How convenient for Campa-Najjar that Hunter has been hit with corruption charges that are clearly politically motivated. And now he has disavowed his jihad mass murderer grandfather, and so he could sail to victory and a seat in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, race car driver Conor Daly has lost a sponsor because his father used a racial slur, the connotations of which in America he did not realize, as he is from Ireland, 30 years ago. The Left’s game of demonization and marginalization only works one way, you see. Ammar Campa-Najjar, being an exponent of the acceptable opinions, has nothing to worry about.
“Dem running against indicted Rep. Hunter rises in race, disavows Munich terrorist grandfather,” by Adam Shaw, Fox News, August 24, 2018:
California Democratic congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar was barely on anyone’s radar last week in his longshot bid against GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter, in an overwhelmingly Republican district.
But after Hunter’s indictment Tuesday on corruption charges, including allegations of lavish personal spending with campaign funds, Campa-Najjar is suddenly a contender.
With his boosted chances, though, has come scrutiny of his dark family past — his grandfather was a member of the Palestinian Black September terror group that killed 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
The 29-year-old political neophyte, who has both Mexican and Palestinian heritage, has been quick and unequivocal in separating himself from Muhammad Yusuf al-Najjar.
Campa-Najjar is keen to point out he has never met his grandfather, whose death at the hands of Israeli commandos happened 16 years before Ammar was born. In a statement this week, the former Obama administration Labor Department official used his disavowal of his grandfather to take a not-so-subtle dig at his opponent.
“I’m happy to take responsibility for my own choices and my own decisions,” he said. “I think other men are responsible for their own crimes, whether it’s somebody who I share a lineage with and nothing else, or a sitting congressman whose being indicted and could be facing serious charges in the future.”
His campaign also says while he’s proud of his heritage, he is “American first.”
In an interview, Campa-Najjar told Fox News he isn’t concerned that his family history could harm the campaign.
“I’m not concerned, but I think it shows Hunter is concerned,” he said. “My opponents have to go back three generations to attack me. I can go back three days to highlight something pretty damning about him.”
Israeli media first drew attention to his family ties in early 2018, with reports noting he advocates a peaceful solution to the Middle East conflict — unlike his grandfather.
Hunter and his wife, meanwhile, pleaded not guilty to the charges against them on Thursday, and Hunter has declared the prosecution to be politically motivated. But with a lengthy list of personal spending totaling up to $250,000, Hunter has struggled to explain the charges.
On Thursday, he was asked about spending by his wife, Margaret, and appeared to distance himself from her actions, saying it was her that handled the campaign finances…..
mgoldberg says
from website Elderofziyon.com:
Friday, August 24, 2018Elder of Ziyon
Palestinian candidate for Congress, grandson of Munich terrorist mastermind, would be considered an @UNRWA “refugee”
Democratic congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar is suddenly receiving media attention because his Republican opponent has been indicted on corruption charges.
From AP:
Campa-Najjar said he is proud of his heritage but is American first. He has made clear that he has no personal connection to his grandfather, Muhammad Yusuf al-Najjar who was a mastermind of the terrorist murder of 11 Israeli Olympic athletes and coaches at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. Al-Najjar was assassinated a year later by Israeli commandos.
“I’m happy to take responsibility for my own choices and my own decisions,” he said. “I think other men are responsible for their own crimes, whether it’s somebody who I share a lineage with and nothing else, or a sitting congressman who’s being indicted and could be facing serious charges in the future. ”
Campa-Najjar was not so forthcoming in his description of his grandfather in two very similar articles he wrote for the San Diego Union-Tribune and the Washington Post about his family history:
My father, Yasser Najjar, saw both his parents gunned down right in front of him when he was only 11 years old.
…..Not a word about why that might have happened.
Campa-Najjar’s grandfather was one of the founders of Fatah in the 1950s along with Yasir Arafat. He formed a number of terror cells. His nom de guerre was Abu Youssef – was the number 3 PLO leader and the leader of Black September terror group. He was assassinated in Beirut in 1973 for his role in the Olympics massacre.
Campa-Najjar’s article in the Washington Post also seems problematic in another way, saying that he was in Gaza when Israel “carpet-bombed” his neighborhood.
I didn’t cry the night they cut off the electricity to all of Gaza City, and I, my mom, stepmom, dad and younger brothers hid in the dark corner of a cold kitchen floor as they carpet bombed our neighborhood. I didn’t cry when we had to leave baba behind and finally return to the United States in August 2001
…..This was during the second intifada, and while Israel did target terrorists from the air, nothing it did in Gaza at the time could remotely be called “carpet bombing,” certainly not in 2001 when his family returned from Gaza to America. (Israel didn’t use bombers in Gaza until 2003, and all its air operations were from helicopter gunships.)
Campa-Najjar also says “After not being considered Arab enough in Gaza, Latino enough for the barrio, or American enough in my own country, after so many shut doors, the door to all others finally opened.”
…..It may be possible that he wasn’t considered “Arab enough for Gaza,” but his terrorist grandfather has a hospital named after him in Rafah. It seems his family was quite prominent and honored. His father was a top PLO official as well, although Campa-Najjar characterizes him only as a peacemaker during the Oslo process.
Since his paternal grandfather was considered a refugee in 1948 and lived in an UNRWA camp in Rafah, that means that according to UNRWA’s rules, Ammar Campa-Najjar is himself a “Palestine refugee,” as his American children and grandchildren will be. (Even if he adopts children, they would be considered “refugees.”)
I agree with Ammar Campa-Najjar that he shouldn’t be judged by the actions of his grandfather. But he shouldn’t lie about his family history either, and he should properly castigate UNRWA for considering him a “refugee” as well since he has been a proud American citizen from birth.
Charlie Dumaurier says
He is a US citizen and as such, he can’t be considered a refugee. He would have to be persecuted by people like you and flee from the US to seek refugee status in another country. This has yet to happen in the US. However, with Trump in the White House, nothing is for sure!
Mal Feesence says
…he is a muslim first, that makes him an enemy of America…he is an obama enabler/supporter, which makes him a traitor to America…the case against his opponent Hunter is as phony as the fascist’s case against President Trump…hopefully his jihadist ties will be exposed for all to see, but with fascistcrats running California, nothing is for sure!
Norger says
Oh puhleez. What hysterical whining. I’m not a Trump fan, but the reality is that “backlash” against Muslims is not happening and will not happen.
Why don’t you ask this candidate if he will condemn Hamas and ponder the implications when he equivocates.
gravenimage says
I agree that no one should be judged by the actions of their family.
But one has to *explicitly* condemn such terrorism–and Campa-Najjar has *not* done this here.
James Lincoln says
If a Muslim participates in politics, it’s inevitable that the decisions they make will be compatible with Islam / Sharia, and bad for Western society. They take their oath of office on the Koran.
gravenimage says
California: Muslim Congressional candidate disavows Munich jihad mass murderer grandfather
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Actually, if you read his words, Ammar Campa-Najjar does not actually condemn Jihad at all.
Rarely says
He certainly isn’t responsible for his grandfather’s actions or UNRWA’s idiotic rules. Perhaps he should be asked if he denounces his grandfather’s actions and the Black September gang. He does say, after all, that he’s proud of his heritage and that is clearly part of his heritage.
carpediadem says
Will he be asked to renounce his “refugee” status as a political candidate?
Charlie Dumaurier says
Apply the same standard to Trump. His German grandfather ran a brothel in the Yukon while skipping the draft from the 1st World War. His father, Fred Trump, avoided service in the 2nd World War. Donald Trump, an excellent athlete, got off because of sudden “heal spurs”.
About his ethnic origins and family name: There are various versions of his German family name. It was probably Schtrumpf. This is very close to the German term for Smurf (Schtroumpf). Some say it was Trumpf and they dropped the ‘f”. I think a more appropriate Anglocism would have been Turnip.
terry says
Oh no worry, it is always double standards where muslims are concerned! They are after all superior people and above reproach, always right and never wrong! MAGA
Zenobia van Dongen says
“Schtroumpf” is actually the French term for “smurf”, not the German term.
“Schtroumpf” is fake German and fits the French stereotype of Germans as dimwits.
The German word for smurf is actually quite similar: “Schlumpf “
Mal Feesence says
I’m somewhat surprised that a sophisticated, tolerant, liberal frenchman would equate the running of a brothel with the cold-blooded slaughter of innocent athletes…and since ‘liberals’ are upstanding, holier-than-thou anti-war pacifists, one would have thought the avoidance of serving in the military would be a point in the Presidents favor….after all, most of the male population of France refused to fight hitler…and they are/were not in the least embarrassed or ashamed…
…and brothels have always been a major feature of the French way of life…so, (assuming your ‘facts’ didn’t come from cnn, or any of the other fake media outlets)…on the surface, you and your fellow french libs have much in common with the Trump family…
gravenimage says
Will “Charlie Dumaurier” say anything critical of the horrors of Jihad and Shari’ah–perhaps starting with the 1972 Munich Jihad attack? I wouldn’t hold my breath…
SAE says
Campa-Najjar, the former Obama administration Labor Department official ….
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Hmm, Muslim, Campaign-Najjar, was part of the obama administration…why is that not surprising?
Proverbs 13:20 “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.” We ALL will suffer harm due to these deviant Muslim “companions”, sympathizers, and adherents.
Notmoron says
Since Democrat party is clearly becoming an islamic party, why the Jews still in that party?
Rarely says
Why are the Christians?
Notmoron says
Is Pope Francisco a Christian?
carpediadem says
Catholic.
gravenimage says
Yes, Catholics are Christians.
Pope Francis is another matter, though…
Rarely says
Notmoron.
Why are the Christians?????
carpediadem says
Why do you care what other people do? Why don’t you concentrate on your own political inclinations, which I can see are very nasty.
As Rarely says “Why are the Christians”?
Exactly.
Berengaria says
Approx. 50% of Our Country are pleased to accept the Grandson of a Palestinian Murderer as a Congressional Candidate, but would throw to the wolves, a decent man whose father may or may not have uttered a Racial slur.
I hear the “N” word everyday, spoken by members of a GOV Protected Group, who are also allowed to cast slurs on the Country’s White Majority, but only the Forgotten Men & Women are punished, for the sin of being Politically Incorrect!
JayT says
If he didn’t leave Islam, which would be the best form of disavowing his grandfather, then it can be said he didn’t really put any distance between them since he subscribes to the same set of beliefs.
mortimer says
Agree with JT. He has not denounced the JIHAD IDEOLOGY that led to the ‘crimes’ of his grandfather.
But, to abandon Islam openly would lead to a death sentence imposed by Muslim vigilantes.
Vigilantism is NORMATIVE Islam, rather than an aberration. There is no punishment in Sharia for those who murder apostates or blasphemers and anyone may commit those murders under the rules discriminatory Sharia law.
Campa-Najjar has not disagreed with the ideology, but with the violent method.
He did however, reveal that the Pallies are racists who did not accept his half-breed ancestry.
What a can of worms.
granddaddy says
No relation.
IQ al Rassooli says
Campa-Najjar, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and ALL these Muslims joining the political system in the USA will swear allegiance on Muhammad’s Quran NOT the Bible (just like Keith Ellison) hence they will all swear allegiance to SHARIA
Whenever Muslims are caught in their usual acts of violence, depravity or deception, they claim ‘anti Islam Hate’ when in Fact and in Reality they are systematically undermining Western societies using their own freedoms against them~
For those Americans, Europeans and others who still do not or are unwilling to understand Muslims and Islam, let me enlighten you in very short but deadly incontestable conclusions:
1. No Muslim can ever be BOTH a Good Muslim and a Loyal citizen among non Muslims/ Kuffar/ Infidels (just watch what is happening in every European country that invited Muslims as well as in the USA)
2. Because Muslims follow Allah’s Sharia, every Muslim is automatically the Eternal and Mortal ENEMY of every human being who is NOT a Muslim (80% of current humanity). Sharia is the NEMESIS of the US Constitution and of ALL Western rules of law.
3. Since Allah is NOT God (NOT the same as the God of the Bible), Islam is therefore NOT a Religion but a Cult belief system; the Cult of Muhammad
4. Last but not least, $200,000 says that no human being can find a single operative verse in Muhammad’s Quran that shows any Compassion and Mercy toward Unbelievers/ Kuffar/ Infidels (currently 80% of humanity comprising all Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Atheists, Agnostics, all non Muslims)
Therefore, as much as it may sound outrageous, nonetheless based entirely upon their own beliefs, NO Muslim should ever be allowed to hold any position in Western democracies because the intention of every single Muslim as mandated in their Quran is to have ALL of humanity either Submit to Sharia or be Exterminated.
Any challengers willing to lose $200,000 when they fail?
IQ al Rassooli
Kafir & Proud!
Ann Marie says
His grandfather killed those athletes in Munich because they were kaffir, they were Jewish, they weren’t Muslim..
You would think that would turn future generations of their family away from such a violent act and a ‘religion’ which advocates, encourages and demands it..
But no, this man is still a Muslim.
When he opens his mouth and disavows his grandfather, he’s lying.. out and out lying.
But don’t forget, he’s muslim and lying is okay if it advances Islam… These people should not be allowed to be part of our government since their loyalties aren’t with the laws, culture and traditions of this country. It’s Islam always and forever for them.
Brenda says
So far there is an incestuous Muslim woman who married her brother, committed perjury and bigamy and believes in female genital mutilation, a pedophile, a Nazi, a transgender and white supremacists running for congress. Why should we be surprised to have a Muslim running with known terrorist ties? If Washington is a swamp all these people should fit right in.
We should all know by now, Muslims are never held accountable or questioned about anything. If you question anything – you are an Islamophobia. If you don’t vote for them – you are an Islamophobia even though Muslims are taught it is ok to lie to non-Muslims.
We should all know by now there is a double standard when it comes to everyone else. You can be blamed for something an ancestor said or did in the year 1 with no end in sight.
gravenimage says
And don’t forget Keith Ellison, the Muslim politician that was apparently beating his girlfriend.
ElderlyZionist says
Amar Campa-Najjar professes to be Christian. Of course not everyone who professes actually is, but let’s keep our facts straight. Y’know, Nonie Darwish’s father was the Egyptian colonel in charge of terrorist fedayin commando raids out of Gaza in the 1950s; the Israelis assassinated him for good and sufficient reasons, but today his daughter Nonie is a Christian Arab Zionist. Campa-Najjar is a left-progressive Democrat and an Obama protege, so let’s keep an eye on him for the right reasons.
lebel says
Disavow your grandfather = Muslim jihadist
Don’t disavow your grandfather = Muslim jihadist
The Jihadwatch methodology at owrk
Pocatello says
No, retaining the same religio-political ideology as grandfather terrorist makes one a likely muslim jihadist. It certainly makes him deceptive at the least.
Norger says
Do you honestly think for a heartbeat he would condemn Hamas? Or that he would support a two state solution?
It’s not his fault that he was born the grandson of a terrorist and steeped in vicious Jew hatred from infancy, but it’s extremely unlikely that that he doesn’t harbor some very dangerous beliefs
lebel says
Dear Norger, if taqqiya is real then he could easily condemn Hamas and anything else you throw at him.
So my point is that it does not matter if he condemns or not (according to the jihadwatch methodology/ideology).
In real life, condemning his grandfather is a massive step to take. How many Palestinians (or Arabs) would do that publicly? In real life, I am not sure that he would condemn Hamas or Hezbollah. And if he did, he probably would not condemn the PLO (which would be next on the jwatch list of things one must condemn). Then he would have to condemn the two state solution followed by condemning the idea of Palestinians (it’s all made up according to jihadwatch).
Of course, it is never enough for RS or jihadwatch, I think even giving up Islam would not be enough. You are always suspect because of Taqqiya.
gravenimage says
He does *not* actually condemn the actions of his Jihadist grandfather as Lebel pretends. That is the problem.
Enolagay says
Can we all say “taqiyya”
CelticToTheBone says
At least the voting public is aware of Campa-Najjar’s murderous lineage and can evaluate its voting decision in advance – a marked contrast to when Barry Soetoro (aka BH Obama), was suddenly foisted on an American public, ignorant of his dubious and highly suspect history, seeped in islam and Communism, in 2008.
I beseech you America, to remember the disaster for America Barry proved to be and continues, seditiously, to this day to be, when voting in this election.