{"id":2062911,"date":"2023-10-11T05:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T09:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tapped-this-group-to-fight-anti-semitism-its-defending-hamass-attack-on-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T05:12:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T09:12:43","slug":"biden-tapped-this-group-to-fight-anti-semitism-its-defending-hamass-attack-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tapped-this-group-to-fight-anti-semitism-its-defending-hamass-attack-on-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden chose this group to combat anti-Semitism, but it supports Hamas&#8217;s assault on Israel."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fbiden-tapped-this-group-to-fight-anti-semitism-its-defending-hamass-attack-on-israel%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=2062911&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Council on American-Islamic \u2062Relations executive director Nihad Awad calls on White House to condemn Israel<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Executive Director Nihad Awad \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>The Biden administration earlier this year tapped the Council on American-Islamic Relations for an initiative to curb anti-Semitism. \u200dThis week, the anti-Semitic group and its leaders defended Hamas attacks that have killed more than 1,000 Jews.<\/p>\n<p>The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/05\/25\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-releases-first-ever-u-s-national-strategy-to-counter-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> in May that\u200d the Council on American-Islamic Relations would take part in its &#8220;National Strategy to\u2064 Combat Anti-Semitism.&#8221; \u200cAs part of the initiative, CAIR launched a\u200b nationwide tour &#8220;to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tapped-this-group-to-fight-anti-semitism-its-defending-hamass-attack-on-israel\/\" title=\"Biden chose this group to combat anti-Semitism, but it supports Hamas's assault on Israel.\">educate religious minority communities<\/a>&#8221; on how to &#8220;protect their houses of worship from hate incidents.&#8221; At the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/critics-slam-biden-admin-for-calling-anti-semitic-group-a-partner-in-fight-to-counter-anti-semitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critics slammed<\/a> the White House for\u2064 partnering with CAIR,\u2064 which has a history of anti-Semitism and was linked to Hamas in a federal terrorism case in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Now, CAIR is condoning the \u200blargest attack\u2063 in Israel\u2019s \u2064history, raising further questions about the administration\u2019s affiliation \u2062with the controversial group. Hamas fighters \u200dinvaded the Jewish state in\u2064 a surprise attack over the weekend, killing hundreds of civilians and\u200b taking dozens of women and children hostage. The \u200dterrorist group said it will televise executions of hostages if\u200c certain demands are not met.<\/p>\n<p>CAIR cast blame for the attack squarely on\u2064 Israel. On Monday, the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cair.com\/press_releases\/cair-action-alert-urge-congress-to-address-root-cause-of-mideast-violence-israels-occupation-of-palestinian-lands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged<\/a> lawmakers\u2063 to &#8220;address the root causes\u200b of\u200d Mideast violence,&#8221; which it attributed to the &#8220;Israeli government\u2019s \u200capartheid policies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nihad\u200c Awad, the executive director of CAIR, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nihad.awad\/posts\/10159979616273741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">referred<\/a> to Israel as a &#8220;settler colonial Apartheid\u2064 state&#8221; in the wake of the attacks, and decried the placement of the Israeli flag on the Eiffel \u2062Tower \u200bin Paris. Awad <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NihadAwad\/status\/1710662856666980461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on social media that \u2062&#8221;Israel=Russia,&#8221; and called on President Joe Biden to\u2063 condemn Israel, but not the Hamas attackers. &#8220;You must\u200d condemn the occupier not the occupied,&#8221; Awad wrote.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the latest example of\u200c the Biden administration courting anti-Israel groups. President \u2063Biden recently designated Qatar \u200da non-NATO\u200b ally, boosting diplomatic\u200d ties with the oil-rich \u2063Gulf nation. But Qatari leaders condemned Israel after the Hamas attack,\u2062 and claimed Israel\u2064 was \u2064&#8221;solely responsible&#8221; for the violence.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department has \u200bawarded several grants\u200c this year to pro-Hamas and anti-Israel organizations\u200b in\u2062 Gaza and the West Bank. On\u200d Sept. 29, the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-admin-gave-100k-to-gaza-university-that-praised-the-righteous-martyrs-who-attacked-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave<\/a> $100,000 to Al-Quds Open University, a Ramallah-based school that\u200c praised the Hamas attackers as &#8220;righteous martyrs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CAIR\u2019s anti-Israel views have been \u200cknown for years. In 2007, CAIR leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.justice.gov\/reports\/2013\/e0707r-summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were linked<\/a> to Hamas at a federal trial for the Holy Land Foundation, a Texas-based Islamic charity. A founder of CAIR\u2019s Texas chapter was \u2064sentenced to 65 years in prison in\u200c the case.<\/p>\n<p>Zaira Billoo, the \u2064executive director of CAIR\u2019s San Francisco chapter, has \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/cair-rushes-to-defense-of-anti-semitic-employee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">labeled<\/a> mainstream Jewish groups as &#8220;enemies&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZahraBilloo\/status\/535156033501806593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defended<\/a> Hamas\u2019s firing of rockets into Israel. In 2015, she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZahraBilloo\/status\/556327969895899136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a>:\u2063 &#8220;When was the last time Hamas instituted a siege against a people?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, CAIR lobbyist Robert\u2063 McCaw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/episode_us-muslim-groups-boycott-white-house-eid-celebration-over-biden-support-israel-4689741\/6116671.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that the group would boycott a White House event because of &#8220;the Biden administration\u2019s increasing and \u2063disappointingly\u200d disturbing response to the Israeli government\u2019s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-looms-over-israeli-presidents-speech-to-congress-amid-democratic-split\/\" title=\"Netanyahu overshadows Israeli president's Congress speech amidst Democratic divide.\">human rights\u200d abuses<\/a> against Palestinians.&#8221; The White House\u200b has since \u200dhosted McCaw at four events, including at a May 2 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/05\/03\/readout-of-white-house-listening-session-on-islamophobia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listening session<\/a>&#8221; regarding Islamophobia.<\/p>\n<p>Awad, the CAIR executive director, has been a vocal critic of Israel for decades and has praised Islamic clerics who call for violence against Israel. Last month, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nihad.awad\/posts\/10159956020933741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised<\/a> Yusuf\u200d al-Qaradawi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader \u200bwho <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/qatari-emir-embraces-islamic-preacher-authorized-killing-u-s-troops-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has \u2063called \u200bfor<\/a> another \u2062Holocaust against \u200bJews, and for the killing of American soldiers in Iraq. Awad praised al-Qaradawi as &#8220;the one who stood up to the oppressors, and who didn&#8217;t beg them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The White House and CAIR did not respond to requests for\u2063 comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What impact does CAIR&#8217;s alignment with anti-Israel views, as \u2063demonstrated\u2062 by their response to\u200b the\u2063 Hamas attacks, have on the Biden administration&#8217;s association with\u200c the group and its commitment to combating anti-Semitism?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Executive Director Nihad Awad has called \u2064on the White House to condemn Israel in the wake of recent attacks by \u2064Hamas. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/solomon-will-twitter-really-be-shut-down-in-europe\/\" title=\"Is Twitter shutting down in Europe?\">move raises questions<\/a> \u200dabout the Biden administration&#8217;s affiliation with a\u2063 group that has a history\u2062 of anti-Semitism and was\u200d linked\u200c to Hamas in\u200b a federal terrorism case in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the White House announced that CAIR would be part of\u2063 its &#8220;National Strategy to Combat Anti-Semitism,&#8221; which aims to\u200b curb anti-Semitic incidents. \u2063As part of this initiative, CAIR launched a nationwide tour to educate religious \u200dminority communities on protecting their houses of worship from hate incidents. However, critics slammed the White House for partnering with CAIR due to its anti-Semitic\u200b history and connections \u200cto Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Now, CAIR&#8217;s response to the recent Hamas attacks in Israel has \u2064further fueled concerns\u200c about the administration&#8217;s alignment with the group. Hamas fighters launched a\u200b surprise attack on Israel, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of civilians and the taking of hostages. CAIR has\u2062 placed blame for the attack on Israel and\u2062 has urged\u200d lawmakers to \u2062address what it calls the &#8220;Israeli government&#8217;s apartheid policies&#8221; as the root cause of the violence.<\/p>\n<p>Nihad Awad, the executive director\u2062 of \u2063CAIR, referred to Israel as a \u2064&#8221;settler colonial Apartheid state&#8221; and called on President Joe Biden to condemn \u2064Israel while not addressing the actions of the Hamas attackers. These statements demonstrate CAIR&#8217;s anti-Israel stance and \u200bits demand for condemnation of Israel without acknowledging Hamas&#8217; role in the violence.<\/p>\n<p>This is \u2063not the first instance\u200c of the Biden administration aligning itself with anti-Israel groups. The recent designation of Qatar \u2062as a non-NATO ally \u2063and the State Department&#8217;s\u2063 grants to pro-Hamas and anti-Israel organizations in Gaza and the West \u2064Bank have raised concerns. Qatar condemned Israel after the Hamas attack and blamed the country \u2064solely \u2064for the violence, further highlighting \u2064the Biden administration&#8217;s alignment with \u200danti-Israel voices.<\/p>\n<p>CAIR&#8217;s anti-Israel\u2063 views have been known for years, with its leaders being linked to \u2062Hamas in a federal trial in 2007. This trial involved the Holy Land Foundation, a Texas-based \u2063Islamic \u200ccharity, and resulted in \u200dthe sentencing of a\u2063 founder of CAIR&#8217;s Texas \u2064chapter to\u200b 65\u2063 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration&#8217;s association\u2062 with CAIR\u2062 and\u200c its response to the recent Hamas attacks raise \u200dsignificant concerns about its stance on Israel. Critics argue that partnering with an organization with a history of anti-Semitism \u200cand links to Hamas undermines efforts to combat anti-Semitism and sends a troubling message about its stance on Israel&#8217;s security. \u2064It remains to \u200bbe seen\u200c how the White House \u2064will address these concerns and\u200d ensure that its actions align with\u2063 its stated commitment to countering anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAIR&#8217;s Executive Director Nihad Awad urged the White House to denounce Israel. 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