Award canceled, Egyptian activist acknowledges anti-Semitism

[Mosby]

WASHINGTON (JTA) — An Egyptian human rights activist refused to apologize for anti-Jewish tweets that led the Obama administration to delay honoring her with an award.

“I refused to apologize to the Zionist lobby in America on the previous statements hostile to Zionism under pressure from the American government, so the prize was withdrawn,” Samira Ibrahim tweeted Thursday.

Victoria Nuland, the State Department spokeswoman, had said earlier Thursday that Ibrahim was on her way back to Egypt and would not participate in a State Department ceremony Friday honoring nine other recipients of the International Women of Courage Award.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and First Lady Michelle Obama were scheduled to preside at the ceremony.

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A July 18 tweet on Ibrahim’s feed, first reported by the Weekly Standard, notes the suicide bombing in Bulgaria that day that killed five Israeli tourists and a bus driver: “An explosion on a truck transporting Israelis at the airport of Burgas, Bulgaria, on the Black Sea,” it says. “Oh Wowwww this eases off the day today very nice very nice news.”


http://www.timesofisrael.com/award-canceled-egyptian-activist-acknowledges-anti-semitism/

[Jenoch]

1. I thought her Twitter account was hacked and she did not send out those Tweets?

Not only is she anti-semitic, she is also a liar. Not only did she send out anti-semitic Tweets, she sent out Tweets in celebration of the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. The U.S. State Department dropped the ball on this one and did not do the proper vetting for those that they wished to honor. I wonder is any of the other recipients of this award have something they wish to hide?