BREAKING NEWS: VIDEO SUGGESTS CAIR USED ADL TALKING POINTS TO LOBBY AGAINST AMERICAN LAWS FOR AMERICAN COURTS LEGISLATION IN FLORIDA; TERROR-SUPPORTER AHMED BEDIER PRAISES ADL; NCJA LEADERS REITERATE CALL FOR ADL’S FOXMAN TO RESIGN

For Immediate Release

Contact: Beth Gilinsky bgilinsky@gmail.com

Lori Lowenthal Marcus lorilowenthalmarcus@gmail.com

Dr. Herbert I. London herb@hudson.org

New York, March 16, 2012 -- The National Conference on Jewish Affairs has just received a video taped by the United West on February 28, 2012 in Tallahassee, Florida.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeEPPBJVQ3s

Ahmed Bedier is former Communications Director for the Florida chapter of CAIR, a Hezbollah supporter, and attended a pro-Hamas rally in 2008 and is a compatriot of Sami Al-Arian, the Palestinian Arab Islamic Jihad operative who was found guilty of raising money for and lending support to Palestinian Islamic Jihad.  Bedier is seen at the beginning of the video praising the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).  According to Discover the Networks:

"Bedier has had ties to radical Islam since at least 2002, when he was the Outreach Director for the Islamic Society of Pinellas County (Florida), a mosque whose website features material calling for violence against Jews. Moreover, he has cultivated relationships with organizations and individuals connected to anti-Israel terrorist groups overseas, including Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and Hezbollah."

Earlier this week, the NCJA expressed dismay at reports that the ADL and CAIR lobbied to defeat Florida legislation that would have restricted state courts from considering foreign laws as part of any legal proceeding or decision.

NCJA learned that the ADL sent a letter to Senator Mike Haridopolos, Florida Senate President, urging the Senate to oppose SB 1360 on the grounds that it is “an obstacle to Jewish divorce and remarriage, and an infringement on religious freedom.” CAIR hailed its “Shariah Victory” in Florida and acknowledged the ADL’s help: http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/41102

CAIR was named as an un-indicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror funding trial.

 

When the identical bill, HB1209, passed the Florida House of Representatives, the ADL expressed its “disappointment”:

http://regions.adl.org/florida/adlprhb1209-march2012.html

 

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For further information on Bedier:

http://www.investigativeproject.org/profile/175

ADL calls Anti-Shariah Bill “pointless” –March 7, 2012

http://regions.adl.org/florida/adlprsb1360-3-7-12.html

“Anti-Shariah” bill dies in Senate:

http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/after-easy-house-passage-anti-sharia-bill-dies-senate

More on CAIR:

    http://www.investigativeproject.org/profile/172

 

For a clear comparison of Shariah Law to Jewish law:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/12/no_comparison_shariah_and_jewi.html

Bedier on Al-Arian deportation:

http://www.tampatrib.com/MGB4QU3F1ME.html