‘Islamic’ Paterson, otherwise known as ‘Little Ramallah’ to a heavily Muslim population, is well known in Homelabd Security Counter-terrorism circles as a mecca for Hamas terrorist supporters and related money laundering.
North Jersey Amid Palestinian (and Hamas?) flags, Paterson celebrates ‘Palestinian American Day,’ bringing to mind the way the Palestinians celebrated 9/11 in the streets of Paterson back in 2001,
The raising of a flag at City Hall on Sunday was like any of the dozen or so similar events held in the city each year in a nod to its diversity. Except it wasn’t.
That’s because the flag raised — for the first time in Paterson, and possibly at any city hall in the United States — was Palestinian. Symbols or assertions of Palestinian statehood are fraught with political sensitivities, and Khader Abuassab, the event’s organizer, said he received harassing phone calls before Sunday’s event.
But no problems were on display Sunday when the flag was raised in the rain before elected officials and about 150 people. People cheered, danced, shared sweets and shouted, “Long Live Palestine.” “Palestine is our country and we are proud of that,” said Clifton resident Salwa Ramadan. “We’re happy [to be] recognized finally.”
Paterson had never held the event because no one had asked, Mayor Jeffery Jones said. The mayor read a proclamation proclaiming May 19 as Palestinian American Day in the city and honoring the group’s heritage and contributions.
He said he wasn’t concerned with potential political backlash. “If they’re citizens of the city of Paterson, they have every right to raise the flag,” Jones said.
Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-Paterson, and Assemblyman Thomas Giblin, D-Clifton, showed up — with Pascrell presenting a letter of Special Congressional Recognition and Giblin presenting an Assembly resolution marking the event.
Shavonda Sumter and Benjie Wimberly, both Assembly members, and state Sen. Nellie Pou also sent a joint citation.
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, said in a speech that the Palestinian leadership thanked the city for its gesture. He urged local Palestinians to be good citizens and to continue supporting the struggle for justice in Palestine.
Many Palestinian Americans live and run businesses in South Paterson, area some call “Little Ramallah” after the West Bank city. Abuassab, a member of the Arab American Civic Organization, said it was time the community was recognized.
He put ads in Arabic newspapers about the flag raising and texted an invitation to friends, community leaders, politicians and law enforcement officials.
He said he got some calls from blocked numbers cursing him. One text message, Abuassab said, came from Charles Meyers, business administrator in the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office and former acting sheriff. The text said simply: “Drop dead.” Meyers denied sending it in an interview Friday, although he later answered the phone number that was the source of the text.
Local and national Arab-American leaders say they can’t recall any other U.S. municipality or agency endorsing a Palestinian flag-raising. Samer Khalaf, a Paramus resident and member of the national board of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination committee, said that’s probably because no Palestinian groups had asked.
“We need the country, and not just the flag,” said Paterson resident Manny Simrino. “But it’s a good thing. It’s a start.”
(I wonder if Gov. Chris Christie put in an appearance? After all, it was Christie who appointed an extremist Muslim and Hamas supporter, Sohail Mohammed, lawyer to countless Islamic terrorists, including the Fort Dix Five, to a Passaic County Superior Judgeship)
There was a news clip of the Jersey City Islam celebrations of the burning World Trade Center on the day of 911. Where did it go? Does anyone have an archived copy of it?
It’s been scrubbed by the media, but these accounts have surfaced: http://www.barenakedislam.com/2015/12/02/donald-trump-vindicated-muslims-in-the-nynj-were-in-fact-celebrating-the-911-attacks/
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Palestine wasn’t even a name but in a far off dream before Israel gave them the land to become a nation. Now they attack the very people that wished only to allow them to be free people and live in peace. What do you think they will do here? They have Patterson NJ as their home base where the idiots allowed them to ” WIN ” the city by allowing them to plant their flag on the Government building and remove the Ole Glory that should have remained there. My real first taste of Islam was in Desert Storm .. then again in 2003-2004/ 2004-2005 OIF. They are a predatory, disturbed manipulative, deceitful, ignorant, Political cult. They ware willing to die for stupidity and not willing to let others who believe different then themselves to live in any kind of peace. They can not be trusted. Mark my Words .. 1 day when the people of the USA wake up and realize what they are doing and are fed up with them and their occultist beliefs they will be rounded up, boxed in, herded, and either sent back to their beloved ” ISLAMIC LANDS OF PROMISE ” or done away with in others forms and means. And that Day is coming sooner then these rag-headed child molesting goat humping camel jockies wish for it to happen .. their savior and protector obozo won’t be in office forever.
Creature, you of course, are spot on. I cannot for the life of me figure out why so many people can’t/won’t see the painfully obvious facts and evidence clearly before thier own eyes about islam and those who follow it. Ironically the liberal left are the ones that will be amongst the first to be tortured and killed by muslims for the very liberal ideologies that are in complete contradiction with islams teachings. Meanwhile they’re just being used as useful idiots by these animals and the libs/left are too stupid and ignorant to even know it. I never in my wildest dreams, would I ever have thought that Americans would become so shamefully and utterly weak, pathetic and apathetic. But I really blame a lot of that on unchecked immigration for so long from third world and communist/fascist countries. We’ve been passed out asleep, drunk on our own willfull ignorance of an impossible ideal of “world peace” pushed by a state sponsored liberal agenda. But I hope, I pray more and more people will wake up very soon and join the rest of us who never went to sleep. Thank you for your service!
All of the people who wrote these hate words are egnorants. they know nothing about the Arabs. and because they listen to the media they hate the Arabs.
be atinsion, beore America was in this world , the Arabs were invent the culture of this word,
I my said that the people who wrote this hate they did not read any word about the Arab’s cevelisation.
what we can do if milions of american like these people they culture is Just hate.
I am teling you because the Arabs in this county arsucssesfful they are Galise of them .
Thank God , we as Arabs serve this contry as well . but you , just carry the hate,
Walid, Nobody here listens to the media because they never tell the truth about muslims as we do here everyday.
Did the Palestinian Community in Paterson, NY, celebrate the attack on the United States on 9/11/01? So why should we respect them if they don’t respect us?
HOW do you *serve this country* well? And, no dear, it is not *hate* to oppose an ideology that is utterly regressive and Neanderthal in its treatment of women, gays, Jews, and non-Muslims. What culture did you invent? Did you send man to the moon? Invent penicillin? Invent computers? Invent the idea of liberty?
They borrowed the culture of the world from the Eastern Roman Empire, not invented it and they soon lost it.
Perhaps the author of this article was mistaken in thinking that Muslims in Patterson was celebrating 911?
Reuters reports:
Paterson was shaken by the September 11 attacks. On that day, a report circulated on some radio stations and Internet sites that Muslims in Paterson had demonstrated in celebration.
Paterson officials promptly issued a statement denying the report, and Muslim leaders insist it was pure fabrication.
‘The Arabs here were sad after 9/11. Believe me, nobody in this community supports bin Laden. He is a criminal. He makes our life difficult here,’ said Walid Rabah, chief editor of Paterson’s Arab Voice newspaper.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/07/26/us-usa-muslims-idUSN2536037320070726
Rako, the only Arabs sad on 9/11 were Arab Christians. Surely you don’t think the people here will believe anything the dhimmi mainstream media have to say about muslims?
If I may let me direct your attention to paragraph 15 of this Washington Post article and you will clearly that in New Jersey THEY WERE CELEBRATING!!!! http://www.scribd.com/doc/290767616/Northern-New-Jersey-Draws-Probers-Eyes
My bad for the spelling error; my German is rusty.
That said, @ Allen foster, I was referring to the aforementioned act being perpetrated against the muzzies, not the Jews. (refer to the context of the article, please…no Jews mentioned, ok.)
Time to show those savage bastards we won’t put up with their shit any longer.
Time for a repeat of “Kristal Nacht”…..(IMO, of course)
“Kristalnacht” is one word in German, and I do not want to see it repeated. Just remember, it is better to keep one’s mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Allan, please keep your erudite attitude to yourself. We don’t need spelling Nazis here either.
Well, if he wants to be pedantic about the spelling of the word, then he should get it right and spell it “kristallnacht” 😛
O.K., I’m teasing, here….
After all, we do need a little levity from time to time. 😀
DS, I hate grammar Nazis and I am one myself…but only about my own work. I get crazy when I miss a typo.
So we have the dhimmi mayor stating that if they are “citizens of Patterson”, they have a right to fly another country’s flag over city hall??!! To top it off, to demonstrate their loyalty to their chosen place to squat, one of them is quoted as saying how proud they are of their “country”, Palestine! If they are so proud, why not go back and stay there!!
What a coincidence only last night I watched the South Park episode where there was a threat of New Jersey taking over the whole of America, I thought it was a cryptic warning.
“Easter Meal” really? I’ve known a lot of Christians but NEVER have I seen, not one, keep goats to slaughter at EASTER! The AP doesn’t know the difference between Easter and eid?
SEMR, they are afraid to say “Muslims,” so they slander Christians.
They are cowards for sure. It just struck me funny when I read it. Wondering if NJ Gov. volunteered to “take care of” the stray goats? Oh that’s right he’s on a diet. Guess the goats got a Gubernatorial Pardon.
Actually, roasted goat or sheep for Easter is common among Catholic and Orthodox Melkite Christians. Remember, not all Christians are Evangelical Protestants.
There is a difference between eating them and keeping them alive in the middle of town to ritually slaughter them on eid. I don’t know any Christians living in town, that keep live sheep, goats, pigs or chickens in preparation for an Easter slaughter. I’m well aware of the different Christian peoples customs. I avoid mutton and goat because of where I live. Most is halal in my area. Ick.
since they like palestine so much why don’t they leave?
The only reason surrounding Muslim countries keep the ‘Palestinian’ idea alive is to cause a digression and a distraction from their own egregious corruption.
Why aren’t these armchair warriors over there in Palestine fighting for their cause. Instead they stay in the USA sucking up benefits, living comfortable lives, stirring up hate while their brethern are fighting away, throwing rocks, bottles, etc. I say STFU and get your lazy asses out of here and go fight if you so fervently believe in the Palestinian cause, or are you scared? What a bunch of cowards! Your words and demonstrations are cheap and mean nothing.
They actually are “fighting” – but here – they are going to take ove the US by living here – they’ll het jobs as lawyers and judges (they want Shariah Law in US) and blah, blah, blah. We have a muslim in the WH and admidn. and dems. They are doing what they need to do and that is to take over the world so their allah and mahammed would come back. We just have to make sure that this will not happen but yet we have to be politically correct now, and that is killing us.
THANK GOD the goats escaped.
They aren’t living in Patterson NJ, as well as many other places, because they want to be Americans. They are doing this to subvert our society. The moment the US dollar is no longer deemed the fall-back currency of the world, watch out, your money and land could be devlaued by 80% causing a second Great Depression. In this senario the Arabs/Muslims will buy up much of the land. We need to pass laws to prevent these guys from doing that.
of course they are.
I live in the islamic state of NJ and this makes me stinking sick, sick, sick!
People sing the praises of Chris Christie? Why? They must be blind or ignorant.
No christie was home thinking how to get the staples out of his belly so he could have 9 normal meals for everyone else. But its funny in Patterson they didn’t have the American flag up that’s against the law. But who cares about New Jersey let’s send them more garbage .
“It’s illegal to keep farm animals in Paterson/”
But, but we have muzzies grazing everywhere, especially at the public welfare troughs.
GK, LOL!
i worked a block away from two terroist that crashed into the towers on 9-11 . Never did I ever thought that people can be so in human to commit such a horrific act. My heart still hurts to see those faces in the museum in NYC. America is the land of Blessing and those of you that come to hurt America needs to leave. If you think that its amusing to rejoice in someones pain br ware. what you sow you shall surely reap!. Proud to be a New Yorker.