(IPT) Nihad Awad normally presents himself as mild mannered and measured. That demeanor has helped the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) co-founder and executive director appear on national news channels and be welcomed in congressional offices.
But his true radicalism was exposed Saturday when he called Tel Aviv “occupied” and prayed for it to be freed. It is Israel’s most populous city, the place where Israel declared its independence.
Awad’s reference to an “occupied” Tel Aviv revealed that he does not accept Israel’s right to exist.
“We have to fight. We have to take the fight to the other side. Moving the [U.S.] embassy, our embassy, from Tel Aviv which is occupied, to a city [Jerusalem] that’s supposed to be protected under international law, to move that embassy we should not accept that as a de facto,” Awad said. “We have to pressure the administration to take our embassy back to Tel Aviv. And inshallah [God willing], it will be free later.”
