{"id":2236754,"date":"2024-05-03T17:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T21:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-george-washington-university-professor-dubs-us-congressman-a-race-traitor-and-uncle-tom\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T17:28:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T21:28:26","slug":"anti-israel-george-washington-university-professor-dubs-us-congressman-a-race-traitor-and-uncle-tom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-george-washington-university-professor-dubs-us-congressman-a-race-traitor-and-uncle-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"George Washington University Professor Calls US Congressman &#8216;Race Traitor&#8217; and &#8216;Uncle Tom"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fanti-israel-george-washington-university-professor-dubs-us-congressman-a-race-traitor-and-uncle-tom%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=2236754&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--><p>The summary is about a controversial incident at George\u200b Washington University\u200b involving Professor Zein El-Amine. He \u200daccused African-American Congressman Byron Donalds of being a &#8220;race traitor&#8221; and an &#8220;Uncle\u2062 Tom&#8221;\u200b for supporting Jewish\u200d students\u2062 facing anti-Semitism. Donalds\u2064 labeled El-Amine a &#8220;racist&#8221; and called for \u200dstanding \u200cagainst \u200cradicalism and harassment \u200don campus. El-Amine has a history of backing anti-Israel activism, particularly\u2063 through Students for Justice in Palestine.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Zein El-Amine has long history of supporting Students for Justice in Palestine, which is leading anti-Israel campus protests<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tGWU professor\u00a0Zein El-Amine (Twitter)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A George Washington University professor accused an African-American congressman of being a &#8220;race traitor&#8221; and an &#8220;Uncle Tom&#8221; over his support for Jewish students as they face a tidal wave of anti-Semitism on campus from pro-Palestinian protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/gufaculty360.georgetown.edu\/s\/contact\/0031Q00002TRhO1QAL\/zein-elamine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zein El-Amine<\/a>, a Lebanese writer and adjunct lecturer at Georgetown, lashed out at Rep. Byron Donalds (R., Fla.) on Thursday when the lawmaker arrived on campus to show his support for the embattled Jewish and pro-Israel community.<\/p>\n<p>El-Amine was caught on video <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrEliDavid\/status\/1786376236509384710\/video\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> Friday by the <em>Daily Caller<\/em> shouting at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congresswoman-brenda-lawrence-to-retire-joins-dozens-of-house-dems-who-wont-seek-re-election\/\" title=\"Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence To Retire, Joins Dozens Of House Dems Who Won\u2019t Seek Re-Election\">black congressman<\/a>, &#8220;How much is AIPAC [the American Israel Public Affairs Committee] paying you, you race traitor?&#8221; &#8220;You\u2019re working for a foreign entity, you bastard,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-claims-misogyny-and-racism-motivated-capitol-riot-says-she-feared-being-raped-because-white-supremacy-and-patriarchy-are-very-linked\/\" title=\"AOC Claims \u2018Misogyny\u2019 And \u2018Racism\u2019 Motivated Capitol Riot, Says She Feared Being Raped Because \u2018White Supremacy And Patriarchy Are Very Linked\u2019\">professor added<\/a>, calling Donalds an &#8220;Uncle Tom,&#8221; a racist term for a black person who is seeking approval from whites.<\/p>\n<p>El-Amine\u2019s comments are the latest examples of racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric on America\u2019s college campuses, which are experiencing the worst unrest in decades. Pro-Palestinian protesters at some of the country\u2019s most prestigious colleges continue to demonstrate against Israel as university leadership struggles to stem the rising tide of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Donalds labeled El-Amine a &#8220;racist&#8221; on Friday during a Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDonaldsPress\/status\/1786369514713551078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jewish students are being intimidated, harassed &#038; assaulted. It&#8217;ll take the courage of ALL AMERICANS to stand-up to this radicalism &#038; REJECT it,&#8221; Donalds tweeted along with the interview clip. &#8220;If it takes me having to deal with a racist protestor at GW, so be it\u2014I can take that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">George Washington University professor, Zein El-Amine, calls Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronDonalds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ByronDonalds<\/a> a &#8216;race traitor&#8221; for standing up for Jewish students and condemning antisemitism \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GWtweets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GWtweets<\/a>, are you OK with this professor working at your university? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o63UOCune4\">pic.twitter.com\/o63UOCune4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrEliDavid\/status\/1786376236509384710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>El-Amine and a Georgetown University spokesman did not immediately respond to <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> requests for comment on the exchange.<\/p>\n<p>El-Amine is no stranger to anti-Israel activism, and has a long history of supporting Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), one of the central campus groups engaging in anti-Semitic protests and waging violence against Jewish students. SJP\u2019s parent group, National Students for Justice in Palestine, was <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/israeli-terror-victims-sue-anti-semitic-campus-groups-for-aiding-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a> earlier this week by Israeli terror victims who allege the group is partially liable for Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 terror raid in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>El-Amine in the past has &#8220;spread\u00a0anti-Israel terror propaganda on social media, specifically including images promoted by the terror group the <a href=\"https:\/\/canarymission.org\/organization\/Popular_Front_For_The_Liberation_Of_Palestine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)<\/a>,&#8221; according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/canarymission.org\/professor\/Zein_El-Amine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online dossier<\/a> published by Canary Mission, a watchdog group that tracks campus anti-Semites.<\/p>\n<p>The professor is a vocal supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, which wages economic warfare on the Jewish state, and has participated in various events sponsored by SJP, according to the watchdog group.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, El-Amine reportedly posted an image on Facebook supporting armed struggle against Israel. The picture was clipped from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-project-posts-ex-employees-private-messages-deletes-after-being-told-its-against-the-law\/\" title=\"Lincoln Project Posts Ex-Employee\u2019s Private Messages, Deletes After Being Told It\u2019s Against the Law\">magazine published<\/a> by the PFLP, an armed militant group that is designated as a terror outfit by the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My favorite International Women&#8217;s Day poster of all the ones paraded today,&#8221; El-Amine reportedly wrote alongside the image, which &#8220;showed a woman with an assault rifle over her shoulder,&#8221; according to Canary Mission.\t<\/p>\n<p>In another 2015 posting, El-Amine\u00a0shared\u00a0a photo on Facebook of a mural featuring a PFLP logo and a silhouette of an\u00a0iconic\u00a0image of PFLP airplane hijacker <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leila_Khaled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leila Khaled<\/a>. El-Amine translated the mural from Arabic, stating: &#8220;Our day is coming,&#8221; according to the watchdog group.<\/p>\n<p>In other postings documented by Canary Mission, El-Amine has praised other Palestinian terrorists, such as Rasmea Odeh, and described Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as &#8220;satan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GWU Professor Zein El-Amine, a strong supporter of Students for Justice in Palestine, criticized an African-American congressman for backing Jewish students amidst rising anti-Semitism. 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