{"id":217856,"date":"2026-09-06T23:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/217856\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:26:18","slug":"palestinian-journalist-calls-black-dem-leader-aipac-monkey-claims-slur-not-used-in-a-racist-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/217856\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian journalist calls Black Dem leader \u2018AIPAC monkey,\u2019 claims slur not used \u2018in a racist way\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Palestinian journalist and professor Rula Jebreal apologized on Friday after she referred to the top Democrat in the House, who is Black, as an “AIPAC monkey.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Jebreal<\/a>, who is also a foreign affairs analyst, was a guest on progressive podcaster Wajahat Ali’s “The Left Hook”<\/a> when she used the slur to describe House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y while referring to his support of Israel and ties to the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC.<\/p>\n

“By the way, his name is Hakeem. ‘Hakeem’ is an Arabic name which means ‘healer.’ He’s not a healer, he’s a divider,” Jebreal told Ali.<\/p>\n

“He is a bought and paid by AIPAC monkey,” she continued. “With all due respect — and I don’t mean it in a racist way.”<\/p>\n

“He is just basically an errand boy, and we’re done and tired,” Jebreal said.<\/p>\n

AIPAC has become a major issue in internal Democratic Party politics, with progressives criticizing Democrats who receive money from the interest group while moderates like Jeffries have embraced the organization.<\/p>\n

Liberal Democrats, like Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed, and democratic socialists, such as Florida’s Angie Dixon, have won midterm primaries this cycle amid growing discontent with the Israeli government among Democrats.<\/p>\n

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Jebreal apologized for her remarks on Friday.<\/p>\n

“I am disgusted and horrified that Hakeem Jeffery [sic] is taking money from AIPAC amidst Israel’s genocide in Palestine,” she posted <\/a>to X. “That said, a term that I used to describe him was inappropriate and offensive and should never have been used. I apologize unconditionally.”<\/p>\n

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