EX-CONGRESSWOMAN RESURFACES AS AN ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVIST

Does anyone remember Cynthia McKinney, the former black Democratic congresswoman from Georgia? Well, she was the one who slugged a white Capitol Hill police officer in 2006 when he tried to check her ID at a congressional office building checkpoint. She accused the officer of being a racist for trying to stop her.

Now she has resurfaced as a pro-Arab, anti-Israel activist. That is hardly surprising since she and her father have had a long history of anti-Semitism. Before I get to her latest endeavors, I want to refresh your memory with some excerpts from my blog, KAPOW --- DON'T TOUCH ME, YOU RACIST COP! (April 9, 2006).

Assaulting a police officer: "On March 29, 2006 Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., an African-American, was not wearing her ID pin, and she had just recently changed her hairdo from cornrows to a curly brown afro. A white Capitol Hill police officer, who was working the security checkpoint at a congressional office building entrance, failed to recognize her. When McKinney bypassed the checkpoint, the officer ordered her three times to stop. Each time she ignored his lawful orders. In order to stop Rep. Mckinney, the officer grabbed her by the shoulder. She spun around and - KAPOW! - slugged him in the chest with her cell phone."

Anti-Semitism: "In 2002, she blamed Jews for the loss of her Congressional seat (which she subsequently regained), claiming that they poured money into her black opponent's campaign because she had sided with the Palestinians against Israel. Her father, Billy McKinney, blamed the defeat on a Jewish plot and stated that, ‘Jews bought everybody, that's (spelling out) J-E-W-S.’"

With that background in mind, here are some excerpts from today’s IsraelNationalNews.com on how McKinney has been making news lately as an active member of the group "Movement For The Freedom Of Gaza":

McKINNEY: ISRAEL SHOULD ‘CALL OFF ITS DOGS’
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Several IDF navy boats intercepted, boarded and took control of a boat of pro-Arab activists trying to break Israeli sovereignty over coastal waters Tuesday afternoon. No one was injured, and an IDF spokesman told Israel National News that no shots were fired.

It was the first time the IDF has boarded one of the boats since the pro-Arab "Free Gaza" movement began sending ships to Gaza last August. The previous sailing, earlier this year, ended up with a collision with a navy boat that forced the activists away from Gaza. The activists have accused the navy of purposely ramming their vessel.

Among the 17 passengers on Tuesday's vessel, not including the captain and three-man crew, are former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire and three journalists, including two from the Arabic-language Al Jazeera network. Other passengers are from the United States, Denmark. Ireland, Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen and Britain. One Israeli, Lubna Masarfwa, also is on board, according to the Free Gaze group that organized the voyage.

As the navy surrounded the activists’ boat, McKinney said by phone from the vessel, "I am extremely angry. We demand that the Israeli government call off their attack dogs."

Former Congresswoman McKinney, who was also on the boat that was in the collision, called on U.S. President Barack Obama and the international community to "intervene now to prevent this situation from escalating with potentially drastic results to the civilians on board."