week, Donald Trump said Khalil’s arrest was just “the first of many to come”. Betar US quickly claimed credit on social media for providing Khalil’s name to the government.

Betar, which has been labelled an extremist group by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish advocacy group, said on Monday that it had “been working on deportations and will continue to do so”, and warned that the effort would extend beyond immigrants. “Expect naturalized citizens to start being picked up within the month,” the group’s post on X read. (It is very difficult to revoke US citizenship, though Trump has indicated an intention to try.)

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/israel-betar-deportation-list-trump

[2naSalit]

1. That's some pretty serious...

FUBAR right there.

[twodogsbarking]

2. Joe McCarthy's game plan.

[Beastly Boy]

5. What do you think?

You did read the part that said Beitar "has been labelled an extremist group by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish advocacy group", didn't you?

[karynnj]

6. Absolutely not

Other than African Americans, Jews are the group most likely to vote for Democrats.

Posting that comment here in a place where almost everyone voted for Harris is insulting your own allies.

[tornado34jh]

4. Who is willing to bet that they are supported by Netanyahu and the Likud party?

Maybe they are not, but something feels very fishy about them, particularly if they are supporting Trump. It is no surprise that Trump and Netanyahu are allies.

[moniss]

7. How come we don't go after the groups and individuals who

raise funding and do organizing here in the US to supposedly "support Israeli settlements" but then slide some of that funding to the settler groups who harass Palestinians in the West Bank, destroy their property and commit violence against them? It's gone on for years and except for a tepid effort here or there nothing much gets done.

It's the old story of hypocrisy.

[Beastly Boy]

8. I guess it has something to do with how "we", "go after", and the nature of the groups themselves are defined.

If defined with a somewhat less blatant bias, "we" just might end up wondering about the virtues of "going after" a far broader range of groups and individuals.

[electric_blue68]

9. Oh, "joy". RW Israelis can buzz off!