U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Springs into Action

on November 20, 2012
Egypt protester
(Photo credit: Al Arabiya)

By Ryan Mauro

The U.S. Muslim Brotherhood and its non-Muslim allies have sprung into action. They are demanding that President Obama make Israel end its offensive against Hamas which, in characteristic Islamist fashion, they are falsely depicting as a genocidal crusade. Obama blames Hamas but the pressure from Islamists, the anti-Israel left and other countries like Britain and France may be taking a toll. He signaled possible opposition to an Israeli ground operation,saying it’d be “preferable” to end the Hamas rocket threat without sending in troops.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim Brotherhood entity whose executive director was fundraising for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in May, has published a falsehood-laden press release signed by six other groups: The Islamic Circle of North America, the Muslim American Society, American Muslims for Palestine, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the American Muslim Alliance and the Muslim Legal Fund of America.

The first two groups are known Muslim Brotherhood fronts. American Muslims for Palestine is an Islamist group and its own statement condemns Israel without even mentioning Hamas’s rocket attacks, much less condemning the terrorist group itself. Its conferences feature Brotherhood activists and Hamas apologists. The leadership of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee has a history of defending Hamas and Hezbollah. Its statement condemnsIsrael for “indiscriminate slaughter” and does not mention the terrorism of Hamas.

The Advocacy Director of CAIR-NY, Cyrus McGoldrick, explicitly endorsed Hamas’ terrorism in a tweet on November 15. He wrote, “Palestine is a land occupied by foreign settlers. They have the right to resist, to defend themselves, ‘by any means necessary.’” CAIR-NY board member Lamis Deek tweetedthat Gaza is a “beacon of resistance” that “inspires revolution” and “’Israel’ won’t last.” On November 12, Deek wrote that jihadists headed to Syria should instead head to Israel: “On mayadeen: the question: there are jihadiyeen from everywhere entering #syria, why do they not enter #palestine? (My answer: follow the$)”.

The joint statement claims that “American taxpayer-funded weapons are used to kill civilians—including babies—and to destroy the civilian infrastructure in Gaza.” The group’s statement says they regret harm done to civilians on either side but does not condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization. Instead, they make it sound like Hamas is defending the lives of innocent Palestinians. The groups claim that the conflict was sparked by the Israeli military’s murdering of a 13-year-old boy playing football and a 23-year-old man who may have been mentally challenged that walked near the border fence.

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  1. Comment by Acushla on November 21, 2012 at 1:57 am

    When the Romans invaded Jerusalem they renamed Israel Palesine and called the Jews Palestinians. The media is easily fooled calling the Arabs Palestinians who want to deny their heritage of Jerusalem being the city of the Jews.

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