{"id":2655348,"date":"2026-09-06T09:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mask-off-moment-palestinian-journo-calls-african-american-hakeem-jeffries-an-aipac-monkey\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T09:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:45:01","slug":"mask-off-moment-palestinian-journo-calls-african-american-hakeem-jeffries-an-aipac-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mask-off-moment-palestinian-journo-calls-african-american-hakeem-jeffries-an-aipac-monkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Mask-Off Moment: Palestinian Journo Calls African American Hakeem Jeffries an &#8216;AIPAC Monkey&#8217;"},"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\">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%2Fmask-off-moment-palestinian-journo-calls-african-american-hakeem-jeffries-an-aipac-monkey%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=2655348&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 news report discusses a recent incident involving palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal, who called House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries a \u201cmonkey\u201d during a podcast, claiming she did not intend a racist meaning. Jebreal criticized Jeffries, referring to him as a \u201cbought and paid\u201d AIPAC supporter and accusing him of being a divider rather than a healer, as his name suggests. Her remarks drew widespread condemnation,notably from the Congressional Black Caucus,which emphasized that there is no acceptable way to racially insult a Black man with such language. Critics pointed out the double standards in media reactions, noting that similar language used against white or Republican figures would provoke intense outrage. Jebreal apologized publicly for her choice of words, expressing shame and condemning her previous comments, especially amid ongoing conflicts involving Israel and Palestine.the article also highlights systemic racism faced by Black Palestinians in Gaza,a community marginalized and discriminated against within Palestinian society.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Palestinian journalist called House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries a \u201cmonkey\u201d recently while insisting there was no racist connotation to her remarks.<\/p>\n<p>As Democrats face a rift between the rabidly pro-Palestinian left and the party\u2019s center, which historically supported Israel, Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal denounced Jeffries on Wajahat Ali\u2019s \u201cThe Left Hook\u201d podcast, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/05\/us-news\/palestinian-journalist-rula-jebreal-calls-hakeem-jeffries-an-aipac-monkey-claims-she-didnt-mean-it-in-a-racist-way\/?utm_campaign=nypost&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis name is Hakeem. \u2018Hakeem\u2019 is an Arabic name which means \u2018healer.\u2019 He\u2019s not a healer, he\u2019s a divider,\u201d Jebreal said, according to video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrShermichael\/status\/2095930270843113908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> to X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a bought and paid by AIPAC monkey,\u201d she said, referring to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all due respect \u2014 and I don\u2019t mean it in a racist way,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is just basically an errand boy, and we\u2019re done and tired,\u201d Jebreal said.<\/p>\n<p>Hoping to head off the kind of anger that would be a tidal wave if a Republican used the word \u201cmonkey\u201d in connection with a black man, Ali noted that the word has \u201cterrible racial connotations\u2026 but I think you caught yourself and said you didn\u2019t mean it with any racial animosity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jebreal tried to take the off ramp and said, \u201cThere are these three monkeys \u2014 one, I cannot hear, I cannot see, I cannot speak \u2014 it reminds me of these three monkeys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Congressional Black Caucus was not impressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, there isn\u2019t a non-racist way to call Leader Jeffries \u2014 a Black man \u2014 a \u2018monkey\u2019 or \u2018errand boy,\u2019\u201d the caucus <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheBlackCaucus\/status\/2096013791708516530\">posted<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what happens when we hold ourselves to such low standards for what\u2019s allowable in our discourse \u2014 people get comfortable being openly bigoted,\u201d the post continued, tagging Ali.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to stop platforming and trafficking in anti-Black racism, whether it\u2019s on the political right or the left,\u201d the caucus posted.<\/p>\n<p>Others noted the lack of outrage for the remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNN would have this as breaking news for weeks if a Republican said that,\u201d a commenter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sally70093950\/status\/2096230583622074477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jebreal later tried to appease critics <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rulajebreal\/status\/2095947359112810879\">on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am disgusted and horrified that Hakeem Jeffries is taking money from AIPAC amidst Israel\u2019s genocide in Palestine,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThat said, a term that I used to describe him was inappropriate and offensive and should never have been used. I apologize unconditionally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israeli writer and speaker Hen Mazzig <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HenMazzig\/status\/2096235046629740592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chimed<\/a> in as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should be disabling your account and hiding forever for this horrific statement which you didn\u2019t think twice about, and said on camera. Unfortunately the anti-Israel mob doesn\u2019t care about racism when it comes with anti-Jewish hatred, so they\u2019ll whitewash it for you,\u201d the post said.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfeed.com\/middleeast\/gaza-minorities-persecution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JFeed<\/a>, Gaza is not a hospitable environment for blacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack Palestinians, many descended from African pilgrims and migrants, face entrenched racism in Gaza. 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