The American Bar Association (ABA), after facing a significant backlash, has retracted various statements that it made about Israel. Approximately 900 attorneys responded to the issue by signing an open letter in which they lambasted the ABA for utterances that they claimed were restricting Israel’s rights and suggesting a moral equivalence.
There appears to be tension within the legal community about the ABA’s actions. The large-scale signing of the open letter indicates that many legal professionals had serious concerns with the ABA’s initial statements about Israel. However, the ABA’s willingness to retract those comments presumably suggests regret over how they were received. What impact this back-and-forth will have on the organization’s standing in the broader legal fraternity remains to be seen.
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