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[[Image:Gas the arabs painted in Hebron.JPG|thumb|right|"Gas the Arabs" painted on the gate outside a Palestinian home in Hebron by Jewish settlers. It is signed "JDL" (Jewish Defence League)]]
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The '''Jewish Defense League''' (JDL) is a [[Jewish]] [[organization]] started in the [[US]] in 1968. Its stated goal is to "protect Jews from [[antisemitism]] by whatever means necessary".<ref name="backgrounder">[http://www.adl.org/extremism/jdl_chron.asp Anti-Defamation League on JDL]</ref> The JDL was suspected of plotting to bomb the [[King Fahd Mosque, Culver City|King Fahd Mosque]] in [[Culver City, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40693,00.html |title=JDL Chairman, Follower Accused of Plotting to Bomb Mosque, Congressman |publisher=Associated Press via FOX News |date=2001-12-13 |accessdate=2006-04-23}}</ref>
The '''Jewish Defense League''' (JDL) is a [[Jewish]] [[organization]] started in the [[US]] in 1968. Its stated goal is to "protect Jews from [[antisemitism]] by whatever means necessary".<ref name="backgrounder">[http://www.adl.org/extremism/jdl_chron.asp Anti-Defamation League on JDL]</ref> The JDL was suspected of plotting to bomb the [[King Fahd Mosque, Culver City|King Fahd Mosque]] in [[Culver City, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40693,00.html |title=JDL Chairman, Follower Accused of Plotting to Bomb Mosque, Congressman |publisher=Associated Press via FOX News |date=2001-12-13 |accessdate=2006-04-23}}</ref>



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"Gas the Arabs" painted on the gate outside a Palestinian home in Hebron by Jewish settlers. It is signed "JDL" (Jewish Defence League)

The Jewish Defense League (JDL) is a Jewish organization started in the US in 1968. Its stated goal is to "protect Jews from antisemitism by whatever means necessary".[1] The JDL was suspected of plotting to bomb the King Fahd Mosque in Culver City, California.[2]


References

  1. Anti-Defamation League on JDL
  2. "JDL Chairman, Follower Accused of Plotting to Bomb Mosque, Congressman". Associated Press via FOX News. 2001-12-13. Retrieved 2006-04-23.