In case you missed it, the Jewish Insider outlined Jim Barksdale’s longstanding anti-Israel record.
The story references Barksdale’s 2010 trip to the Middle East with Interfaith Peace-Builders where he marched in Ramallah to protest Israel’s raid on the Hamas-backed flotilla. Mainstream Democrats in Congress supported Israel’s right to defend itself – but Barksdale was marching with Palestinians in protest.
WATCH Barksdale march in protest:
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(Barksdale is featured on the right in this frame, wearing a yellow hat and green shirt)
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His opponent [Jim Barksdale] has a history of taking a stand against Israel on numerous occasions, and just recently one of his key backers, Congressman Hank Johnson likened Jewish settlers in the West Bank to “termites.”
In 2010, Barksdale was part of a 28-member delegation to Israel and the Palestinian territories by a Washington-based group, Interfaith Peace-Builders. The group advocates for non-violent activities against occupation. But on the same trip, Barksdale marched in Ramallah to protest Israel’s raid on the Turkish-owned Mavi Marmara flotilla to Gaza after facing resistance from dozens of passengers.
In May 2008, Barksdale spoke at The Athens Humans Rights Festival calling for Americans to speak up about the Iraq War and the ‘Palestinian issue.’ “I couldn’t be silent,” he said. “Silence was complicity.”
“Jim Barksdale has some explaining to do,” Georgia Republican Party Chairman John Padgett told Jewish Insider. “From protesting the raid of a Cynthia McKinney and Hamas-backed flotilla in the streets of Ramallah to refusing to condemn Rep. Hank Johnson’s wildly offensive comments about Jewish settlers in the West Bank, it is clear that Jim Barksdale is no friend of Israel. Barksdale’s shady past is troubling and we will do everything in our power to ensure his defeat this fall.”
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