Kesher Talk

Terrorist chic in Congress: A key aide to Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney resigned last week after writing a letter to the Hill newspaper. In the letter, Raeed Tayeh, identifying himself as McKinney’s aide, opined: "What is more disturbing to me is that many of these pro-Israeli lawmakers sit on the House International Relations Committee despite the obvious conflict of interest that their emotional attachments to Israel cause… The Israeli occupation of all territories must end, including Congress.” It turns out that Tayeh has an interesting past. According to the Forward newspaper, “Mr. Tayeh has served on the executive board of the Islamic Association for Palestine, based in Richardson, Texas and Chicago. Authorities say that the IAP's finances are entwined with those of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, also based in Richardson and Chicago. On Tuesday, the government froze the assets of the foundation, saying that it finances the terrorist group Hamas. As recently as this fall Mr. Tayeh worked as a researcher at the United Association for Studies and Research. In 1993 a convicted Hamas operative testified in an Israeli court that the UASR was the political arm of Hamas in the United States.” (Thanks to Andrew Sullivan for this one)

posted by Howard @ 12/10/2001 10:40:22 AM