Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal calls Hakeem Jeffries an ‘AIPAC monkey’ – claims she didn’t mean it in a ‘racist way’

Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal took heat from black lawmakers Friday after she referred to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as an “AIPAC monkey.”

Jebreal used the racial epithet during an appearance on lefty commentator Wajahat Ali’s “The Left Hook” podcast, as she criticized the black Democrat’s support for Israel and accused him of doing the bidding of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

“His name is Hakeem. ‘Hakeem’ is an Arabic name which means ‘healer.’ He’s not a healer, he’s a divider,” Jebreal raged.

“He is a bought and paid by AIPAC monkey,” she continued. “With all due respect — and I don’t mean it in a racist way.”

“He is just basically an errand boy, and we’re done and tired,” Jebreal said.

After Jabreal’s rant, Ali interjected to note that using the term “monkey” has “terrible racial connotations … but I think you caught yourself and said you didn’t mean it with any racial animosity.”

Jabreal attempted to clarify: “There are these three monkeys – one, I cannot hear, I cannot see, I cannot speak – it reminds me of these three monkeys.”

“To be clear, there isn’t a non-racist way to call Leader Jeffries—a Black man—a ‘monkey’ or ‘errand boy,’” the group posted on X.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is THE single most powerful and heavily financed foreign interest groups in American politics......and has become very unpopular.

Critics frequently accuse the group of using vast financial resources (laundered foreign aid US tax dollars?) to peddle influence in US politics. Now AIPAC’s political-standing is rapidly declining in the US.

(https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/25/is-aipacs-political-standing-declining-in-the-us)

Under U.S. campaign finance law, lobbies like AIPAC can legally spend millions of dollars to heavily influence who gets elected and who remains in office.

In recent election cycles, AIPAC has drastically accelerated its direct financial footprint by launching a neutrally-named political action committee-—a Super PAC named the “United Democracy Project (UDP).”

AIPAC has A Record-Breaking political bank account. AIPAC’s election spending has grown massively....... from $27.2 million in 2022 to $63 million for the 2026 midterm elections.

(https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/04/us/politics/aipac-israel-funds-spending.html)

By calculatedly targeting the vast majority of competitive districts, AIPAC and its affiliates have poured money into more than 80% of all available congressional seats........consistently favoring Democrats.

(https://theintercept.com/2024/10/24/aipac-spending-congress-elections-israel/)

Rather than spending heavily on general elections, AIPAC strategically funnels millions into primary elections—frequently targeting those who criticize Israeli government policies. In some instances, they have triggered the most expensive House primaries in US history to unseat specific candidates AIPAC does not want holding US office.

(https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/04/us/politics/aipac-israel-funds-spending.html)

AIPAC is deeply entrenched in US politics and exerts
influence through deeply embedded institutional channels. There is a fluid exchange of personnel between the lobby and Capitol Hill. Dozens of former AIPAC employees work directly as staffers in Congress—including on powerful committees like House Foreign Affairs—while former congressional staffers frequently transition into lobbying positions for AIPAC.

(https://dawnmena.org/u-s-new-data-highlights-aipac-ties-to-the-u-s-israeli-governments/)

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Despite its immense financial backing, AIPAC’s heavy spending has sparked severe backlash from grassroots voters who argue that outsized political spending distorts American foreign policy.

(https://www.facebook.com/abcnews.au/posts/us-pro-israel-lobby-group-aipac-has-faced-increasing-backlash-from-voters-for-it/1645940483553882/), [2] (https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/cnns-manu-raju-asks-congressman-chris-pappas-of-new-hampshire-about-his-ties-to-/1455998766392770/)

AIPAC’s massive spending on US races money grants AIPAC extraordinary access and leverage in Washington.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JKFrylv8y0&t=33),

(https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/02/aipac-aief-congress-israel-travel),

Yet AIPAC has become toxic in US politics and is resorting to concealing its massive election spending.

(https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/as-aipac-becomes-toxic-it-is-trying-to-conceal-spending-in-us-elections)

A huge lobbying gimmick is AIPAC’s Sponsored Travel: Through its “charitable arm,” the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF), AIPAC regularly funds lavish, multi-million dollar “educational trips to Israel” for members of Congress and key staffers.

(https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/02/aipac-aief-congress-israel-travel)

AIPAC maintains strong ties with the highest echelons of congressional leadership, routinely endorsing and funding both establishment Democrats and just a few Republicans.

(https://www.thenation.com/article/society/congressional-black-caucus-aipac-gaza/),

(https://theintercept.com/2024/10/24/aipac-spending-congress-elections-israel/)

POSTED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE: AIPAC facts and figures posted as a public service in the interests of fair play and disclosure and to provide useful information in public forums to assist US citizens in navigating the contentious public arena.

L.L.... Well, not your mistake, but Palestine isn't a nation state or nationality. Its a Islamic fiction/lie by that greasy Egyptian pedophile Yassir Arafat a grifting Muslim who was attempting to create a fictional state and line his pockets. (Egyptians are recognized by other muslims as being especially degenerate!) After his death from HIV, his Beard/Wife moved any money she could secure to Swiss banks where she retired to enjoy her new life away from mid-east politics. (IIRC)

This "State of Palestine" Fiction was further megaphoned by Canadian High School Graduate Peter Jennings and his love interest Hanan Ashraw. (Note that he was also married to 2 Lebanese woman: Anouchka Malouf (1973–1979) and Kati Marton (1987–2005), the latter of whom was an ABC correspondent. This relationship has been cited by critics as a potential source of bias in Jennings’ Middle East reporting, particularly noting that Ashrawi later became a prominent spokesperson for the Palestinians. ( Per Brave search summarizer!))

Of course, one should never ever ever engage in hurtful comparisons based on a person's looks!! So Bad!! Not a Monkey! No bald Monkeys! Howsomever... Every time I see Hakeem I get this flashback to the Harry Potter movie and that Loin Cloth clad Mountain Troll in the Boys bathroom. When I hear his name I think of the Disney Movie Aladdin and the scene with Crazy Hakkims Manure Stall! (Have several daughters now grown up...)

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