Hakeem Jeffries - new Democrat leader arguably even more pro-Israel than Pelosi

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Staunch Israel-backer Hakeem Jeffries to lead House Dems
https://mondoweiss.net/2022/12/the-shift-staunch-israel-backer-hakeem-jeffries-to-lead-house-dems/

This week Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was unanimously elected to lead the House Democrats. He will take over for departing Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

This torch passing has naturally upset the Democratic party's left flank, as Jeffries represents the anti-Bernie centrist wing. "There will never be a moment where I bend the knee to hard-left democratic socialism," he told The Atlantic last year. In a 2021 interview he said that, "The extreme left is obsessed with talking trash about mainstream Democrats on Twitter, when the majority of the electorate constitute mainstream Democrats at the polls. In the post-Trump era, the anti-establishment line of attack is lame..."

On Twitter, New York State Senator Jabari Brisport criticized Jeffries impact on the Democratic party and declared that he shouldn't become leader. "In 2021, Hakeem Jeffries started the Team Blue PAC 'to defend incumbents facing primary challenges'", he explained." In 2022, he used the PAC to tip the scales in an open primary (Maloney v. Biaggi), and also decided to endorse against a sitting progressive State Senator (Robert Jackson). Democrats who lie about their intentions in order to attack the left wing of the party should not be confirmed to lead it."

There's at least one group of Democrats happy to see Jeffries rise: staunch supporters of Israel. A piece by Marc Rod at the Jewish Insider declares that pro-Israel Dems see Jeffries as a "reliable successor" to Pelosi and Steny Hoyer (D-MD). "He came to Congress as a voice of pro-Israel activism. And he served with the same voice and he has an ability to organize coalitions across a very diverse spectrum that will support U.S.-Israeli relations," former Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) told Rod. "So his continued leadership, assuming that the caucus comes to agreement on his candidacy, is a very positive and heartening step in the right direction for U.S.-Israeli relations."

"We're very lucky to be, in all likelihood, getting him as the new leader of the Democrats in the house, because he too is a great friend of the American Jewish community and of the American-Israeli alliance," says former U.S. ambassador Norm Eisen.

They're right. In fact, Jeffries is arguably even more pro-Israel than Pelosi. He's backed by AIPAC and DMFI. He takes money from lobby groups like Pro-Israel America. He attends AIPAC delegations to the region, where he's met and posed for pictures with Netanyahu. He refers to Jerusalem as New York City's "sixth borough." He opposes the BDS movement and any attempt to condition U.S. military aid to Israel.

This was Jeffries during Israel's brutal 2014 attack on Gaza, which killed over 2,000 Palestinians, more than 500 of them children: "We know Israel lives in a very tough neighborhood, and there are certain realities to that. We mourn the loss of civilian life on both sides of the conflict. But when you live in a tough neighborhood Israel should not be made to apologize for its strength. You know why? Because the only thing that neighbors respect in a tough neighborhood is strength...Israel has a right to exist as a democratic Jewish state and no one can take that away. Israel has the right to defend itself against aggression – particularly when that aggression is directed at its civilian population. Israel is here to stay and it will remain forever."

New York State Assembly Member Zohran Kwame Mamdani noted a distressing historical parallel to Jeffries' remarks: "After at least 2,251 Palestinians were killed over the course of July 2014, Hakeem Jeffries got on stage at a rally in NYC and paraphrased George Wallace. 'Israel today, Israel tomorrow, Israel forever.' If Jeffries is considered a progressive, the term has lost all meaning."

Here Jeffries is on Amnesty International's historic Israeli apartheid report: ""Israel is a democracy. It is not an apartheid state. Any conclusion to the contrary is demonstrably false, dangerous and designed to isolate Israel in one of the toughest neighborhoods in the world. The special relationship between the United States and Israel is anchored in our shared democratic values and geopolitical interests. I strongly support that special relationship, and look forward to redoubling efforts in the region to bring about a lasting two-state solution, with a safe and secure Israel living side by side in peace and prosperity with a self-governed and demilitarized Palestinian state."

When one of Jeffries' constituents asked him why he hadn't support Rep. Betty McCollum's historic legislation aimed at stopping Israel's detention of Palestinian children, he said he had never heard of the bill.

"A new day is dawning — and I am confident that these new leaders will capably lead our Caucus and the Congress," said Pelosi when she announced her departure. On Palestine the sun is certainly not coming up.




Jeffries is a bad dude.  He's also featured in these earlier TiU reports:

Feds want to scour Net, media for 'hate speech' 
http://theinfounderground.com/smf/index.php?topic=18040.msg72890#msg72890

Who's behind the new cyberhate bill?
http://theinfounderground.com/smf/index.php?topic=18155.msg73103#msg73103

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https://twitter.com/ChuckModi1/status/1598154484919996416?s=20&t=Rs-oLCOjp2rBx60ZxCLx6w

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3b4azDHdUM

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Looks like Hakeem doesn't love Israhell enough.  Blood is thicker than water, they say, so Hakeem defended his "anti-semitic" uncle.  But, Hakeem's blood isn't jewish blood, so it's just water.  No matter what Hakeem does, he's just a goy, with water flowing through his veins.

This came out April 14, 2023:
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries once defended uncle's antisemitic speech and Louis Farrakhan, report says
BY RON KAMPEAS APRIL 14, 2023 5:25 PM
https://www.jta.org/2023/04/14/politics/rep-hakeem-jeffries-once-defended-uncles-antisemitic-speech-and-louis-farrakhan-report-says

It turns out, Hakeem is going to visit Israhell only eight days later.  I guess Hakeem will be especially grovelling - bloody knees, surely - now that it has been exposed that he loves his uncle more than jews and Israhell.

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York will visit Israel from April 22 to 24.
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/us-house-leaders-to-visit-israel-amid-heightened-political-tensions/#