Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Axios criticized over description of Leila Khaled
Public backlash
Axios faced criticism for referring to Leila Khaled as a "Palestinian activist" in an article. The supplied article reports criticism from the American Jewish Committee and other commentators. The American Jewish Committee was among those voicing objection to the description. The report presents the criticism directed at Axios over its use of the term for Khaled.
Source excerpt
The news outlet Axios has faced criticism for referring to Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist Leila Khaled as a “Palestinian activist” in a recent article.
The American Jewish Committee similarly tweeted, “There is a word for someone who has ‘taken part’ in two plane hijackings. That word is not ‘activist.’ Leila Khaled is a terrorist, a member of the PFLP, designated as a terrorist group by both the U.S. and the [European Union]. Fix this.”
1953
Controversy over the Rosenberg case
AJC’s support for the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and its anti-communist posture during the case, drew criticism from Julius Rosenberg and others who accused Jewish organizational leaders of failing to defend the defendants.
1940
Criticism of wartime refugee policy
AJC’s cautious public posture during the Holocaust and its limited success in pressing for expanded refuge for Jewish refugees have been criticized by historians and Jewish communal figures as an inadequate response to Nazi persecution.