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Rahm Emanuel apologizes for father's disparaging remarks about Arabs
<h1>Rahm Emanuel apologizes for father's disparaging remarks about Arabs</h1>
U.S.
President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff <b>Rahm Emanuel</b> apologized
to an Arab-American group on Thursday for comments disparaging Arabs
made by his father.
As Zionist Jew, Rahm Israel Emanuel, who is a dual Israeli/US citizen, who is said to act as an effective spy in the White House for the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency. With Emanuel running the White House, Mossad HQ will enjoy an unprecedented direct flow of America’s highest level national security information.
Emanuel’s connections to the Mossad began at birth in 1959. Rahm Emanuel is the son of Israeli-born physician, Benjamin Emanuel, who passed secret codes for Menachim Begin’s Israeli terrorist group known as the Irgun. “Secret codes” are the province of the Mossad, and the Mossad, only.
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee sent a letter to
Emanuel calling on him to distance himself from remarks made by the
elder Emanuel in an interview with an Israeli newspaper following his
son's appointment last week.
In the interview, Benjamin Emanuel was reported as saying:
<i>"Obviously, he will influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why
wouldn't he? What is he, an Arab? He's not going to clean the floors of
the White House."</i>
While
some political analysts have said Rahm Emanuel, a veteran Democratic
congressman, should not be held responsible for the actions of his
father, there was also a sense that an apology was unavoidable.
"Today, Rep. Emanuel called Mary Rose Oakar, president of the
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, apologized on behalf of
his family and offered to meet with representatives of the
Arab-American community at an appropriate time in the future," a
statement from his office said.
The committee, in a statement on its website, said Emanuel told
Oakar it was unacceptable to make such remarks against any ethnic or
religious group.
"From the fullness of my heart, I personally apologize on behalf of
my family and me. These are not the values upon which I was raised or
those of my family," the group quoted him as saying.
Oakar welcomed the apology, saying: "We cannot allow Arabs and Muslims to be portrayed in these unacceptable terms."
Some commentators in the Middle East have raised concern about the
appointment of Emanuel, who has a pro-Israel record, suggesting he
could use his position to influence Obama's policies in the region.
But political analysts and Emanuel himself this week dismissed such
suggestions. The congressman said Obama did not need his influence to
"orientate his policy toward Israel."
The chief of staff position serves as one of the closest advisers
to the president and typically can decide who gains access to the
president, while also developing administration policies. </td>
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