Posted on 11/22/2023 3:58:41 PM PST by Morgana
Barack Obama's former National Security Council director has been arrested after shocking footage showed him berating a halal vendor.
Stuart Seldowitz, 64, issued a half-hearted apology on Tuesday night for unleashing on the street cart owner in New York City amid the war between Israel and Hamas.
Julie Menin, a New York City Councilmember, posted on X Wednesday evening that Seldowitz has been arrested and is currently in NYPD custody.
DailyMail.com has reached out to the NYPD for comment, they have not yet confirmed the arrest.
Shocking footage emerged on Tuesday of Seldowitz telling the vendor 'if we killed 4,000 Palestinian children, it wasn't enough'.
He also asked if the victim 'raped his daughter like Mohammed and even threatened to get him deported to Egypt during the sick tirade.
The New York-based firm he was working with, Gotham Government Relations, 'ended all affiliation' with him and offered to represent the vendor in any lawsuits.
Speaking to City & State Tuesday night, Seldowitz, who was deputy director in the US State Department's Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs from 1999 to 2003, offered a brief apology.
'I regret the whole thing happened and I'm sorry,' he said. 'But you know, in the heat of the moment, I said things that probably I shouldn't have said.'
He said 'I did have an argument with a food vendor. It is quite possible that it's me. I mean, I've not seen the video, but I believe it's probably me.'
But despite going on a rant regarding the vendor's belief in the Quran, he doesn't believe he has any problem with Muslims.
'If I had to do it all over again, I would not have raised the religious aspect,' Seldowitz said.
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[Shocking footage emerged on Tuesday of Seldowitz telling the vendor ‘if we killed 4,000 Palestinian children, it wasn’t enough’.]
There is no joy in the deaths of innocent civilians - they ARE fed hate from birth though - it’s why so many are brainwashed with hatred of Jews and Israel
Mr. Seldowitz had better not go swimming anywhere near Obama’s home in Massachusetts.
Just sayin’.
A phobia is an irrational fear.
It is not irrational to fear people who are programmed by their faith to kill non-believers.
[’raped his daughter like’]
There are certainly things that people would rather that the public not understand / comprehend:
Mohammed was about 49 years old when he married a 6-year-old girl (Aisha).
3 years later when Mohammed was about 52 years old, he consummated his marriage to the 9-year-old girl
HADITH Sahih Bukhari [5:58:234] Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became Allright, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, “Best wishes and Allah’s Blessing and a good luck.” Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah’s Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age.
HADITH Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 58, Number 235: Narrated ‘Aisha:
That the Prophet said to her, “You have been shown to me twice in my dream. I saw you pictured on a piece of silk and some-one said (to me). ‘This is your wife.’ When I uncovered the picture, I saw that it was yours. I said, ‘If this is from Allah, it will be done.”
HADITH Sahih Bukhari [7:62:64] Narrated ‘Aisha:
that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).
what I just heard on that video is disgusting.
Yes happy that children were killed. NOW YOU SEE THEIR TRUE COLORS. Killing babies in abortion and killing Palestanian Babies.
Asking him if he raped his daughter? That is just nasty.
Most of all mocking him because he’s a street vendor. Well he’s doing an honest day’s work for honest pay and there is nothing wrong with this. Some of us may not like his food but a lot do so just move on the guy selling hot dogs if you don’t like what he’s selling.
Telling the truth about Islam= vile rant?
Meech already has it out for him.
Aisha was about 18 when Mohammed died
How do you get arrested for arguing…he did hit the guy
There has to be more to this story.
Look we say what we want in private to each other but that man was just doing his job LEAVE HIM ALONE. There was no need to harass him like that. The guy was being a first class asshole.
A better word is Islamomisia. Also goes for homophobia-Homomisia and Trans phobia-Transmisia.
A REVUSLION of such. I learned that from a FReeper here years ago.
He just hit the jackpot for violation of his 1st amendment rights.
We all know about Ashia and Mohammed.
If they ever did a sitcom about the situation it would be called “Married...To Children”.
That being said there was no need to harass his man he’s just doing his job selling halal food. Why bother him? It’s not Christian. It’s not what Jesus would do.
Yeah, he should just have left the guy alone. Did the guy provoke it by apologizing for Hamas? I hope not.
[NOW YOU SEE THEIR TRUE COLORS]
THEIR? I never thought I’d see an Obama appointee going off against Islam.
Unless you mean a different “THEIR”
Yeah, if the guy was just doing his job, there’s absolutely no excuse - even still, it’s his business - hope he wasn’t apologizing for Hamas - there’s enough of that at Harvard (cough)
(it would be called “Married...To Children”.)
The world is so blind.......
Obama’s
ex-director of National Security Council
Islamophobic
halal food vendor
Quran
Israel’s war against Hamas
= = = =
Gettin’ too darn confusing. I just don’t know who to pull for anymore...but it sounds like the Left is eating itself.
At a guess I would say the former national security advisor is Jewish.
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