Tarrant County GOP Turns its Back on Israel
New Info Comes to Light!
By
James Scott Trimm
In a recent blog I told you about how the Tarrant County GOP has turned its back on Israel.
Our 2018 Texas Republican Party Platform declares concerning Israel:
207. Israel: We are grateful that the US Embassy in Israel has been moved to Jerusalem. We believe that Jerusalem should remain Israel’s undivided capital, accessible to people of all faiths. The United States should continue to support Israel militarily, financially, and technologically. We oppose any pressuring of Israel to make concessions they believe would jeopardize their security. We strongly oppose the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, on all levels, including and especially on college campuses, at the United Nations, and by anti-West non-governmental organizations. We believe there should not be a Palestinian state within the historical borders of Israel. Our policy is inspired by God’s biblical promise to bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel, and we further invite other nations and organizations to enjoy the benefits of that promise.
208. Israel’s Sovereignty: We further insist upon Israel’s right to exist, its right to secure borders, and its right to the land secured by practicing self-defense from aggressive enemies. We strongly encourage other nations of the world to respect Israel’s sovereignty, right of self-determination, and right of self-defense.
However the Tarrant County Republican Party, under the leadership of Darl Easton, has turned its back on Israel in an effort to reach out to the largely anti-Israel Islamic Community.
One of the first acts of our new County Chair Darl Easton was to appoint Dr. Shahid Shafi as his Vice Chair. Dr. Shafi is a Muslim who was endorsed by CAIR which is well known for its anti-Israel agenda and is rebuked by our Texas GOP Platform:
177. Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): We hereby call on all law enforcement and governmental agencies in Texas to avoid and suspend all contact and outreach activities with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), named unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation trial, with ties to terrorist groups such as Hamas.
For months now Dr. Shafi has failed to directly respond to requests that he himself publicly declare that he will support Israel with Jerusalem as its undivided capital and oppose creation of a Palestinian State within the historic borders of Israel.
Now disturbing news has come to light that another appointment in Darl Easton's administration. The new Vice Chair of the Precinct Chair and Volunteer Recruitment Committee, is Lisa Gramaldi, AKA Lisa Abdulkareem.
I recently received this screen shot in an email, in which Lisa Katness Abdulkareem, declares that she is a Muslim.
It is well known that there is an anti-Israel sentiment which is prevalent in the Islamic Community. On Sunday Oct. 14th I asked Lisa Katniss Abdulkareem publicly on the Executive Committee Facebook groupo, if she would be willing to make a statement publicly supporting Israel with Jerusalem as its undivided capital and opposing creation of a Palestinian state within the historic borders of Israel. I had tagged her and Facebook showed her as seeing it almost immediately. Yet she never replied, and a few days later she went so far as to block me.
Since that time, I have received another screenshot in which Lisa Abdulkareem appears to self-identify as "more liberal than conservative":
According to my source this is a screen shot of her own Twitter page which she took herself and posted in FB, hence the "edit profile" button.
It has also been reported that Lisa Grimaldi/Abdulkareem has no Republican voting record prior to the recent 2018 primary.
Finally it appears that Lisa Grimaldi/Abdulkareem has shared Tweets from Bill Clinton, Chris Hamilton (Democrat County Chair Dallas County), Justin Trudeau, the ACLU and several from Bernie Sanders.
The following are just a few of her "retweets" from Bernie Sanders:
And lets not forget this pro-Choice retweet:
Why in the world would a Muslim who is self described as "more liberal than conservative" and has spent recent years retweeting liberal tweets from key Democrats and retweeting pro-Choice tweets, want to serve as Vice Chair of a committee to recruit new GOP Precinct Chairs and Volunteers?
Meanwhile, Darl Easton has joined the liberal press in attacking anyone speaking out about this selling out of Israel by his administration as Islamophobic bigots. However one can be a Muslim and still support Israel. (See this Wikipedia Article about Muslim Supporters of Israel,) This is not about religious bigotry, but about our Republican Party Platform!
This anti-Israel sentiment has infested the Democratic Party in recent years. Will it now infiltrate the Republican Party as well?
Tarrant County is the largest Republican party in Texas and the nation. If Tarrant goes, so will go the state of Texas an the nation.
Must we play the politically correct game of being intimidated from asking the tough questions?
On November 10th the Tarrant County Republican Party Executive Committee will vote on whether or not to remove Shafi as Vice Chair.
Thanks to the following for providing info used in this blog:
Dorrie O'Brien, Pct. Chair 2466
Sara Legvold former Pct. Chair 3386 & SREC SD-9
Bret Coody, Pct. Chair 1603
Dale Attebery, Pct. Chair 2169 and Area Leader HD 101
