Nine Hate Mongers (Besides Trump) Who Will Be Honored Guests at the AIPAC Summit

[Ferd Berfel]

http://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/nine-hate-mongers-besides-trump-who-will-be-honored-guests-aipac-summit

Calls to boycott Trump's slated address are growing, but he is not the only extremist invited to AIPAC conference.

A group of self-described “Rabbis, Cantors and Jewish leaders” who support the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) attracted considerable press this week when they announced they will protest and walk out on Donald Trump’s scheduled address to the institution’s upcoming policy conference.

Proclaiming that they will attend the AIPAC summit to “support the strong and unbreakable bond between America and Israel,” the group declared that it is standing up to Trump because "as Jews, we must take a stand against hate.”

“We denounce in the strongest possible terms the bigotry, racism, xenophobia, and misogyny expressed by Mr. Trump, and violence promoted by him, at various points throughout his campaign,” continues the statement, which was released under the banner of Come Together Against Hate. “We refuse to stand idly by and let his hateful message become a part of the AIPAC Policy Conference.”

However, in an interview with AlterNet, spokesperson Rabbi David Paskin made it clear that the group fully supports AIPAC and, paradoxically, will not denounce the lobbying group's invitations to a host of other speakers who have espoused racist incitement and bigotry on par with that of Trump. Here are just nine examples of the hateful messages previously issued by AIPAC’s featured guests:

1. Steven Emerson:
2. Josh Block
3. Jerry Cox:
4. Ralph Reed,
5. Benyamin Netanyahu:
6. Paul Ryan:
7. Edwin Harper
8. Nir Barkat:
9. Raheem Kassam:

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I wonder if this collection of rabid clusterfuckers had anything to do with Bernie deciding NOT to be part of it?