Somewhat lost in yesterday's hubbub over the Special Counsel report, and the president's response to it at an angry press conference, was the revelation that top members of Team Biden recently met with a Hamas apologist in Michigan -- inflaming Israel supporters, for obvious reasons. Jewish Insider has the story, which demonstrates the disturbing lengths to which Bidenworld is apparently willing to go, in order to court certain elements of their recalcitrant base.
What was the point of disavowing CAIR over its leader's hideous celebration of the 10/7 massacre if they're going to turn around and play footsie with someone like this?
BREAKING @J_Insider via @GSDeutch: "Jewish leaders slam White House for meeting with activist who defended Hamas, Hezbollah"
— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) February 9, 2024
"Several top Biden officials traveled to Michigan to meet w/ Muslim leaders, incl. controversial Dearborn activist Osama Siblani"https://t.co/t2IvYjjgxG
A Thursday meeting between several senior Biden administration officials and Muslim leaders in Michigan drew scrutiny from leaders in the Jewish community over the inclusion of Osama Siblani, a Dearborn political activist and newspaper publisher who has in the past praised Hamas and Hezbollah, and claimed the U.S. government was “bought” by the “Zionist lobby.” The meeting was part of the White House’s efforts to mend ties with Arab Americans who are displeased with President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, particularly in Michigan, a key battleground state. Siblani has pledged not to vote for Biden this year. Those in attendance from the Biden administration included USAID Administrator Samantha Power, Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer and Steve Benjamin, director of the White House Office of Public Engagement...
...After the Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel, Siblani, the paper’s publisher, defended Hamas. “Hamas is not a terrorist organization, and we have to say to them the terrorist is Benjamin Netanyahu and his government,” said Siblani. He called the violence “unfortunate” but said it resulted from Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. “Yes, Hamas is radically approaching this situation, but that’s a result of oppression for a long period of time. So Hamas wants a Palestine to be independent,” Siblani said. Siblani has over the years expressed support for terrorist groups. “If the FBI wants to come after those who support the resistance done by Hezbollah, then they better bring a fleet of buses. I for one would be willing to go to jail,” he said in 2006. Years earlier, in 2003, he told The Washington Post: “[George] Bush believes Hezbollah, Hamas and other Palestinian factions are terrorists, but we believe they are freedom fighters.”
This cretin is, in his own words, a defiant fan of terrorist organizations and a hardcore anti-Semite. And Biden's emissaries made a pilgrimage to Michigan to basically beg for his support. Karine Jean-Pierre refused to comment on this meeting, calling it "private." Remember when Donald Trump was repeatedly hounded to denounce racist David Duke, whom he'd never met? Will we see a similar clamoring and backlash from the media here? The question is rhetorical. Another rhetorical question: Is it 'Islamophobic' to be disturbed by someone who cheers on genocidal terrorists as "freedom fighters" and talks about the savage butchery of October 7th as an unfortunately radical but understandable 'independence' movement, which the victims brought upon themselves? How far would someone have to go in order to disqualify themselves from a meeting with Biden administration officials? Was this Hamas defender, Mr. Siblani, pleased to hear the president condemn Israel's aggressive self-defense against the mass rapists, kidnappers and murderers of Hamas as "over the top" last night? I'll leave you with this:
Hi @piersmorgan, in this regard, may I respectfully quote the great Winston Churchill, who replied as follows in his first speech as Prime Minister to the House of Commons, when asked about British policy against the Nazis:
— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) February 8, 2024
"You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It… https://t.co/DSFUo7xr6i
At what cost? "You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."
