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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A woman accused of making anti-Semitic remarks was removed Sunday from the executive committee of New York's small but politically influential Independence Party. Lenora Fulani's comments had drawn criticism not only from fellow Independence Party members, but also from powerful Democrats such as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and from Republicans including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Fulani has been accused of saying Jews "function as mass murderers of people of color" and "had to sell their souls" to acquire Israel. Fulani and five of her supporters were purged from the Ross Perot-inspired party's 25-member executive...

More than a decade ago, when Fred Newman and Lenora Fulani embraced Marxist ideology, they could not persuade even the Rev. Al Sharpton to run under the banner of their fringe political party in his 1992 Senate bid. Mr. Sharpton, seeking to gain legitimacy as a candidate, began distancing himself from the two and from their New Alliance Party, as questions about his past association with them threatened to undermine his campaign and his credibility. But in recent years, Dr. Fulani and Dr. Newman have found many of the state's top political leaders eager to court their latest organization, the...

If New Yorkers need another reason to get rid of all these pretend political parties cluttering the ballot, Lenora Fulani provided it last week. Dr. Fulani is in the middle of a firestorm about ugly remarks she made about Israel two decades ago and reaffirmed just last week. She said in the late 1980's that the Jews "had to sell their souls to acquire Israel" and were then forced to "function as mass murderers of people of color" to help their nation survive. She defended the comments last Wednesday on a local television station. As outlandish as her remarks are,...

Lenora B. Fulani, an important political ally of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's, has refused to disavow comments attributed to her in the late 1980's saying that Jews "had to sell their souls to acquire Israel" and had to "function as mass murderers of people of color" to keep it. Asked about the comments on NY1 News on Wednesday night, Dr. Fulani, a high-profile official with the Independence Party, said, "What is anti-Semitic about it?" She added, "It's raising issues that I think need to be explored." Dr. Fulani's party controls a line on the ballot that can be crucial for...

Enough is enough. It's time for New York's political establishment — led by Mayor Bloomberg — to sever all ties to the anti-Semitic hatemonger Lenora Fulani. On a local all-news TV channel this week, Fulani repeatedly defended her obnoxious 1988 declaration that Jews "function as mass murderers of people of color" and "had to sell their souls to acquire Israel." A crank, you say, far from the mainstream? Hardly. Fulani controls New York's Independence Party, which holds the No. 3 line on the statewide ballot. And that makes her obnoxious views irrelevant to most New York pols; all they care...

Independent voters sue Democrats, alleging conspiracy against Nader Friday August 27, 2004 By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) A group of independent voters sued John Kerry and the Democratic National Committee Friday, saying they were conspiring to stifle the presidential campaign of independent Ralph Nader and prevent creation of a third political party.The lead plaintiff in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan was Lenora B. Fulani, New York Independence Party leader. Other plaintiffs were described as political independents and Nader supporters.The lawsuit alleged that Republicans and Democrats have used their position of dominance in...

June 14, 2004 -- Sen. Chuck Schumer isn't losing any sleep these days about winning re-election in November; in selecting Goshen Assemblyman Howard Mills, state Republicans haven't exactly rolled out the heavy artillery. So why does Schumer feel compelled to kowtow to extremist Lenora Fulani; that is, to once again accept the endorsement of the state Independence Party, which the odious Fulani controls?