Saturday, February 2, 2019

Anti-Defamation League silent about anti-Semitism of Muslim Rep. Rashida Tlaib

FEB 1, 2019 12:34 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER37 COMMENTS

The ADL consistently fails to notice the existence of anti-Semitism on the Left, as well as Islamic anti-Semitism. Even worse, it defames and demonizes those who call attention to and oppose Islamic anti-Semitism (including me). The ADL is not really operating in defense of Jews anymore; it is just another propaganda arm of the Left, advancing a hard-Left agenda that turns a blind eye to anti-Semitism.

“ADL Goes Dark On A Democrat’s Latest Ties To Anti-Semitism,” by Peter Hasson, Daily Caller, February 1, 2019 (thanks to Blazing Cat Fur):

The left-leaning Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the nation’s largest Jewish civil rights group, has declined to weigh in on Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s latest tie to anti-Semitism.

A key fundraiser for Tlaib, Maher Abdel-qader, repeatedly promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, an investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation revealed Monday.

TheDCNF on Wednesday spoke on the phone with ADL communications director Todd Gutnick to request the ADL’s position on the controversy. Gutnick said he was unfamiliar with the matter and requested an email with a link to the story, which TheDCNF sent immediately after the phone call.

Then Gutnick went dark: he declined to return multiple emails and voicemails from TheDCNF on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning.

Tlaib is a member of a Facebook group that Abdel-qader founded, “Palestinian American Congress,” where he and others have repeatedly shared anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

Abdel-qader has since claimed that he didn’t know the anti-Semitic content was anti-Semitic when he repeatedly promoted it on social media.

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Tlaib posted multiple pictures of herself with Abdel-qader on Facebook during the campaign and emphasized how important his support was to her. Pictures that Abdel-qader posted show him speaking at campaign events.

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Maher Abdel-qader speaks at a Rashida Tlaib campaign event Screenshot/Facebook

The ADL’s silence on Tlaib comes after she ignored their call to denounce Abbas Hamideh, a Palestinian activist who has openly supported Hezbollah and compared Israelis to Nazis. Hamideh attended Tlaib’s swearing-in ceremony and took a picture with her, which he then posted to social media.

“We ask her to clarify his attendance and denounce his anti-Semitism,” wrote ADL head Jonathan Greenblatt, a former member of the Obama administration.

Tlaib has yet to denounce the rhetoric of either Hamideh or Abdel-qader.

She told the Detroit Free Press that she didn’t know Hamideh. That conflicts with what Hamideh told The Daily Caller: Though the two aren’t close friends, “she knows me well, don’t get me wrong, and I know her well through her campaign and stuff like that— like we’ve met numerous times and numerous events.”

The closest Tlaib came to a condemnation of Hamideh was saying she does “not agree with the statements brought to my attention.”

Nine months before her swearing-in, Tlaib posted a selfie with Hamideh to her personal Facebook account.

Rashida Tlaib with Abbas Hamideh, a supporter of Hezbollah, in April 2018…