On Nov. 1, 2025, the Grayzone released a 50-minute film by a young Jewish videographer named Adam, who had infiltrated Betar and convinced them to help him make a promo video for them.
Primarily featuring the head of Betar USA, Ronn Torossian, and the head of their social media, Yoni Kletzel, the documentary demonstrates Betar’s central involvement in targeting individuals for deportation, pressuring universities, and buying politicians. They both praise Betar’s 100-year history, tracing its roots through Vladimir Jabotinsky and Meir Kahane, and refer to it as the youth movement of the Likud.
Kletzel calls the beeper terror explosions in Lebanon and Syria “one of the greatest moments of Jewish history of the last hundred years,” and repeatedly brags of his role in giving pagers to Betar targets in New York City, including UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Norman Finkelstein, anti-Zionist Hasidim, as well as to anti-genocide demonstrators.
Torossian lionizes Jabotinsky and Kahane as true heroes, whose example must be followed, and also singles out Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for praise. He further indicates direct involvement in forcing the deportation of critics of Israeli genocide in Gaza through Project Esther, and otherwise, and brags of being the leading fundraiser for both Eric Adams and Richie Torres.
While none of this is new to readers, it is useful to hear these slimeballs in their own words trumpet their racist views and criminal activity.
There is a more limited interview that Max Blumenthal conducts with the videographer, which was released Nov 10.
