{"id":1501060,"date":"2022-06-02T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501060"},"modified":"2022-06-02T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:00:16","slug":"hamas-loving-israel-hating-newspaper-publisher-successfully-lobbies-biden-admin-to-create-muslim-outreach-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-loving-israel-hating-newspaper-publisher-successfully-lobbies-biden-admin-to-create-muslim-outreach-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas-Loving, Israel-Hating Newspaper Publisher Successfully Lobbies Biden Admin To Create Muslim Outreach Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhamas-loving-israel-hating-newspaper-publisher-successfully-lobbies-biden-admin-to-create-muslim-outreach-post%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501060&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas created a Muslim community outreach position after meeting with an Arab-American activist who has cheered violence against Israel and praised the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sengarypeters\/51946535826\/in\/album-72177720297455339\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">met<\/a> on March 18 with <em>Arab American News<\/em> publisher Osama Siblani, who has called Hamas and Hezbollah &#8220;freedom fighters,&#8221; and other activists in Dearborn, Mich., over their concerns with racial profiling by the Department of Homeland Security. Siblani, who <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/meet-rashida-tlaibs-favorite-anti-israel-publisher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged<\/a> Arabs last month to fight Israel with &#8220;stones&#8221; and &#8220;guns,&#8221; has lobbied DHS for years to appoint a liaison between the agency and Michigan\u2019s robust Arab community. He praised Mayorkas after he announced the position on March 30.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were told to keep complaining,&#8221; Siblani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabamericannews.com\/2022\/03\/30\/dhs-creates-customs-and-border-protection-community-relations-position-for-michigans-arab-and-muslim-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> his newspaper. &#8220;Mayorkas told us this time \u2018we will do something about it&#8217; and he did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The meeting emerges as Mayorkas faces scrutiny for a series of policy blunders. Republicans have called for Mayorkas&#8217;s impeachment over his handling of a historic surge of illegal immigrants at the southern border. Republicans have also blasted him for forming a Disinformation Governance Board led by a Democratic activist who pushed disinformation about Hunter Biden\u2019s infamous laptop.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to requests for comment about Mayokas\u2019s meeting with Siblani and the other Arab-American leaders. Siblani\u2019s inflammatory remarks were well documented before his sessions with Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/profiles\/osama-siblani-arab-american-news?_ga=2.1619825.1737845896.1653674113-1896385779.1653580893\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has noted<\/a> Siblani\u2019s praise for Hamas and Hezbollah as &#8220;freedom fighters.&#8221; He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/osama.siblani\/posts\/10218258310462346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cheered<\/a> when the the Iran-backed Hezbollah &#8220;delivered on its threat&#8221; to bomb Israel in September 2019. He <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=-YrmAgAAQBAJ&#038;pg=PA205&#038;lpg=PA205&#038;dq=%22osama+siblani%22+%22hassan+nasrallah%22&#038;source=bl&#038;ots=6aCnWVA9_t&#038;sig=ACfU3U1RSrw25hfNoFYLh_WoTfDCgNY4fg&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwjGmq-azYr4AhWPZjABHbraBQ8Q6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&#038;q=%22osama%20siblani%22%20%22hassan%20nasrallah%22&#038;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly praised<\/a> Hezbollah\u2019s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, as the most &#8220;honorable man in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Siblani has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/osama.siblani\/posts\/10218132714602528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">referred to<\/a> Israel as &#8220;occupied Palestine&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/osama.siblani\/posts\/10218924970328426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> the &#8220;pro-Israeli lobby&#8221; owns Washington, D.C. Last year, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/osama.siblani\/posts\/10223281381595985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged<\/a> a boycott of a restaurant whose owner posted &#8220;Long Live Israel&#8221; on Facebook. His anti-Israel remarks last month were at a rally alongside Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.), the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/meet-rashida-tlaibs-favorite-anti-israel-publisher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Siblani praised the <em>fedayeen<\/em>, or Islamic militants, fighting against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Siblani\u2019s anti-Israel, pro-terrorist views have not curtailed his access to the Biden administration and Democratic lawmakers. The Biden White House invited Siblani to take part in a virtual meeting last year to discuss Middle East tensions. Siblani later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OPdjxh9OdrU#t=1m41s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bragged<\/a> at a rally in Dearborn that he refused during the White House event &#8220;to apologize for Hamas firing rockets at Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Siblani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/osama.siblani\/posts\/10225346985514792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">met with<\/a> Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer (D.) last month at <em>Arab American News<\/em> offices in Dearborn. The publisher praised her for appointing several Arab-American community leaders to government posts, but criticized her for visiting Israel in 2019. Siblani claimed Whitmer accepted his invitation to visit Lebanon in exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Siblani has an especially close relationship with Sen. Gary Peters (D., Mich.), the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Peters organized the community meeting with Mayorkas in March, and another event for Siblani and federal officials in Washington, D.C., in 2019. Peters, who leads the Senate Democrats\u2019 campaign arm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabamericannews.com\/2020\/10\/03\/peters-clinches-aapac-endorsement-talks-environment-foreign-policy-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke<\/a> at the <em>Arab American News<\/em> offices on Sept. 18, 2020, at an event for the Arab American Political Action Committee. The participants quizzed Peters over his views on the Middle East and issues like terror watchlists before ultimately endorsing him for re-election. Siblani gave $250 to Peters\u2019s campaign on Oct. 31, 2020. The Arab American Political Action Committee, which Soblani founded, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00346239&#038;recipient_name=C00437889&#038;recipient_name=C00507574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave<\/a> $2,000 to Peters on Oct. 4, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 18, 2020, Peters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/201118_PetersLetter_RequestGAOReviewTSACBPScreening%20Processes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> on the Government Accountability Office to investigate whether the Transportation Security Administration had engaged in racial discrimination at airports and checkpoints.<\/p>\n<p>Peters\u2019s office did not respond to comment requests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas created a Muslim community outreach position after meeting with an Arab-American activist who has cheered violence against Israel and praised the terrorist groups Hezbollah and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1501060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1501060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1501060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1501060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1501060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}