Itamar Gelbman: Israeli Candidate Running for Congress in Texas Pledges to ‘stop Islamization of America’

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Itamar Gelbman: Israeli Candidate Running for Congress in Texas Pledges to ‘stop Islamization of America’

Posted on 07 May 2012 by Amago

He grew up in Israel, served in the IDF as a lieutenant and is running for Congress, one of his main goals is to ‘stop the Islamization of America.’

What if a Turk who was born in the US but grew up in Istanbul came to America and said one of his primary goals was to end US funding to Israel? You can bet that he would be accused of stealth jihad and Islamization of the US:

Israeli candidate running for Congress in Texas pledges to ‘stop Islamization of America’

(Islamophobia-Watch.com)

Itamar Gelbman was born in New York 30 years ago and as a child moved with his parents to Herzliya, where he was raised. He studied business management and computer science at Tel Aviv University and served as an undercover reserve officer in the Tel Aviv Police District.

After graduation, Gelbman joined the IDF where he was a lieutenant in what he calls the “army special forces.” He said he could not be more specific about what he did in the army but that he received multiple awards, including a commendation from the IDF chief of staff.

Eight years ago, he moved to Texas. After US President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, Gelbman decided to get involved in politics.

Gelbman is running in the May 29 Republican Primary in Texas’s Sixth Congressional District, which is outside Dallas. “I’m the only candidate for the seat who is pro-Israel,” Gelbman said.

Gelbman said he believes American politicians need to give Israel the benefit of the doubt. He does not believe the US should involve itself in the settlement issue and he would work to block foreign aid to Islamic countries that act against Israel and the United States.

“I would defend Israel and be their voice in the House,” he said. “Israel should be allowed to do whatever it needs to do. The Palestinians need to change their education system and accept Israel as a Jewish state with Jerusalem as its capital.” Gelbman said he would work to make sure a law requiring the US to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be enforced.

He received national attention when Muslims in his district were offended by his campaign flyer in which vowed to “fight the Islamization of America.”

Gelbman recently came to Israel to spend Passover with family. While he was in the country, he met with MK Danny Danon and other Likud politicians.

Jerusalem Post, 7 May 2012

Not so sure about the “national attention” bit. The only report I can find of Gelbman antagonising the Muslim community is by a local TV station.

dan20

“Kind of how israel are concerned with preventing the recognition of their war crimes and apartide? And everybody knows you fascists don’t care about Armenians or Syrians or Kurds so you look really stupid pretending you do.”

Kinda like how Muslims pretend to care about Palestinians or Chechens or Afghans but often turn a blind eye to the massacres of Shias in Pakistan and Iraq or the persecution of Christians in Egypt? crow you think oppression is acceptable as long as Taliban rule all Muslim lands, correct?
crow

Kind of how israel are concerned with preventing the recognition of their war crimes and apartide? And everybody knows you fascists don’t care about Armenians or Syrians or Kurds so you look really stupid pretending you do.
Sir David Illuminati membership number 16.69

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/michele-bachmann-swiss-citizenship_n_1507277.html

More News looks like the rightwing swap is off unfortunetly
deccal

“What if a Turk who was born in the US but grew up in Istanbul came to America and said one of his primary goals was to end US funding to Israel?”

But that’s wrong. The Turk wouldn’t give a damn about Palestine, he would care more about preventing the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Averroe’s Ghost

Just Stopping By I do believe in the dismantlement of the Apartheid State of Israel. Only the viable solution is ONE STATE. Butf I say like Mandela, “only the free can negotiate”. So first the Palestine must win liberation.
Palestinian

Yossi, seriously…you’re freaking OUT. But of course, if a thief who stole 5 million dollars knew other people knew he stole the money, and some were out to get that money back from him, he’d be paranoid and freaking out too.

You know as well as I know the land is stolen. You also know we’ll get it back, and not with the help of Egypt, Syria, or the US. Karma is on our side, and that’s all we need, sweetheart.
Sir David : Man on a phone with a french spell check

Yossi says i shall post a clip from memri
I dont think so old son!
That channel has poor réception in these parts
Géji

@Yossi saaaaays: “I shall post the clip from MEMRI. I’d appreciate it, if you took the time to examine Itamar’s motives. They are honourable.This is a life and death struggle. Our neigbors want Israel gone.”

LOL. Your blatant bigotry at your “neigbors” its amazing! advice, drop the paranoia!
http://thepenofawanderingstranger.com/personal/ Jack Cope

Yossi, some fear is justified but just as certain Arab leaders use Israel as an excuse, certain Israeli leaders play on the same base fears. If the Arab world wanted Israel gone then I think it would probably be gone by now. However as it is there is balance in the region, a shaky balance granted, but peace won’t come from thinking that everyone is out to get everyone else. I take the Palestinians separate from this; they are pawns in someone else’s game and not really in charge of their destiny right now.
Sir David Illuminati membership number 16.69

mmm could be a good swap
USA can have the dutch blond bombshell, europe could have Michelle
One more rightwing swiss person would not make much difference
Géji

@Edit says: “It is the Jews’ fault we have open borders to begin with and I dare say I am far more concerned about the Mestizo threat than Muslims here in the US. Europe has the Muslim problem.”

Pheew! I for once as Muslim ‘m glad we’re not totally to blame for America’s problems! that’s those them damn Jews and Mestizo business, thanks!. And as Muslim, should I say… sorry Europe has problems because of us?. By the way, where are the Black people on that list of your’s? I’m sure they too have some share to carry in the blame weight.
Just Stopping By

An incumbent member of Congress just announced that in March she became a dual national with Switzerland, and you may enjoy finding out who. Hint: she ran for President this year: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76072.html
TheBig-T

Grand Vazier of Islam?
I have no Idea what kind of narcotic substance he was on to make up that title.

sound like something out of an Arabian Nights rip off, or maybe he was watching too much of Aladdin (and its Sequels)
Yossi

Anj

The Arabs and Israelis relationship is like an iceberg. Very little on the surface to keep their people quiet but runs deep under the water.
Isreal is no pushover militarily and you know it. Israel has atomic weapons,

That is hardly a reason, to sit back and take threats to our survival lightly. Not least because the Islamists like this Egyptian lack the means, not the determination to annihilate us. What would he do if he had the same number of nuclear weapons? Engage in a tit for tat? Sorry, we cannot afford that, our postage sized territory means our survival is at risk. How many Egyptians want the peace deal Mubarak had with Israel torn up?

Jack Cope
No one wants Israel gone, especially people who hate it, it is far to convenient to pull up in situations like the one above!

The Palestinian education system is one big Israel hate fest. Itamar is right about wanting to reform their entire ‘curriuculum’. Hassan Nasrallah would laugh at what you wrote. Try to see things through our eyes, not your comfort zone somewhere in a secure country not under threat by every neighbor.

Abdul-Rahman

What a Khazar, I’m sure Prophet Moses PBUH looked “exactly” like this clown Itamar Gelbman right?! Blue eyes, Blonde hair lol give me a break!

is that all you could find to use against Itamar? His skin colour and genetics? Jewishness isn’t determined by skin colour or genetics, that is a nazi meme avidly grabbed upon by those wishing to deglegitimise Ashkenazi Jews. The claims of a people to nationhood are almost never based on genetics or “race.” Whatever the merits of the genetic arguments, claims that anyone has no right to a country because they are not racially “pure” are racist claims, and identify the people making those claims as racists.

Israelis include Jews of all races and genetics,caucasian, african, asian, yet you are inferring that Khazar converts are less Jewish because they are white. For your reading:

Jewish Conversion – A historical perspective from Ruth to the kingdom of the Khazars.
http://www.convertingtojudaism.com/Historical-Background.htm
Historical Background
In the Talmudic period several well-known rabbis and scholars were themselves converts, or descended from converts, and there have also been interesting examples of group conversion to Judaism, like the entire kingdom of the Khazars in the eighth century.
Talmudic Rabbi Eliezar ben Pedat said that the exile of Jews from Israel, the most terrible event in ancient Jewish history, had but one positive outcome, that “the holy one, praised be he, exiled Israel, among the nations for the purpose of gaining converts” (Pesachim 87B).
Are Ashkenazi Jews descended from Khazars and does it matter?

http://www.zionism-israel.com/issues/khazars.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/GargamelGold?feature=mhee CriticalDragon1177

@Editor

You wrote,
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It is the Jews’ fault we have open borders to begin with and I dare say I am far more concerned about the Mestizo threat than Muslims here in the US. Europe has the Muslim problem.
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Okay, you sound like both an antisemitic and an Islamophobe. To blame either America’s problems or Europe’s problems on either “the Jews” or “the Muslims” is bigotry, pure and simple. You also sound like you’re bigoted against Latinos as well. Tell me, are you thinking of joining the Klan or the Nazi party? In all seriousness, you should do yourself a favor, read some history and sociology books, as well as maybe a book or two on economics. Make sure they were written by qualified individuals with genuine degrees in those fields, and after you have done so, rethink things. Its absurd to see our problems as being caused solely by the “other” no matter what minority group the other maybe, and even if some individuals within that group are causing a problem, its not reasonable to say that all of them are.
Just Stopping By

@Averroe’s Ghost: I nearly missed the sarcasm in your post: “We need completee dismantelment of the Apartheid state of Israel. Zionism itself is one that at its core consider it fine to expel, … those settlers must be kicked out, repatriated to the US, Canada, Europe or even for Sephardim to their homes in the Arab lands”

@Jack Cope: “No one wants Israel gone, especially people who hate it,” I guess you saw the sarcasm better than I did.
Abdul-Rahman

I can only imagine how much Zionist pigs like John Hagee down in Texas are lining up to suck up to, I mean “support”, this Khazar hack Gelbman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YITl2N3SKI
http://thepenofawanderingstranger.com/personal/ Jack Cope

I think we discussed this one by email Yossi… but yes its some politician mouthing off in front of a crowd of potential voters. If the guy gets into office do you think we’ll hear of it again? Well… not until the next election comes anyway and he needs to get his face on TV! Kinda funny he’d chose Jerusalem as a capital anyway, its pure populist BS. No one wants Israel gone, especially people who hate it, it is far to convenient to pull up in situations like the one above!
Anj

@yossi
What you heard was just hot Arab air. All mouth and very little substance. The Arabs and Israelis relationship is like an iceberg. Very little on the surface to keep their people quiet but runs deep under the water.
Isreal is no pushover militarily and you know it. Israel has atomic weapons, they have the better airforce, they recently aquired several attack submarines-( dolphins) all capable of delivering nuclear weapons. The Arabs are aware of the the Samson doctrine.
Realistically Israel is under no threat from the treacherous Arab leaders!