{"id":62704,"date":"2018-07-13T17:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=62704"},"modified":"2018-07-13T08:09:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T06:09:34","slug":"20-00-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=62704","title":{"rendered":"CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE ACCUSES ISRAEL OF \u2018GENOCIDE\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE ACCUSES ISRAEL OF \u2018GENOCIDE\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

by JTA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Maria Estrada, a candidate for California\u2019s District 63 representing the southeast suburbs of Los Angeles, offered her support for anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The banners read: Stop the genocide in Gaza. Stop the occupation. Yesterday South Africa, today Palestine. Boycott Israel. Gaza bleeds. (photo credit: REUTERS)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A Democratic candidate for a seat in the California state assembly blames Israel for committing genocide against the Palestinians and has offered her support for antisemitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maria Estrada, a candidate for California\u2019s District 63 representing the southeast suburbs of Los Angeles, garnered the second most votes, some 28 percent, in a top-two primary on June 5 for the November election. She will run against incumbent and fellow Democrat Anthony Rendon, who also serves as Speaker of the California State Assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal, Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Dr. Harold Brackman of the Simon Wiesenthal Center noted that Estrada posted last year on Facebook: \u201cDemocrats turn a blind eye to the genocide against Palestinians and justify it by bringing up the Holocaust. As if what happened 70 years ago justifies it. Anyone who believes they are one of \u2018God\u2019s chosen people\u2019 automatically feels superior and justified in all they do. Religious fanaticism is used to justify apartheid and crimes against Palestinians and no one should be okay with it. #FreePalestine\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday she posted a screenshot of a dictionary definition of the term genocide, and wrote: \u201cBecause some people are unsure of the meaning of the term genocide because the number of people being murdered isn\u2019t enough for them. #FreePalestine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She added in a comment to her post: \u201cThe argument from Zionists is that the number of Palestinians has grown. Apparently they aren\u2019t killing enough Palestinians for them to consider it a genocide.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The op-ed also noted that Estrada tweeted that \u201c\u201cI, for one, enjoy listening to Farrakhan\u2019s sermons.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this month Estrada also used the hashtag #FreePalestine to show her support for five women who left their Birthright Israel tour early \u201cto protest the program\u2019s bias and attempts to hide the Israeli occupation of Palestine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a July 6 statement, the Progressive Zionists of the California Democratic Party in a statement said it is \u201cconcerned\u201d about Estrada\u2019s \u201cpublic support of notorious homophobe and antisemite Louis Farrakhan and her repeated and extreme antisemitism in the guise of \u2018criticism of Israel.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The statement noted other antisemitic Facebook posts including one on May 10, 2017, in which she posted a cartoon replacing the Star of David on the Israeli flag with a swastika, a post for which she apologized the following day, and a more recent post, on May 14, in which she criticized California Democratic Chair Eric Bauman for not keeping \u201cyour party, your religion and your people in check.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we are not endorsing any candidate in this race, we must conclude that Maria Estrada\u2019s repeated expressions of antisemitism disqualifies her from seeking public office. We call on Maria Estrada to resign from this race, apologize for her blatant antisemitism, and take the necessary time to consider her harmful and hateful words,\u201d the group said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement to the Forward regarding her social media posts Estrada said: \u201cTo be clear, I am anti-Zionism, not antisemitic. Listening to Farrakhan doesn\u2019t equate to being antisemitic. There is no doubt he is wrong on many issues, including Judaism. Listen to him speak on the American media, imperialism and several other issues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n

Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em>
\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion’68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.
\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:
\n<\/em>webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE ACCUSES ISRAEL OF \u2018GENOCIDE\u2019 by JTA Maria Estrada, a candidate for California\u2019s District 63 representing the southeast suburbs of Los Angeles, offered her support for anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. The banners read: Stop the genocide in Gaza. Stop the occupation. Yesterday South Africa, today Palestine. Boycott Israel. Gaza […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62704"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62734,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62704\/revisions\/62734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}