Via the Jihad Watch:
What does Salam al-Marayati, who blamed Israel for 9/11 and defends the jihad terrorists Hamas and Hizballah, and is one of the most arrogant of Islamic supremacists in a field crowded with contenders, know about human rights?
"Criticism Mounts Over State Envoy," from the Washington Free Beacon, October 5 (thanks to Alger):
Jewish leaders expressed outrage Friday over the State Department’s praise for, and defense of, a controversial Muslim leader who has defended terrorist groups and suggested that Israel may have been responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.Salam al-Marayati, founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), was picked to represent the United States government at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) annual 10-day human rights conference, the Human Dimension Implementation Meetings (HDIM).
Al-Marayati’s well-known anti-Israel bona fides prompted Jewish leaders and others to express outrage over the Obama administration’s selection.
“It is regrettable that someone with such distorted, conspiratorial views—even with a lackluster apology—is delegated by our government to represent our country abroad,” the Anti-Defamation League said in a statement to the Free Beacon.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, argued that the State Department is showing inconsistency by touting an individual who has defended the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas, both of which are designated by the U.S. as terrorist organizations.
“One would assume that individuals selected to represent the United States at an international human rights conclave would share our government’s longstanding policy that Hamas and Hezbollah are dangerous terrorist organizations,” Cooper told the Free Beacon. “But Mr. Salam al-Marayati and his organization are long-time advocates that these deadly terror groups be removed from the U.S. terrorist list.”
“With terrorism continuing to roil the Middle East,” Cooper added, “the question is why the U.S. State Department would say he is ‘highly credible’?”
Josh Block, a former Clinton administration official who now serves as CEO of The Israel Project, said the State Department’s defense of al-Marayati lacks credibility.
“That statement, defending a person who is clearly a terrorist sympathizer and deeply hostile to Israel, calls into question the credibility of the person who gave it, and it raises a very serious question: What exactly is the U.S. government saying here?” Block asked.
“It is inexplicable and deeply concerning that a person who has suggested Israel was responsible for the 9/11 attacks and advocated for terrorist organizations including Hamas and Hezbollah, which has killed more Americans than any terrorist group except al Qaeda, would be described as ‘valued’ and ‘highly credible’ by our government,” Block said.
The State Department, however, defended al-Marayati’s participation, calling him “valued and highly credible.”
“Mr. al-Marayati has been involved in U.S. government initiatives for almost 10 years and has been a valued and highly credible interlocutor on issues affecting Muslim communities,” a spokesman for the U.S. Mission to the OSCE told the Free Beacon Thursday in a statement. “He was invited to participate in this year’s HDIM as a reflection of the wide diversity of backgrounds of the American people.”
Al-Marayati was criticized by pro-Israel leaders when he recommended that the U.S. “put the state of Israel on the [9/11] suspect list,” according to the New York Times.
“If we’re going to look at suspects, we should look to the groups that benefit the most from these kinds of incidents, and I think we should put the state of Israel on the suspect list because I think this diverts attention from what’s happening in the Palestinian territories so that they can go on with their aggression and occupation and apartheid policies,” al-Marayati told a radio host, according to the Times.
The U.S. Embassies in Poland and Brussels had commended al-Marayati’s participation in the human rights forum, according to statements on their respective websites.
MPAC, the organization al-Marayati helped create, has been condemned by Jewish groups for promoting false articles claiming that Israel harvests Palestinian organs, the latest iteration of a centuries-old anti-Semitic blood libel.
Be sure to read the comments at Jihad Watch.
Once again, Barry's true inclinations are showing.
Posted by: Skunkfeathers | October 07, 2012 at 05:43 PM
Snake Hunter Sez,
Yep. But if Barry Hussein Obama's "true intentions" aren't obvious after four yrs of obfuscation, taqiyya deceptions and promises of "free gubmint cheese" then maybe the price of gasoline will finally make it clear to the pukes on the Left Coast. He's a "closet muslim", with sleazy chicago connections; you bought him, you got him!
Vote Skin Again... and all you get is four more years,
with a handful of food stamps, and long lines at your HealthCare Clinic.
http://www.lazyonebenn.blogspot.com
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Posted by: reb | October 07, 2012 at 08:34 PM
@ Mr SnakeHunter, It will be four years of hell, pretty soon there will be no money for food stamps either, as the chinese foreign minister told Geitner last week that Russia put forth a proposal to bankrupt the USA in collusion with China.
The chinese foreign minister told Geitner that it did'nt "serve their purpose at the moment" (I heard this on Billy Cunninghams radio show tonight)
If this is'nt proof that Obozo is a traitor, what the hell is ????
Never mind representing the USA at a Human Rights conference, this turd should'nt even be on our soil !
I want Obama in prison, its where he needs to be, and i hope that when Romney makes President he has the pelotas to launch any investigation that need be into this fiasco called The Obama Presidency.
There is no way in hell he should get away with what he's done.....no way.
Posted by: PALADIN | October 07, 2012 at 11:59 PM
Mr. Paladin - These debates will make it crystal clear to all independent minds that search for the fact-based comparisons of careers and personal associations...
* Obama - Four years of abject failure
* Romney - A lifetime of brilliant success
reb
http://www.lazyonebenn.blogspot.com
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Posted by: reb | October 08, 2012 at 12:38 AM