Q&A: O'Malley Meets with Palestine Prime Minister on Trip to Israel
Boston City Councilor Matt O'Malley and state Rep. Ed Coppinger were two of a dozen or so elected officials who were invited to Israel with the Jewish Community Relations Council.
District 6 Boston City Councilor Matt O'Malley spoke with Patch.com about his recent trip to Israel in mid-December. Patch: Why did you go to Israel? O'Malley: I was invited to go with Jewish Community Relations Council with 12 or 13 elected officials from around the state. It was an educational trip to share best practices, meet with our colleagues in government in different Israeli and Palestine governments. We met with the Prime Minister of Palestine (Salam Fayyad) and the mayor of Bethlehem (of the Palestine side). We met with Israeli city senators in Haifa. Patch: What did you do in Israel? O'Malley: It was an incredible trip. We met with many government officials, members of military, professors, and saw historical sites during …
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Meqdad Taheri
10:47 am on Friday, January 11, 2013
4. Incidentally, genetic studies consistently show that Zionist immigrants (a.k.a., Ashkenazi Jews) are closely related to groups that predate the Arab conquest, like the Samarians, who have lived in Palestine for thousands of year. Palestinian denial of these facts may lead to events such as the ones brilliantly depicted in Jonathan Bloomfield’s award-winning book, “Palestine,” in which actual … more ›