Allen West is Texas State Chair: Good Pro-Israel News

Allen West as Texas State Chair is Good Pro-Israel News 

By

James Scott Trimm

In 2018 newly elected County Chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party, Darl Easton nearly tore the Tarrant County Republican Party apart, with the controversial appointment of Shahid Shafi as Vice Chair.  

Dr. Shafi  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, in keeping with our Texas Republican Party Platform:

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.


The rather defensive reaction from our County Chair was that it was unfair to ask Dr. Shafi if he will make such a declaration (each element of which is in our party platform) simply because he is a Muslim:

 



Actually one can be a Muslim and still support Israel.  In fact there is a very, very, small group of pro-Israel “Zionist” Muslims.  But they are in extremely small numbers and live in fear of their lives, threatened by the vast majority.  The Wikipedia article on Muslim Supporters of Israel, however, says:

In the Muslim world, support of Israel is a minority orientation, and supporters of Israel have faced opposition and violence

One wonders why such oppression and violence would come from a religion of peace.

However Dr. Shafi had been endorsed by CAIR which is well known for its anti-Israel agenda.

 





Our Texas Party platform says of CAIR:

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.

And the ADL says of CAIR:

CAIR’s anti-Israel agenda dates back to its founding by leaders of the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), a Hamas affiliated anti-Semitic propaganda organization.

At the September 2018 meeting of the Executive Committee, Dr. Shafi addressed the body, but completely ignored calls for him to make a public statement supporting our pro-Israel platform.


By November of 2018  There was a concerted effort by the Tarrant County Republican Party leadership in cooperation with the liberal media, to establish a narrative that the opposition to Shahid Shafi is driven by bigotry.

 In fact this blogger received a message from a Party official (who shall remain nameless) saying:

"It is a simple narrative that I am trying to establish. The TCGOP does not approve of bigotry within the party. I understand your concerns and its importance, I get it. ... Perception is everything. ... I would ask a favor, please stop working against what my goal is here..." 

The leadership within the Tarrant County Republican Party collaborated with the liberal media to intentionally establish this bigotry narrative.  
 
Darl Easton had created a public relations nightmare.  The party was divided and there was little hope that is could unite under Darl's leadership with this controversial appointment in place.  Yet, since Darl and his cohorts, had established a narrative for the liberal media that this was only about bigotry, the liberal media was attacking the party as "bigots".

The story of the whole debacle, which ultimately led to Easton's resignation, can be found in my blog Tarrant GOP Chair Darl Easton Heeds Calls to Resign

While Darl was tearing the Tarrant County Republican party apart, labeling any opposition to Shafi in the press a bigot. Texas State Chair James Dickey wasted no time at all in joining in, also cooperating with the liberal press to label Shafi opposition as bigotry, even writing an op-ed saying:

In Tarrant County, a few individuals have sought to remove Dr. Shahid Shafi from his position as Vice Chair of the county Party because of his religion – because he is a Muslim. That is not our Party.... The Republican Party has a long history of fighting for our God-given rights, for freedom and against bigotry in all forms.
(Dallas Morning News Dec. 7, 2018)

James Dicky seemed determined to divide the state party as deeply as the Tarrant County Party had been divided, and joined this collaboration with the liberal press to label fellow Republicans bigots in the media!

At yesterday's Texas Republican Party Convention, the grassroots Republicans voted to replace State Chair James Dickey with Lieutenant Colonel Allen West.

Allen West is a man known for his staunch support of Israel, having once said:

"As goes Israel - so goes the United States of America and so goes Western civilization. And so many of our adversaries and enemies know that. That's what we're facing all across the Middle East and, truthfully, all across the world."
Allen West: If Israel goes, Western civilization goes

West is not a man to bow to CAIR like Dickey, to the contrary, CAIR has listed West as an alleged "Islamaphob"  Unlike the politically correct Dickey, West once wrote a blog on the The stealth jihad of Islamic immigration in which West wrote: "As those of us not under the spell of political correctness know, Islam does not coexist." 

 Lieutenant Colonel Allen West is not under the spell of political correctness which has afflicted our previous leadership.  Colonel West is the man to reunite our party and to recommit our party to our party platform!