Omar Fateh, the state senator born to Somali parents, said he ‘would love’ for the fake rabbi ‘to get more involved’ in his campaign
Pray it ain’t so.
Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh engaged in a series of friendly conversations with a parody X account masquerading as the “chief rabbi of Gaza” and “nude yogi,” screenshots shared with the Washington Free Beacon show.
“I would love to do a fundraiser for you,” Rabbi Linda Goldstein wrote. “How do I get in touch? This anti-Zionist rabbi loves and supports you.”
Fateh replied on August 11.
“Thank you for reaching out,” he wrote. “Can you share with me your phone and email? I’ll have my finance director reach out to you.”
Goldstein responded, “It’s been so hard since being displaced as Chief rabbi of Gaza after the Israeli aggression of Oct 7. I’m happy to do anything I can to help fight Zionism.”
Gaza has no chief rabbi and has not had any Jews at all in the territory since Israel withdrew in 2005.
“Why am I not in on this??” Goldstein asked on Aug. 16, sharing a link to a “Jews for Fateh” fundraiser.
Fateh replied two days later.
“We would love for you to join!” he wrote. “This was planned by a group of supporters, but would love for you to get more involved, you can sign up/attend the event or we will have more ways of getting involved in the future. Thank you!”
Goldstein—whose account is a parody of far-left Jewish clergy—has become notorious online for beclowning progressives looking for Jewish supporters to cover for anti-Israel and sometimes anti-Semitic positions.
Former representative Jamaal Bowman said he was “grateful” to have the rabbi’s support, and Francesca Albanese was in talks with Goldstein to speak about the “morality of infada.”
Other posts from Goldstein’s account demonstrate her style.
I’m organizing an aid convoy to the @Columbia campus. We need:
1. Glamp Tents;
2. Volunteer Baristas;
3. Oat Milk;
4. Keffiyeh’s;
5. Canada Goose Jackets; and
6. Alo LeggingsThank you 🙏🏼❤️🇵🇸💪🏽
— Rabbi Linda Goldstein (🇵🇸🍉I/P Commentary) (@realrabbilinda) April 18, 2024
Tonight begins the Passover Holiday.
We remember the Egyptians genocided by the Israelites, and we commemorate the genocide continuing against Palestinians to this day.
The fast begins at sundown and continues after our “belly dancing and bagel’s” break.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸❤️
— Rabbi Linda Goldstein (🇵🇸🍉I/P Commentary) (@realrabbilinda) April 22, 2024
“My first order of business as the Interim Leader of the Hamas Political Bureau will be installing gender neutral bathrooms in all tunnels,” Goldstein wrote in August. “Together, we will rebuild a more progressive Hamas.” She also jokingly wrote in a September post that Israel had used nuclear weapons against Greta Thunberg’s flotilla.
Fateh has been endorsed by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), the far-left Jewish Voice for Peace, and a number of prominent unions. He was once backed by the city’s dominant Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party before it withdrew its endorsement in August over election irregularities.
Often called the Mamdani of Minneapolis, Fateh’s political platform is an avalanche of progressive wish list items, including a bottled water ban, a prohibition on pet stores’ ability to sell dogs and cats, and an end to standardized testing requirements for public university admissions. He has also falsely accused Israel of committing a genocide and signed a letter accusing a state senator who noted that children in Gaza are taught to martyr themselves of Islamophobia.
Fateh did not respond to a Free Beacon request for comment.
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