(JNS) The Zionist Organization of America is calling on HIAS to end its “partnership” and “collaboration” with the Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), whose leadership has made anti-Semitic statements and is banned in Israel for its ties to Hamas.
IRW director Heshmat Khalifa, who has since resigned, recently called Jews the “grandchildren of monkeys and pigs”; called Egypt’s president a “Zionist pimp”; and praised Hamas as “the purest resistance movement in modern history.”
In addition to the anti-Semitic statements, the group and its affiliates also have well-documented ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.
In 2014, Israel declared IRW to be illegal, based on its role of funneling money to Hamas, and it is banned from operating in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
