'History will judge them.' ADL leader slams CEOs who are silent on antisemitism

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt slammed Corporate America's response to the terror attacks on Israel as "disappointing at best, disastrous at worst."

"We have arguably the most vibrant commercial sector on the planet. That's why it's so troubling that in a moment where the issues are clear, the responses are so muddled," Greenblatt told CNN in an interview on Wednesday.

The leader of the ADL suggested the same companies that "leapt at the opportunity to speak out" following the death of George Floyd and the anti-Asian hate crimes are now reluctant to do so.

"In a world in which they are butchering babies, and they are raping women and talking about destroying the Zionist entity, for some reason most CEOs are 'sitting it out.' Most CEOs think it's too political," Greenblatt said.

The Israeli Defense Forces told CNN Wednesday that women, children, toddlers and elderly were "brutally butchered" by Hamas fighters in Kfar Aza, an Israeli kibbutz. CNN cannot independently verify those claims.

Hamas has denied that its militants beheaded children or attacked women. The militant group's spokesman and senior official Izzat al-Risheq on Wednesday described the accusation as "fabricated and baseless allegations."

In light of the attacks on Israel and what it described as surging antisemitism around the world, the ADL on Wednesday relaunched a campaign to get CEOs to sign a workplace pledge to fight antisemitism. The group says more than two dozen major corporations and brands have signed the pledge.