I’m no fan of AIPAC (as I’ve written about in the past) but the targeting of it is just the first step in peeling the onion. The next slice is already showing up in California.
The California Faculty Association asks candidates if they’ve ever accepted money or endorsements from the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California, a nonpartisan coalition of community groups, or the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel political lobby
“Do you have endorsements or take contributions from groups and sectors like AIPAC/JPAC, the Oil Industry, the Tobacco Industry, police associations, etc.?” the questionnaire reads, noting that the faculty union won’t support candidates who accept money from groups that “harm working people.”
Jewish leaders said they were shocked by the inclusion of JPAC, a coalition that includes a host of Jewish nonprofits, professional associations and several progressive-leaning groups — and which doesn’t make political contributions.
JPAC includes Jewish federations, the ADL, assorted liberal nonprofits and even leftist groups like HIAS and the National Council of Jewish Women that have flirted openly with the anti-Israel Left.
That didn’t get them a pass.
The move is unsurprising when you understand who’s behind the ‘California Faculty Association’.
The move by the Faculty Association came after it strongly opposed a measure sponsored by JPAC aiming to clamp down on antisemitism in schools.
Melina Abdullah, the chair of CFA’s political action and legislation committee, said that the CFA’s question about JPAC was intended to “get to the bottom” of where candidates stood on the measure, which passed the Legislature without a dissenting vote after tough negotiations.
Melina Abdullah is better known as the head of a BLM splinter group that tries to be more antisemitic than the other ones. Abdullah has praised Farrakhan and her BLM march through the Fairfax area in LA led to a ‘pogrom’ against Jews during which multiple synagogues were vandalized.
Her hatred for Jews is open and public.
After the Oct 7 Hamas murders, rapes and kidnappings, BLM Grassroots, Abdullah’s hate group, had issued a statement calling the Hamas atrocities an “act of self-defense.”
Abdullah told CNN that she stood behind the description of the Hamas killings as “self-defense” and told the news network, “I think it’s really important to understand where uprisings come from.”
“I find it really troubling that we are constantly asked to condemn Hamas. I’m not a member of Hamas,” she argued.
Then she told CNN that the Hamas attacks on Jews were a “counterterrorist response.”
On February 26, 2016, Abdullah wrote on Facebook: “Retweeted HarleySouthD (@womonofwords): we must dismantle patriarchy! specifically jewish patriarchy offending muslims &controlling our economy & campuses!
On the same day, Abdullah tweeted: “@womonofwords @CSULABSU Thank you sis. #Solidarity” in response to a @womonofwords tweet that said: “… more & more jews invading campuses, causing islamophobia, racism, &intolerance!”
The media doesn’t report on this. And the California Faculty Association views it as a plus.
Targeting AIPAC is just going after the low hanging fruit. As Melina Abdullah and the California Faculty Association show us, it’s not about AIPAC, it’s about Jews.
