NEW YORK — After the New York State attorney general investigated the far-right Jewish group Betar, a Jewish legal group on Wednesday demanded probes into two anti-Zionist activist groups.

Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement in an investigation into Betar on Tuesday. She said the group had targeted people due to their Arab, Muslim and Jewish identities, had agreed to halt those activities, and would be ceasing operations in New York.

“New York will not tolerate organizations that use fear, violence, and intimidation to silence free expression or target people because of who they are,” James said in a statement.

In a letter to James, the National Jewish Advocacy Center requested a similar investigation into Within Our Lifetime and Pal-Awda, two of the leading, hardline anti-Zionist activist groups in New York.

The letter cited antisemitic hate crimes committed by an activist affiliated with Within Our Lifetime, Pal-Awda chanting for Hamas outside a synagogue, the destruction of public property during protests, intimidation of Jews, confrontations with police and disruptions of public life.

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