Gottheimer urges federal probe of NJ center after it invites PFLP member to speak at conference The congressman asked the Justice Department to investigate the Palestinian American Community Center after Wisam Rafeedie addressed a conference hosted by the center.

(JNS) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) called for a federal investigation into whether a pro-Palestinian group is supporting Jew-hatred and terror.

Gottheimer, who is Jewish, asked the U.S. Department of Justice on Sunday to investigate the Palestinian American Community Center after Wisam Rafeedie, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was scheduled to speak via video feed at the center’s conference that day in Clifton, N.J.

The PFLP is a U.S.-designated foreign terror organization.

“Rafeedie has a long history of supporting terrorism and engaging in antisemitic rhetoric,” Gottheimer, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, wrote to Pam Bondi, the U.S. attorney general.

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