Posted on 12/03/2020 5:54:52 AM PST by MarvinStinson
Dem lawmakers join Hamas-tied anti-Semites at American Muslims for Palestine annual conference
Democratic representatives Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), and Betty McCollum (Minn.) headlined a conference this weekend run by one of the nation's most prolific anti-Israel advocacy groups, lending their support to an organization that champions boycotts of Israel and has partnered with individuals tied to terrorism.
The lawmakers, known for their anti-Israel rhetoric and promotion of anti-Semitic materials, appeared at the American Muslims for Palestine's (AMP) annual conference, which was held virtually over Thanksgiving weekend. The conference featured outspoken critics of Israel, including those with reported ties to the Hamas terror group. AMP, which itself has been tied to terror financiers, is a leading promoter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, which seeks to wage economic warfare on Israel by boycotting Jewish-made goods.
The lawmakers gave remarks alongside speakers such as Tarek Hamoud, executive director of the Palestinian Return Center, which has reportedly been linked to Hamas. Other speakers included Huwaida Arraf, a BDS promoter and lawyer who represented a Palestinian terrorist. AMP has also employed individuals who worked for the Holy Land Foundation, which was probed by the FBI in 2001 for illicitly funneling upward of $12 million to Hamas. AMP's founder, Hatem Bazian, is the creator of Students for Justice in Palestine, a notoriously anti-Semitic campus group that has harassed and assaulted Jewish students.
During the three-day conference, speakers from across the pro-Palestinian advocacy scene discussed their efforts to push the incoming Biden administration into adopting a more hardline stance against Israel that includes rolling back critical U.S. security aid. Organizations like AMP are fighting for a seat at the table in Joe Biden's White House, as lawmakers such as Omar and Tlaib work to mainstream anti-Israel voices.
Tlaib, in her remarks, lashed out at American "supporters of the occupation," a reference to pro-Israel organizations in America that support Israel's right to exist. She claimed these groups are "working to criminalize our right to boycott and organize—literally our freedom of speech and First Amendment."
Americans, Tlaib added, "are questioning how we can claim to stand for liberty and justice while bankrolling Israeli military crimes to the tune of $3 billion a year." She also celebrated the rise of a new class of Democratic lawmakers "who aren't afraid to speak out for Palestinian human rights and freedom."
Omar slammed the Trump administration's pro-Israel policies, which include moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and recognizing the Jewish state's control of territory in the Golan Heights region. She criticized Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for visiting contested territories during his most recent trip to Israel and cementing these policies.
"When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank and orders imports from these settlements [to be] labeled ‘products of Israel,' we should call this de facto annexation a violation of international law," Omar said.
McCollum claimed Palestinians are "living under brutal conditions" and "forced to survive under Israeli occupation" that includes "constant threat of abuse, violence, and annexation."
Judicial Watch, a conservative legal advocacy group, said "Congress should reprimand three of its members for participating with financiers of Islamic terrorism in a conference sponsored by an anti-Semitic group with deep ties to Hamas, the Palestinian extremist group that calls for eradicating the state of Israel."
In addition to the lawmakers, speakers at the event included AMP's Kifah Mustapha, another activist tied to the FBI's 2001 terror financing case. Mustapha is a hardline Muslim cleric who promoted polygamy and strict restrictions on the way Muslim women behave, according to the Middle East Forum.
Also appearing was AMP's national policy director Osama Abu Irshaid, who has described Hamas as "an army for liberation," according to reports.
The majority of American Jews support their party, so that’s what it is.
“The majority of American Jews support their party, so that’s what it is.”
And I’ve never understood that. Likely never will.
Yup. Sadly, the grand majority of Jews are unbelievers. I watched a program on Christian TV last weekend that talked about the Jews today, their beliefs in God, those who actually believed in God of the OT, and those who have belief in Christ and those who just believe in nothing but secular crap. The seculars win the most Jews according to that program. Believers in Christ were small, OT Jews were next and the nonbelievers in anything, secular, atheists, etc., were the largest group. So, they are really no different than the regular nonbelieving Marxist Dimocrats. They fall right in with them.
Those attitudes led to the Holocaust. Some don’t learn-even the deniers.
There are people all over the world who think like that. It’s good to be exposed to the fact that it’s out there even in the US.
Yep. When I want to find out about Jews, I always watch a Christian TV program tallying how many "jews" believe in JC.
You can have your thoughts and I will have mine. The person I was listening to I have listened to for years and trust him. So, you have YOUR opinion of things of this world and I have MINE. Just because YOU think YOU are right, does not necessarily MEAN YOU are RIGHT! So, I will stick to mine and you just go away because I am not going to spend the next 10 posts arguing with you about it. Bye. Done here.
I am not a denier and you can stick your opinion friend. I have supported Israel for decades upon decades. Take your denier comment and jump into a lake.
Yep. I'm entitled to my opinion and I never said you're not entitled to yours. The difference is, I'm not braying about it on FR and representing it as the TRUTH. It's an opinion, and I stated that you're entitled to yours, certainly. But not to represent it as a universal truth, as it clearly is not. I don't back down either, soldier, and I ain't going anywhere.
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Next: We didn’t know they were so extreme (wait ‘til the cattle cars start rolling and we’ll be back next year).
Sadly, the grand majority of Christian are unbelievers. I watched a program on Christian TV last weekend that talked about the Christians today, their beliefs in God, those who actually believed in God of the OT, and those who have belief in Christ and those who just believe in nothing but secular crap. The seculars win the most Christians according to that program. Believers in Christ were small, OT Christians were next and the nonbelievers in anything, secular, atheists, etc., were the largest group. So, they are really no different than the regular nonbelieving Marxist Dimocrats. They fall right in with them.
I agree with you. Most “Christians” today are secular, cultural, my mother, daddy, grandmother four times removed was a Christian, thus I HAVE TO BE a Christian. I read a report by the George Barna group, a group that does research on all things Christian, and from reading an article from them, it said that at most, true, Bible believing, evangelical, Christians are at most, less than 10%, and more likely below 9%. When 75% of people who “call” themselves Christians, may actually believe that, we are in trouble. But, IF 75% of Americans were really Christians, this nation would not be the cess pool of crap that it has become. Our elections would not be liars/cheats/thieves winning, drugs running rampant through our streets, tons of homeless alcoholics every block. Nope, if 75% were Christians, that would be 3 out of 4 people doing right against 1 for wrong. The darn nation would be in wonderful condition. But, sadly, we are not 75% Christians, better like the less than 9%, truly Christian.
“drugs running rampant through our streets”
House of Representatives Votes to Legalize Marijuana
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Yup, saw that. And, good ole KaliforniaHomoStan is going to legalize child rape (pedophilia) and the Dims are all for it. Let em out of jail. Probably legalize MS13 as their police force and disband the regular police. Yup, gallant bunch out there leading that state straight to hell.
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