{"id":2239551,"date":"2024-05-07T19:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T23:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-official-duped-by-fake-rabbis-invite-to-speak-on-morality-of-intifada-at-anti-israel-protest\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T19:22:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T23:22:32","slug":"un-official-duped-by-fake-rabbis-invite-to-speak-on-morality-of-intifada-at-anti-israel-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-official-duped-by-fake-rabbis-invite-to-speak-on-morality-of-intifada-at-anti-israel-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Official Fooled by False Rabbi&#8217;s Invitation to Speak on &#8216;Morality of Intifada&#8217; at Anti-Israel Rally"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fun-official-duped-by-fake-rabbis-invite-to-speak-on-morality-of-intifada-at-anti-israel-protest%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=2239551&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>A \u2064UN official was misled by a deceptive invite from the satirical \u201cChief Rabbi of Gaza\u201d to address\u200c anti-Israel sentiments at an event. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oscar-nominated-mash-actor-sally-kellerman-dies-at-84\/\" title=\"Oscar-nominated \u2018MASH\u2019 Actor Sally Kellerman Dies at 84\">initial interest<\/a>, \u2063the official\u2019s\u2062 team later \u200drealized the deceitful nature of the\u200d invite and opted not to engage further. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-bill-would-bar-unions-from-disguising-organizers-as-real-employees-in-targeted-firms\/\" title=\"New Bill Aims to Prevent Unions from Pretending to be Actual Employees in Targeted Companies.\">incident shed light<\/a> on the challenges faced in navigating contentious issues like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A United Nations official fell for\u2064 a misleading invitation from the satirical \u200d&#8221;Chief\u200d Rabbi of Gaza&#8221; to speak on anti-Israel issues. Although initially intrigued, the official&#8217;s team recognized \u200bthe deceptive nature of the invite and\u200b decided to disengage. This exposes the complexities of addressing sensitive topics such as \u200dthe Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  <\/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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A United Nations official was duped by an invitation and honorarium offer from the satirical \u201cChief Rabbi of Gaza\u201d to speak to anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University about the \u201cMorality of Intifada.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The parody X account \u201cRabbi Linda Goldstein,\u201d known for using progressive anti-Israel talking points to mock them, emailed an invitation to Francesca Albanese, the UN\u2019s Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOn behalf of the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University, we wish to invite Special Rapporteur Albanese to deliver a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tebow-im-grateful-my-mom-gave-me-a-chance-at-life\/\" title=\"Tebow: I\u2019m grateful my mom gave me a chance at life\">keynote address<\/a> at her convenience to the thousands of students gathered at the camp,\u201d Goldstein wrote. \u201cMany anti-Zionist Jews like myself have taken a leading role, and we would be honored to have you. I look forward to hearing from you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Email correspondences shared with The Daily Wire indicate that Albanese was willing to participate. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Albanese\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-kash-patel-john-durham-is-building-a-bigger-conspiracy-case\/\" title=\"Exclusive-- Kash Patel: John Durham Is Building a Bigger Conspiracy Case\">research assistant<\/a>, Eleonora De Martin, responded to the inquiry, asking for more details on the topic and the length. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIn full solidarity with what you are doing, Ms Albanese would like to know some more details on her intervention,\u201d De Martin replied.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_734007\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-734007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francesca Albanese, the embattled UN\u2019s Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories was duped by a satirical X account.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Albanese is an outspoken critic of Israel who was<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> barred from Israel in February after she contended that French President Emanuel Macron was wrong for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/macron-hosts-memorial-for-oct-7-the-biggest-antisemitic-massacre-of-our-century\/\">labeling<\/a> the October 7 terrorist attack the \u201cbiggest anti-Semitic massacre of our century.\u201d She instead said the attack was \u201claunched as a way to break the occupation against apartheid.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In February, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/embattled-un-official-doubles-down-at-harvard-says-israel-has-no-right-to-self-defense\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Albanese spoke to<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  Harvard University students that Israel did not have a right to defend itself from Hamas terrorists who were raping, murdering, and burning homes and people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt didn\u2019t have the right to act in self-defense, meaning waging a war because it couldn\u2019t wage a war against the people it maintains under occupation,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat Israel had to do was to repel the attack on its own territory, arrest and detain and treat humanely the people who had been arrested and ensure justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Her assistant maintained interest, even after being told it was a speech defending \u201cintifada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c[W]e want to hear about the \u2018Morality of the Intifada,\u2019 which Zionists have co-opted and turned into a dirty word,\u201d Goldstein wrote. \u201cThere is also a small honorarium available.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">De Martin responded days later, asking if Albanese could speak on May 7. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf I understood correctly, you would like Ms Albanese to deliver a keynote speech of around 15\/20 minutes to the students,\u201d De Martin said. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regarding the honorarium, De Martin said Albanese could not accept only officially but asked for it to be transferred to the \u201cfellowship of her volunteer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMoreover, concerning the honorarium, she cannot take honorarium for anything she does in her official capacity,\u201d De Martin wrote. \u201cHowever, she kindly asks for this honorarium to be transferred to the Fellowship of her volunteer which supports her mandate work. Could you please provide some detail on the sum of the honorarium? The research institute will then send you the invoice for payment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sara Troian, another research assistant for Albanese, told the Daily Wire that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobel-peace-prize-the-most-controversial-winners\/\" title=\"Nobel Peace Prize: The Most Controversial Winners\">special rapporteur<\/a> \u201cnever agreed to Linda Goldstein\u2019s request,\u201d even though emails show her team asked for a Zoom link. She added that she wanted the honorarium to be sent to her university to fund her work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegarding the honorarium, there seems to be some confusion: it was me proposing that it would be sent to my University for the purpose to fund my fellowship,\u201d Troian wrote. \u201cThe Erasmus University of Rotterdam, which hosts me as a Research Fellow, collects funds from individual donors with the only purpose of accompanying the Special Rapporteur in her country-missions. My work of support to the Special Rapporteur\u2019s mandate is fully voluntary and I do not get paid for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_734001\" style=\"width: 765px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-734001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rabbi Linda Goldstein is a satirical account that uses anti-Israel talking points to mock progressives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">De Martin stopped replying after Goldstein asked if the honorarium could be donated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIs it okay if it\u2019s donated to UNRWA in her honor instead?\u201d Goldstein wrote. \u201cSince I was displaced from Gaza as Chief Rabbi after October 7 it\u2019s near and dear to us.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Troin said Albanese\u2019s team did not respond to the last message because they realized Goldstein \u201cwas not a reliable account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe simply did not respond because of the nature of the request and because we had expressly been told by the Special Rapporteur, when we had the chance to fully brief her, that a) she would not receive any donation for any cause; and b) she would not speak at student rallies unless requested by Special Rapporteurs who are engaging with students,\u201d Troin wrote. \u201cThe reason why there has been no further correspondence is because we blocked Linda Goldstein\u2019s account following the discovery that it was not a reliable account.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_734009\" style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-734009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francesca Albanese\u2019s staff asked to speak to the Columbia University encampment on the seven-month anniversary of the Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Goldstein, a fictional rabbi, makes jokes about the anti-Israel movement and progressives several times a day on X including mocking fundraising campaigns by encampments, boycotts of Israel, and LGBT support for Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The character told The Daily Wire that she was disappointed that Albanese backed out of the speaking engagement.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFrancesca Albanese claims to care about the plight of Palestinians, but it\u2019s clear she was just chasing an honorarium that was no longer available once Columbia\u2019s Gaza Encampment was broken up,\u201d Goldstein said. \u201cAs the most prominent supporter of Palestine in the world, I thought she would care to amplify the voices of students protesting for a Free Palestine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI want her to teach the world that Intifadas can at times be peaceful,\u201d Goldstein said. \u201cGlobalizing the intifada will make Zionists uncomfortable everywhere, not just in occupied Palestine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Has anyone figured out how to boycott Israel but still get to use a cell phone?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rabbi Linda Goldstein (\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udf49I\/P Commentary) (@realrabbilinda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realrabbilinda\/status\/1787431377832452534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m tired of seeing Zionists tell the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UCLA<\/a> Queers for Palestine protesters they\u2019d be thrown off a roof in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>Israel isn\u2019t the most LGBT friendly country in the Middle East. Don\u2019t forget there was a country called \u201cTransjordan\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rabbi Linda Goldstein (\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udf49I\/P Commentary) (@realrabbilinda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realrabbilinda\/status\/1785887664001970325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UN official fell for a fake invite from the satirical \u201cChief Rabbi of Gaza\u201d to speak on the \u201cMorality of Intifada\u201d at an anti-Israel event. The parody account under \u201cRabbi Linda Goldstein\u201d sent the invite, known for satirizing progressive anti-Israel views. 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