Thursday, May 04, 2023

White House Advisor: Strategy to Counter Domestic Terrorism and Antisemitism Will Be Completed This Month

On Tuesday, the White House posted the Remarks by Homeland Security Advisor Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall to the Anti-Defamation League (full text) delivered at the ADL's National Leadership Summit. Dr. Sherwood-Randall said in part:

Ethnic and religious hatred is being normalized in our melting pot. Antisemitism is being normalized – its more mainstream, it’s out in the open. And, most disturbingly, violence against Jews is being normalized....

So it was with urgency that President Biden charged us with crafting this country’s first-ever National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism.  We started this work on literally the first day of the Administration. Then, as part of that larger effort, we embarked on the first National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism specifically....

Dr. Sherwood-Randall said that they expect to complete their work on a national strategy by the end of May.