opinion noted. I'm sure you're not upset about De Blasio visited Israel this month <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2015%2F10%2F17%2Fde-blasio-in-israel-amid-tensions%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHwuSQ_cgwQUE7jNV74JBK0GB1OvQ> in what he described as a mission to show solidarity with the Jewish nation.
On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 12:38:41 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > *Taxpayers should not be funding this anti-American hate-spewer > <http://nypost.com/2015/10/23/taxpayers-should-not-be-funding-this-anti-american-hate-spewer/>* > > By Andrea Peyser <http://nypost.com/author/andrea-peyser/> > > October 23, 2015 | 3:09am > > [image: Description: Taxpayers should not be funding this > anti-American hate-spewer] > > Executive Director of the Arab American Association of New York Linda > Sarsour with Mayor Bill de Blasio. Photo: Paul Martinka > > *Andrea Peyser <http://nypost.com/author/andrea-peyser/>* > > > > With the fierce Twitter tirades she routinely unleashes against > ideological foes — particularly American patriots and supporters of Israel > — Linda Sarsour could be the scariest political player you may never have > heard of. > > Until now. > > Sarsour, a Muslim activist and ally of Mayor de Blasio, blasted into the > mainstream in August with a fawning profile published in The New York > Times > <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/nyregion/linda-sarsour-is-a-brooklyn-homegirl-in-a-hijab.html?_r=0> > > headlined: “Linda Sarsour is a Brooklyn Homegirl in a Hijab.” Although at > age 35, the married mother of three who favors hijabs, or Muslim > headscarves, is hardly a girl. > > President Obama named Sarsour one of his “Champions of Change.” The > daughter of Palestinian immigrants, who told the Times that she wed in an > arranged marriage at age 17, is described on the White House Web site like > this: “Ambitious, outspoken and independent, Linda shatters stereotypes of > Muslim women, also treasuring her religious and ethnic heritage.” > > But some observers got acquainted with Sarsour’s anti-Americanism two > weeks after the politically correct Newspaper of Record lionized her. > Sarsour, who serves as executive director of the generously > city-taxpayer-funded Arab American Association of New York, based in her > native Brooklyn, responded when Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz > tweeted, “America is and remains a nation built on Judeo-Christian values.” > > “Genocide & slavery?” she shot back. > > Put aside for a moment that the ills about which Sarsour complains do not > exist in the United States today, but plague parts of the Muslim world. > Sarsour contends that Israel and American supporters of the Jewish state > are responsible for slaughter in the Mideast. > > Her outrageous online assaults sank to a depressing level this month, when > Sarsour tweeted a picture of a small Palestinian boy standing before > Israeli soldiers clutching rocks in both hands. She added the words, “The > definition of courage.” > > View image on Twitter > <http://twitter.com/lsarsour/status/653370490434756608/photo/1> > > > > “No, the definition of barbarism,” Queens City Councilman Rory Lancman, > 46, responded. > > Sarsour has the right to free speech, however reprehensible. So says the > US Constitution. But as she waged a social-media war with Lancman, first > reported > by The Post’s Rich Calder, > <http://nypost.com/2015/10/15/de-blasio-pal-at-odds-with-jewish-legislator-over-palestinian-courage-tweet/> > > she seemed unaware that he, too, enjoys the same right. > > She tweeted: “city elected official attacking a constituent on foreign > policy issue when they weren’t asked. Welcome to NYC Council.” > > “You must be especially proud of the 13-yr-old Palestinian who stabbed the > 13-yr-old Israeli,” Lancman wrote. > > She replied: “don’t put words in my mouth. Shame on you. Using my tax > payer $$ to attack people online. Go do your job.” > > But this tweet by Sarsour turned the fight downright ugly: “The Zionist > trolls are out to play. Bring it. You will never silence me.” > > [image: Description: > https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000701378452/55b3d1f87cd23157369a425180eacce7_normal.jpeg]Linda > > Sarsour @lsarsour <https://twitter.com/lsarsour> > > The Zionist trolls are out to play. Bring it. You will never silence me. > > 10:13 PM - 11 Oct 2015 > <https://twitter.com/lsarsour/status/653392913934721024> > > “This is a woman who supports violence and supports terrorists while at > the same time proclaiming that this country is founded on Judeo-Christian > values of genocide and slavery,” a prominent political insider, who led me > to Sarsour’s nasty “genocide” tweet, told me. > > “And somehow, she receives taxpayer money,” the insider said. “I think > that’s a very sad commentary on where this city and society are right now.” > > Sarsour did not return my phone call or e-mail message. > > De Blasio visited Israel this month > <http://nypost.com/2015/10/17/de-blasio-in-israel-amid-tensions/> in what > he described as a mission to show solidarity with the Jewish nation, whose > citizens lately have come under attack by bloodthirsty Palestinians. > > But Sarsour has campaigned for the mayor, who has repeatedly featured her > in news releases touting his education agenda and other initiatives. > > His spokeswoman did not get back to me with a comment about Sarsour. > > Lancman, who is Jewish, put out a statement that read, “Attacking Jews in > their homes, schools, supermarkets, cafes, buses, roads, synagogues and > seder tables is barbarous, and enlisting children to commit those acts is > even more so.” > > But he would not comment further to me about Sarsour, or say whether he > believed her organization should continue receiving city funds, which have > totaled a $164,050 since 2012. > > Sarsour, a co-founder of the Muslim Democratic Club of New York, has said > she’s considering running for the Brooklyn City Council seat that Vincent > Gentile, 56, is to vacate in 2017 due to term limits. > > The Times piece describes Sarsour as some kind of dynamo, celebrating her > for helping to partly dismantle the city Police Department’s surveillance > program of Muslims. > Among other successes, she was credited with working with City Hall > officials to close public schools for the observance of two the Islamic > holy days. Last year, she traveled to Ferguson, Mo., to protest the police > killing of Michael Brown, whose death is described as a “murder” on the > Arab American Association of New York’s Web site. > > Linda Sarsour is free to express anything she wants, but so am I. And I > don’t think that someone who recklessly spews hate should be rewarded with > accolades and public funds. > > The money spigot to her organization should be shut off. She should be > shunned. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZmI0bGFvBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NDU2MTg5NTU-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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